Travel Support: International Brittle Matrix Composites (BMC) 7 Symposium; October 13-15, 2003; Warsaw, Poland

为美国研究人员提供BMC7研讨会的旅费支持该项目旨在为12名美国脆性基复合材料力学和技术方面的顶尖专家提供财政资助，以便他们参加2003年10月13日至15日在波兰举行的下届BMC7国际研讨会。在BMC 1-3专题讨论会中，美国专家的参与不足，与美国科学家在该研究和技术领域的参与和兴趣不相符。在BMC 4、5、6期，部分得益于NSF的支持，来自美国的十多位教授和科学家发表了他们的论文，并参加了讨论和社会活动。美国专家代表小组的参加将大大加强第七届BMC专题讨论会的作用，并促进国际合作。它还将使美国研究界与欧洲在陶瓷和胶凝复合材料及其制造和工业应用方面的研究和发展保持同步。我们期待听到一些来自欧共体（EC）联合项目的研究报告，比如那些由BRITE和EUREKA项目支持的项目。来自美国的专家在BMC-7的参与中获得的新知识将被整合到这些参与者在各自机构教授的研究生课程中。特别是，PI教授纤维复合材料的断裂和微观力学课程（在UM），其中包括该领域的最新发展。

Re: Proposal Number 0307053Proposal Title Travel Support for US Researchers for BMC7 Workshop The project aims at providing financial assistance for 12 leadingAmerican specialists in the mechanics and technology of brittle matrixcomposites for their participation at the next International BMC 7 Symposium in Poland, October 13-15, 2003. In BMC 1-3 Symposia the participation of specialists from USA wasinsufficient and did not correspond to the involvement and interest ofAmerican scientists in that field of research and technology. In BMC 4, 5,and 6, partly thanks to support from NSF, more than ten professors and scientist from USA presented their papers and took part in discussions and social events. The participation of a representative group of American specialists will considerably enhance the role of the Symposium BMC 7, and stimulate international cooperation. It will also benefit the American research community in keeping abreast of European research and development in ceramic and cementitious composites, and their manufacturing and industrial applications. We expect to hear some research reports coming from the European Community (EC) joint projects such as those supported under the BRITE and EUREKA programs. New knowledge derived from the participation of specialist from the US at BMC-7 will be integrated into graduate level courses taught by these participants at their respective institutions. In particular, the PI teaches a course of Fracture and Micromechanics of Fibrous Composites (at UM) which includes the latest development in this field.