International Conference on Syntactic and Composite Foams, Summer 2007, Davos, Switzerland

技术：工程会议国际(ECI)将于2007年8月5日至10日在瑞士达沃斯举办一次关于“句法和复合泡沫”的国际会议。2004年8月，就这一专题举行了一次非常成功的早期会议。本次会议的目的是为来自不同背景的科学家和工程师提供一个讨论句法和复合泡沫的论坛。本次会议将为讨论日益增长的复合泡沫塑料领域提供一个论坛。复合泡沫和含有增强和/或功能相的刚性聚合物、金属和陶瓷泡沫是本次会议的预期焦点。这些泡沫通常用于利用其非常高的特性、孔结构、能量吸收特性和阻燃特性的应用。会议的范围将包括专门用于这些泡沫的增强和功能材料的生产和表征(即空心球、微米/纳米颗粒、具有特定电、磁、介电性能的颗粒、生物等)。以及泡沫的制造、表征、建模和应用。通过不断扩大的中空和固体颗粒、纳米颗粒、涂层中空微球的种类、纤维的加入和工艺创新，形成了具有独特性能的泡沫。非技术性：在过去三十年中，复合泡沫塑料的工作已经扩大，最初是基于中空玻璃或聚合物球体的简单两相聚合物基质泡沫塑料，用于海洋和潜艇工业。今天，这一领域已经扩大到包括聚合物、金属和陶瓷空心球和基质。此外，随着纤维和间隙空隙被设计到材料中，三相和四相材料现在成为可能。复合泡沫塑料从传统的发泡聚合物泡沫塑料发展而来，现在包括添加颗粒、纤维和/或功能元素，从而产生复杂的微结构，可以设计成满足特定应用。此外，发泡聚合物泡沫现在被用作金属和陶瓷复合泡沫的前体结构。通过加入中空和固体颗粒、纳米颗粒、涂层微球、纤维和专门的发泡剂，再加上新的加工技术，可以获得独特的和量身定制的泡沫性能。由于这些创新，复合泡沫和复合泡沫的作用已扩展到航空航天、汽车、通信、生物医学、电子、体育和运输行业。NSF请求的支持主要是为了让科学家，特别是来自美国的研究生和年轻科学家能够参加。将特别考虑女性与会者和来自任职人数不足群体的与会者。这次会议将汇集来自学术界、工业界和政府实验室的科学家、工程师和研究人员，讨论这一领域的重要问题。会议将通过汇集来自不同学科(包括力学、材料科学和工程、物理、化学和生物医学领域)的专家来讨论有关句法和复合泡沫的问题，从而交叉培养思想。一个由大学、行业和政府实验室代表组成的国际组委会已经成立。其目标是将这些材料的领先研究人员和制造商聚集在一起，进行互动、解决问题和未来的合作。

TECHNICAL: Engineering Conferences International (ECI), is sponsoring an international conference on "Syntactic and Composite Foams," to be held during the period of August 5-10, 2007 in Davos, Switzerland. An earlier, very successful, conference on this topic was held in August 2004. The objective of this conference is to provide a forum for discourse among scientists and engineers from varied backgrounds on syntactic and composite foams. This conference will provide a forum for discussions on the growing field of composite foams. Syntactic foams and rigid polymer, metal, and ceramic foams containing a reinforcing and/or functional phase are the intended focus of this conference. These foams are typically used in applications that take advantage of their very high specific properties, pore structure, energy absorption characteristics, and flame retardant properties. The scope of the conference will include the production and characterization of reinforcing and functional materials specifically used for these foams (i.e. hollow spheres, micro/nanoparticles, particles with specific electric, magnetic, dielectric properties, biological, etc.) as well as fabrication, characterization, modeling, and applications of the foams. Through the expanding variety of hollow and solid particles, nanoparticles, coated hollow micro-balloons, the incorporation of fibers, and processing innovations, foams with unique properties have evolved. NON-TECHNICAL: Work in syntactic foams has expanded over the past three decades, beginning as simple two-phase polymer matrix foams based upon hollow glass or polymer spheres for applications in the marine and submarine industry. Today, the field has expanded to include polymers, metals, and ceramic hollow spheres and matrices. In addition, with fibers and interstitial voids engineered into the material, three and four-phase materials are now possible. Composite foams have grown out of conventional blown polymer foams to now include the addition of particles, fibers and/or functional elements, resulting in complex microstructures that can be engineered to meet specific applications. Also, blown polymer foams are now used as precursor structures for metal and ceramic composite foams. By incorporating hollow and solid particles, nanoparticles, coated micro-balloons, fibers, and specialized foaming agents, coupled with novel processing techniques, unique and tailored foam properties can be attained. Because of these innovations, the role of syntactic and composite foams has expanded into the aerospace, automotive, communications, biomedical, electronics, sporting, and transportation industries. The requested support from the NSF is mainly to enable scientists, especially graduate students and young scientists from the United States, to attend. Special consideration will be given to female participants and participants from underrepresented groups. This conference will bring together scientists, engineers, and researchers from the academia, industry, and government laboratories to discuss the important issues in this field. The conference will cross fertilize ideas by bringing together experts from a variety of disciplines (including mechanics, materials science and engineering, physics, chemistry and biomedical fields) to address questions concerning syntactic and composite foams. An international organizing committee with representatives from universities, industries, and government laboratories has been assembled. The objective is to bring together leading researchers and manufacturers of these materials for interaction, problem solving, and future collaborations.