ECS/EPSCoR, NSF Grantees Conference on Electronics, Photonics and Device Technologies, July 9-10, 2001, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.

该提案的目的是申请资金，以组织ECS-EPSCoR，NSF电子，光子学和设备技术受赠者会议。会议将于2001年夏天在阿肯色州费耶特维尔的阿肯色州大学举行。阿肯色州是EPSCoR州，通过NSF赞助的主要项目，在会议相关主题方面取得了重大进展。另一个重要目标是为来自各州的领先研究人员建立一个互动平台，这些研究人员在会议相关领域具有领先和不断发展的研究项目。会议将邀请来自EPSCoR州（占总数的60%以上）和非EPSCoR州的受资助者。这将是一个独特的机会，通过建立领先的研究团队来产生和讨论新的学术概念，研究和教育方向。本次会议将提供一个基础来讨论最新的研究成果，并分享跨文化，年龄和性别界限的跨学科教育的第一手教学经验。会议地点的选择有利于学科以及州际和州内的合作，因为该校园在相关领域的优秀研究和教育项目的存在。例如，这个校园拥有各种领先的NSF资助的实验室，中心，计划和项目，包括阿肯色州电子光子材料创新中心（ACEMI），材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC），AR-NB-OK的分布式种子计划，科学与工程研究中心（SERC）的耐用纳米和微米系统，材料和制造研究实验室（MRL）的飞秒激光微孔钻孔，在高密度电子中心（HiDEC）的微电子和光子学以及MEMS封装方面的综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）。会议将促进科学家和工程师之间的互动，从而产生新的想法和主题，团队组建，新的提案提交，学生参与和交流，扩展摘要的会议记录，在EPSCoR州产生更多的财政和智力资源，K-12和学校教师推广，更多的技术转让。会议成果将通过因特网、可记录媒体和各种相关技术会议上的会议记录和相关材料传播。

The objective of this proposal is to request funds to organize ECS-EPSCoR, NSFGrantees Conference on Electronics, Photonics and Device Technologies. Theconference will be conducted during summer of 2001 at the University of Arkansas,Fayetteville, Arkansas. Arkansas is an EPSCoR state where significant progress has beendemonstrated in the conference related topics through major NSF sponsored programs.Another important objective is to establish an interactive platform of leading researchersfrom the states with leading as well as evolving research programs in the areas related tothe conference. The meeting will invite grantees from EPSCoR states (over 60% out ofthe total number) and from non-EPSCoR states. This will be a singular opportunity togenerate and discuss new academic concepts, research and education directions byestablishing teams of leading researchers. The conference will provide a basis fordiscussing recent research findings as well as sharing first-hand-teaching experiences ininterdisciplinary education across cultural, age and gender boundaries.The choices of conference venue is conducive for the subjects as well as inter and intrastate teaming due to presence of outstanding research and education programs in therelated areas on this campus. For example, this campus houses various leading NSFfunded laboratories, centers, programs and projects including the Arkansas Center forElectronic-Photonic Materials Innovation (ACEMI), Materials Research Science andEngineering Center (MRSEC), Distributed seed Program at AR-NB-OK for Science andEngineering Research Center (SERC) for Durable Nano and Micro System, femtosecondlaser microvias drilling at Materials and Manufacturing Research Laboratories (MRL),Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) in Microelectronics andPhotonics, and MEMS packaging at High Density Electronics Center (HiDEC).The conference will result in promoting interaction among scientists and engineersleading to germination of new ideas and themes, team formation, new proposalsubmissions, student involvement and exchange, proceedings of extended abstracts, andgeneration of more fiscal and intellectual resources at EPSCoR states, K-12 and schoolteacher outreach, more technology transfer. The outcome of the conference will bedisseminated through proceedings and related material on internet, recordable media, andat various related technical conferences.