1998 Gordon Conference on Composite Materials

该项目部分资助了1998年戈登复合材料研究会议，该会议将于1998年1月4日至9日在加州文图拉的双树酒店举行。授予的资金将用于支付被邀请的演讲者、讨论领导者和可能的海报作者的注册费和差旅费，主要是那些在工程社区中代表性不足的群体的代表。戈登复合材料研究会议是为数不多的与材料科学相关的戈登研究会议之一，也许也是唯一一个将力学和材料两方面的讨论有效结合起来的戈登研究会议。戈登研究会议的氛围包括充足的非正式讨论时间，以促进研究复合材料等跨学科课题的科学家之间的互动而闻名。科学家最好的会议经历之一就是参加他或她专业领域的戈登研究会议。戈登复合材料研究会议是复合材料科学家或力学和材料科学家参加戈登会议的唯一机会。为1998年戈登复合材料研究会议寻找了广泛的演讲者、海报作者和参与者。受邀演讲者将涵盖一系列跨学科主题，包括基质化学，界面问题，加工问题以及复合材料结构的力学和耐久性。1998年会议的重点将放在结合力学和材料问题的会谈上。这些领域的典型演讲将涉及损伤的微观力学、II型断裂的奥秘、界面特性以及老化和耐久性问题。

This project partially funds the 1998 Gordon Research Conference on Composite Materials to be held January 4 to 9, 1998 at the Double Tree Hotel in Ventura, California. Funds granted will be used to pay registration fees and travel expenses for invited speakers, discussion leaders, and possibly poster authors, primarily those representative of underrepresented groups in the engineering community. The Gordon Research Conference on Composite Materials is one of the few Gordon Research Conferences on a subject relevant to material science and perhaps the only Gordon Research Conference that effectively combines talks on both mechanics and materials. The atmosphere of a Gordon Research Conference, which includes ample time for informal discussions, is renown for fostering interactions between scientists working on an interdisciplinary subject like composite materials. One of the best conference experiences a scientist can have is to attend a Gordon Research Conference in his or her area of specialization. The Gordon Research Conference on Composite Materials stands out as the only opportunity that a composite scientist or a mechanics and materials scientist has to attend a Gordon conference. A broad range of speakers, poster authors, and participants have been sought out for the 1998 Gordon Research Conference on Composite Materials. The invited speakers will cover a range on interdisciplinary subjects including matrix chemistry, interfacial issues, processing problems, and mechanics and durability of composite structures. An emphasis of the 1998 conference will be placed on talks that combine mechanics and materials issues. Typical talks in these areas will be on the micromechanics of damage, on the mystery of mode II fracture, on interfacial properties, and on aging and durability issues.