NSF Workshop on Nanoscale Mechanical Engineering: June 15-16, 2003

2003年6月15日至16日在美国国家科学基金会举办的题为“美国国家科学基金会纳米机械工程研讨会”正在筹备中。 讲习班的目标是促进纳米技术作为机械工程界的一个主要重点领域的持续出现;确定纳米技术中机械工程师将作出关键贡献的关键子领域;解决纳米技术的出现在多大程度上需要机械工程教育的范式转变;并向NSF推荐它可以采取的步骤来培育这种转变。研讨会将包括大约30个邀请演讲，一个海报会议和一个小组会议/公开论坛。受邀的演讲将重点介绍纳米纤维、纳米力学、纳米级运输、纳米级成像、纳米颗粒和纳米结构材料等领域的研究。发言者将来自学术界和工业界。 小组会议/开放论坛将有作为其对象的具体建议，关于机械工程界可以做什么，NSF可以做什么，以促进纳米机械工程的持续发展的发展。 会后将编写一份报告，概述讲习班的情况，并详细说明提出的建议。该报告将提供给NSF并发布在NSF网站上。

A workshop titled "NSF Workshop on Nanoscale Mechanical Engineering" to be held at NSF on June 15-16, 2003 is being proposed. The goals of the workshop are to foster the continued emergence of nanotechnology as a major focus area within the mechanical engineering community; to identify the critical sub-areas within nanotechnology to which mechanical engineers will make key contributions; to address to what extent the emergence of nanotechnology will require a paradigm shift in mechanical engineering education; and to recommend to NSF the steps it can take to nurture this transformation.The workshop will consist of approximately 30 invited talks, a poster session, and a panel session/open forum. The invited talks will give highlights of research in areas including nanofabrication, nanomechanics, nanoscale transport, nanoscale imaging, and nanoparticles and nanostructured materials. Speakers will be drawn from both academia and industry. The panel session/open forum will have as its object the development of specific recommendations regarding what the mechanical engineering community can do, and what NSF can do, to foster the continued development of nanoscale mechanical engineering. Following the meeting a report will be prepared summarizing the Workshop and detailing the recommendations that emerge. This report will be provided to NSF and posted on the NSF web site.