US-Pakistan Workshop: 27th International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, Islamabad, Pakistan, June 2002

本项目支持9名美国科学家参加定于2002年6月24日至7月5日在巴基斯坦纳蒂亚加利举行的第27届国际纳蒂亚加利物理与当代需求暑期学院。美国代表团由堪萨斯州立大学物理系Talat S. Rahman博士组织。Riazuddin博士是巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡Quaid-e-Azam大学国家物理中心主任，他是该学院为期一周的凝聚态物理（CMP）会议的组织者。与会者包括来自该地区许多发展中国家的科学家，其中大部分是刚获得博士学位的人，这些国家包括阿塞拜疆、孟加拉国、中国、印度、伊朗、尼泊尔、塔吉克斯坦和土耳其以及巴基斯坦。他们还包括来自巴基斯坦的研究生。课程分为两部分，每部分为期一周：第一周为CMP主题，第二周为粒子和等离子体物理主题。该奖项支持美国科学家参加第一周的会议，会议的主题是“纳米结构材料的新特性”。讲座将着重于磁性、半导体和金属纳米结构，以及纳米结构材料的工艺。特别强调将放在提供洞察主题，如自旋电子学，量子点，量子阱，纳米线，纳米管，光子学和微电子学。演讲者还将主持非正式讨论和辅导课。会议记录将会公布。国际纳提伽利暑期学院（INSC）自1976年起每年举办一次。来自美国和西欧的科学家就当前对物理学感兴趣的各种主题及其在发展中国家的当代应用进行讲座和讨论。参加INSC的有实验室和工业研究人员、大学教授、大学教师和研究生。INSC为美国讲师提供了与发展中国家的科学家建立有用联系并广泛传播科学知识的机会。美国代表团将选出至少一名初级科学家和一名研究生。这项活动的更广泛影响将是在全世界建立一个更有科学意识的社会。

0215511 RahmanDescription: This project supports the participation of nine US scientists in the 27th International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, scheduled for June 24-July 5, 2002 in Nathiagali, Pakistan. Dr. Talat S. Rahman, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, is organizing the US delegation. Dr. Riazuddin, Director of the National Center for Physics at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan is the organizer of a one-week session on condensed matter physics (CMP) at the College. Attendees include scientists, mostly recent Ph.D.'s, from a number of developing countries in the region, including Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, India, Iran, Nepal, Tajikistan, and Turkey, as well as Pakistan. They also include graduate students from Pakistan. There are two sessions of one week each: the first week is dedicated to topics in CMP and the second week to topics in particle and plasma physics. This award supports the participation of the US scientists in the first week's session, whose theme is "Novel Characteristics of Nanostructured Materials." Lectures will focus on magnetic, semiconductor and metallic nanostructures, and the processes of nanostructuring materials. Special emphasis will be placed on providing insight into topics such as spintronics, quantum dots, quantum wells, nano-wires, nano-tubes, photonics, and microelectronics. Speakers will also lead informal discussions and tutorial sessions. The proceedings will be published.Scope: International Nathiagali Summer Colleges (INSC) have been organized every year since 1976. Scientists from the United States and Western Europe present lectures and hold discussions on a variety of subjects of current interest in physics and their contemporary applications in developing countries. The INSC is attended by laboratory and industrial researchers, university professors, college teachers, and graduate students. The INSC provides the US lecturers the opportunity to establish useful links with scientists from developing countries and to disseminate scientific knowledge broadly. At least one junior scientist and one graduate student will be selected as participants in the US delegation. The broader impact of this activity will be to create a more scientifically aware society worldwide.