Microgravity Transport Processes in Fluid, Thermal, Materials, and Biological Sciences Conference

该建议是为了支持年轻的教师、博士后研究人员和研究生出席和参加2003年9月14日至19日在瑞士达沃斯举行的流体、热、材料和生物科学会议中的微重力运输过程。 本次会议的目的是汇集热流体，材料和生物科学的科学家，并为技术思想的交流提供一个论坛，并探索跨学科研究的领域。微重力科学的这些不同领域的共同点是传输现象的重要领域。我们的期望是，将有跨学科领域的识别，专业知识可以共享和健康的新的研究计划可能会被开发。会议的组织方式是不安排平行会议，所有与会者都应参加不同的会议。每次会议将以一个邀请的主题演讲开始，然后是其他论文。此外，还将拨出时间就会议上出现的选定专题进行非正式讨论。这次会议已经获得了国际知名度，这方面正在通过建立一个由来自美国、欧洲、俄罗斯、意大利、日本和加拿大的科学家组成的组织委员会来培养。旅费将专门用于支持非终身教职员工，研究生，博士后研究员和代表性不足的少数民族，包括妇女。

The proposal is to support the attendance and participation of young faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students at the Microgravity Transport Processes in Fluid, Thermal, Materials, and Biological Sciences Conference in Davos, Switzerland, September 14-19, 2003. The purpose of this conference is to bring together scientists in the thermal-fluid, materials and biological sciences and provide a forum for the exchange of technical ideas, and explore arenas of interdisciplinary research. The common thread in these different areas of microgravity science is the important area of Transport Phenomena. The expectation is that there will be identification of cross-disciplinary areas where expertise can be shared and healthy new research programs may be developed. The conference is organized so that there are no parallel sessions and all attendees are expected to participate in the different sessions. Each session will open with one invited keynote lecture followed by other papers. In addition, time will be allocated for informal discussions on selected topics that emerge at the conference. This conference has gained international exposure and this aspect is being cultivated by setting up an organizing committee that is made of scientists from United States, Europe, Russia, Italy, Japan and Canada. The travel funds will be used exclusively to support untenured faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and under-represented minorities, including women.