Student Participant Support for the 5th International Conference MetFoam 2007, Montreal, Canada, September, 2007

技术：MetFoam 2007是关于多孔金属和金属泡沫的第五届国际会议，将于2007年9月在加拿大蒙特利尔举行。会议的重点是讨论金属泡沫塑料的最新发展。主题包括泡沫塑料的生产、制造和对结构-性能关系的基本理解，着眼于应用。将讨论诸如细胞金属的合成、表征、结构-性能关系等主题。请拨的预算将全部用于为参加2007年Metfoam会议或介绍他们的研究的大学生提供部分财政支助。高达约500美元的旅行补助金将用于支付部分参与费用。非技术性：组织者在给予支持时将特别考虑妇女和少数群体，目标是一半的受助者是女性或少数群体。组织者预计，通过这些助学金，学生参加这次会议的人数将大大增加。会议预计将提交约150份会议意见书，与会者总数为200-300人。工业展将突出它们的应用。除了NSF要求的支持外，会议赞助商还包括10家公司，魁北克铝业研究与开发中心、加拿大冶金学会、弗劳恩霍夫研究所、魁北克政府和蒙特利尔市。NSF的资金供应情况将通过电子邮件通知学生。

TECHNICAL: MetFoam 2007 is the 5th International Conference on Porous Metals and Metallic Foams and will take place on September 2007 in Montreal (Canada). The focus of the meeting is to discuss latest developments in metallic foams. Topics include metfoam production, manufacturing, and fundamental understanding of structure-property relationships, with an eye towards applications. Topics such as synthesis of cellular metals, characterization, structure-property relationships, etc. will be discussed. The requested budget will be used entirely to provide partial financial support for university students attending or presenting their research at Metfoam 2007. Travel grants, up to about US $500, will be used to partially defray participation costs. NON-TECHNICAL: Organizers will give special considerations to women and minorities in giving support, with the goal of having half the recipient female or minority. Organizers expect to significantly boost, through these grants, student participation to this conference. Approximately 150 conference submissions are expected at the conference, with a total of 200-300 participants. An industrial exhibition will highlight their applications. In addition to the requested NSF support, conference sponsors include ten companies, Aluminum Research & Development Centre of Quebec, The Canadian Metallurgical Society, Fraunhofer Institute, The Government of Quebec, and the City of Montreal. NSF fund availability will be announced to students by email.