US-Pakistan Workshop "Thin Film and Nanostructured Materials" October 2006, Islamabad, Paksitan

该奖项支持美国科学家和学生参加将于2006年10月在巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡举行的美巴薄膜和纳米结构材料研讨会。美国组织者是特拉华州纽瓦克特拉华大学物理系S·伊斯马特·沙阿博士。巴基斯坦的组织者是巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡Comsats信息技术研究所(IIT)材料物理系的Arshad S.Bhatti博士。研讨会的主题将是薄膜、表面、界面和纳米结构。会议预计将有来自中东和南亚国家的75名科学家参加，这些国家包括印度、土耳其、孟加拉国、埃及、马来西亚和约旦。讲习班将得到COMSATS-IIT和国际真空科学与技术联合会(IUVST)的补充支持。薄膜、界面和纳米结构领域是一个快速发展的领域。纳米材料处于许多科学技术发展的前沿。了解薄膜过程和界面在物理化学相互作用中的作用，对于使这项研究成为真正的跨学科努力非常重要。这一技术联姻将对电子和生物等多个领域产生影响。这次研讨会将提供一个独特的机会，让纳米材料、薄膜和界面领域的专家从物理学家、材料科学家、化学家和生物学家的观点出发。巴基斯坦正处于其科学和教育事业的转折点，在过去三年中，其教育预算增加了一个数量级，并承诺未来将进一步增加。这次研讨会将让西方科学家第一手了解巴基斯坦的现状和科学合作的潜力。它还将在美国科学家和将在约旦使用芝麻光源的中东科学家之间建立联系。该项目既将加强该地区的科学，也将为与美国科学家的合作提供坚实的基础。预计讲习班参与者中至少有30%是女性，相当数量的参与者和发言者将处于其科学载体的早期阶段。

0610277Shah This award supports the participation of US scientists and students in a US-Pakistan Workshop on Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials to be held in October 2006 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The US organizer is Dr. S. Ismat Shah, Department of Physics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. The Pakistan organizer is Dr. Arshad S. Bhatti, Department of Materials Physics at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (IIT) in Islamabad, Pakistan. The workshop theme will be thin films, surfaces, interfaces and nanostructures. The meeting is expected to include 75 scientists from countries in the Middle East and South Asia such as India, Turkey, Bangladesh, Egypt, Malaysia and Jordan. The workshop will have supplemental support from COMSATS-IIT and the International Union of Vacuum Science and Technology (IUVST). The field of thin films, interfaces, and nanostructure is a rapidly growing field. Nanomaterials are at the forefront of many scientific and technological developments. Understanding of the thin films processes and the role of interfaces in physiochemical interactions is of much importance to make this a truly interdisciplinary endeavor. This technical marriage will have affect on as diverse fields as electronics and biology. This workshop will provide a unique opportunity to bring together experts in the fields of nanomaterials, thin films and interfaces speaking form the points of views of a physicist, materials scientists, chemist, and biologists.Pakistan is at a turning point in its scientific and educational endeavor, having increased its budget for education by an order of magnitude in the last three years, with commitments for further increases in the future. This workshop will allow western scientists to see first hand the current situation and the potential for scientific collaboration in Pakistan. It will also build linkages between US scientists and Middle Eastern scientists who will be using the SESAME light source in Jordan. This project will both strengthen science in the region, as well as provide a solid foundation for collaboration with US scientists. It is expected that at least 30% of the workshop participants will be female and that a significant number of participants and speakers will be in the early stages of their scientific carriers.