A Proposal for Support of US Academic Participation in Fluidization XIII, Gyeong Ju, Korea

这项提案寻求美国国家科学基金会支持美国学者参加流态化XIII，流态化是最负盛名的国际流态化会议，自1975年以来，每三年举行一次。长期以来，美国学术界和工业界在流态化工程的基础研究和工业应用方面发挥着主导作用。流态化XIII由国际工程会议(ECI)管理，ECI是一个全球工程会议项目，也是工程会议基金会和美国理工大学之间的非营利性合作伙伴关系。由于会议的性质和声望，费用高得令人望而却步，超出了大多数美国学者的承受能力。因此，在这项提案中，我们要求NSF为美国学者的小组参与提供15,000美元的支持(计划平等支持教授和研究生)，以帮助推迟高昂的会议费用，从而确保美国在流态化XIII中的代表性。参加第十三届流态化大会的教师和学生的主要智力优势是他们参与了最重要和最有吸引力的平台，以促进来自世界各地的研究人员的思想交流，以便为流态化重要领域的应用开发工具和理论，该领域在能源、医疗保健和食品等工业中具有非常广泛的应用。美国研究生参与流态化XIII无疑将扩大他们的专业知识视野，除了促进学生参与和与国际社会互动外，还将提供极好的研究挑战。因此，在培养学生对工程和技术职业发展的兴趣方面，会议将是不可或缺的。这项提议的更广泛的影响包括教师和学生参加这次会议，这是一个交流流态化在新兴科学技术中的新研究和应用的论坛。这种参与将显著提高参与的教职员工和学生的知识，并将对他们在这一领域的研究产生积极的影响，该领域由NSF或其他美国政府机构资助。

Abstract#1025461This proposal seeks NSF support for the group participation of US academics in Fluidization XIII, the most prestigious international conference on fluidization, which, since 1975, has been held once every three years.US academia and industry have long played a dominant role in fundamental research and industrial applications in fluidization engineering. Fluidization XIII is managed by Engineering Conferences International (ECI), a global engineering conferences program and a not-for-profit partnership between the Engineering Conferences Foundation and Polytechnic University (USA). Due to the nature and prestige of the conference, the costs are prohibitive and beyond the affordability of most US academic. Therefore in this proposal, we request NSF $15,000 support for group participation of US academics (planed to equally support professors and graduate students) to help defer the high costs of conference, so that US representation in Fluidization XIII can be ensured. The main intellectual merit of faculty and students attending in Fluidization XIII conference is their participation in the most important and attractive platforms for stimulating the exchange of ideas from researchers all over the world in order to develop tools and theories for applications in the important area of fluidization with very broad application in Industries including energy, health care and food. The participation of US graduate students in Fluidization XIII will undoubtedly expand the horizons of their professional knowledge and offer fantastic research challenges in addition to facilitating student participation and interaction with the international communities. The conference, then, will be indispensable in nurturing student interests in career development in engineering and technology. The broader impact of this proposal includes Faculty and Students participation in this conference which is a forum to exchange the new research and applications of Fluidization in the emerging science and technology. This participation will significantly enhance participant faculty and students knowledge and will positively impact their research in this area which funded by NSF or other US government agencies.