Proposal for Financial Aid for Student Attendees of the 16th International Meshing Roundtable Conference, held Seattle, WA, October 14-17, 2007.

国际网格划分圆桌会议是专门讨论网格划分问题的会议。网格生成技术在计算设计和分析中起着重要的作用。用计算机辅助设计系统创建的几何模型必须转换成网格模型，以便有限元、有限差分或有限体积求解器能够识别。国际网格圆桌会议是一个专注于网格生成问题的独特会议，对于网格生成领域的研究人员来说，这是一个难得的机会，可以与其他研究人员交流思想，并与利用网格技术解决现实问题的用户见面。有限元、有限差分和有限体积方法可以在数值上解决复杂的科学和工程问题，并已应用于传统的工程学科，如结构、流体、振动和传热应用。应用领域包括汽车和航空工业、化学和材料公司、生物医学研究、环境研究。娱乐应用程序，如计算机图形学和游戏也利用这些数值分析方法，因为基于网格的模拟可以产生逼真的视觉效果。对于这些应用，需要高质量的网格才能获得良好的效果。然而，创建一个高质量的网格需要大量的计算和人工成本。需要进行更多的研究，以处理日益复杂和详细的几何形状，并满足对更准确分析的需求。对于从事网格研究或相关应用的学生来说，这次会议也是一个很好的教育机会。

The International Meshing Roundtable is the conference dedicated to meshing issues. Mesh generation techniques have been playing an important role in computational design and analysis. A geometric model created with a Computer Aided Design system must be translated into a mesh model, which a Finite Element, Finite Difference, or Finite Volume solver can recognize. The International Meshing Roundtable is a unique conference that focuses on the mesh generation problem, and it is a rare opportunity for researchers in the field of the mesh generation to exchange ideas with other researchers and to meet with users who utilize mesh technology to solve real-world problems.The Finite Element, Finite Difference, and Finite Volume Methods can numerically solve complex scientific and engineering problems and have been applied in traditional engineering disciplines such as structural, fluid, vibration, and heat transfer applications. The applications include automotive and aviation industries, chemical and material companies, bio-medical researches, environmental researches. Entertainment applications such as computer graphics and gaming also make use of these numerical-analysis methods since mesh-based simulations can produce realistic visual effects. For these applications, a high-quality mesh is needed for obtaining a good result. However, it takes a considerable computational and labor cost to create a high-quality mesh. More research needs to be conducted to deal with increasingly complex and detailed geometry and to meet the demand for the more accurate analysis. The conference is also a good educational opportunity for the students who is working on the meshing research and/or related applications.