Central States Section of the Combustion Institute Austin; March 21-23-, 2004; Austin, TX

燃烧研究所(CSSCI)中州分部支持燃烧研究所更广泛的目标，主要侧重于促进燃烧科学的发现和应用。CSSCI每年举行会议，促进美国中部，即阿拉巴马州、阿肯色州、伊利诺伊州、印第安纳州、爱荷华州、堪萨斯州、肯塔基州、路易斯安那州、密歇根州、明尼苏达州、密西西比州、密苏里州、内布拉斯加州、北达科他州、俄亥俄州、俄克拉何马州、南达科他州、田纳西州、德克萨斯州和威斯康星州的燃烧研究人员交流新思想。该计划的主题包括火焰、化学动力学和污染物形成的基本方面，以及在发动机和涡轮机中的应用。会议还将审议火灾控制和基于燃烧的材料合成以及实验诊断技术和计算方法方面的研究问题。该奖项为该地区的学生参加2004年3月21日至23日在奥斯汀的德克萨斯大学举行的CSSCI会议提供部分支持，并为这些学生提供会议记录。参加这样的会议的学生不仅从与资深研究人员的互动中获得技术洞察力，而且还在他们的研究领域内发展了更多的社区意识。此外，燃烧研究所的中心区有一个强大的工业燃烧社区，学生与工业研究人员互动的能力有助于学生就业和更好地激励他们的研究。促进学生参加学术研讨会的更广泛影响是，研究生培训和教育在大学环境之外进行。来自不同大学的学生之间以及学生与更资深的研究人员之间的互动是研究生学习体验的重要组成部分。

Abstract, 0406625The Central States Section of the Combustion Institute (CSSCI) supports the broader objectives of The Combustion Institute with a primary focus on facilitating discovery and application of combustion science. CSSCI holds yearly meetings to promote the exchange of new ideas among combustion researchers in the Central United States, i.e., within the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. Topics on the program include fundamental aspects of flames, chemical kinetics, and pollutant formation as well as applications in engines and turbines. The meeting will also consider research issues in fire control and combustion-based synthesis of materials as well as experimental diagnostic techniques and computational methods. This award provides partial support for students of the region to participate in a meeting of the CSSCI from March 21-23, 2004, at the University of Texas at Austin and provides these students with the conference proceedings. Students participating in such meetings not only gain technical insight from interacting with senior researchers but also develop a greater sense of community within their research area. Further, the Central Section of the Combustion Institute has a strong industrial combustion community within it, and the ability for the students to interact with the industrial researchers aids the students in terms of career placement and in terms of better motivating their research. The broader impact of promoting participation of students in scholarly workshops is that graduate training and education take place beyond the university environment. The interaction between students from different universities and between students and more senior researchers is an important part of the graduate learning experience.