Graduate Student Travel Support for the 11th North American Masonry Conference (NAMC) of The Masonry Society (TMS); Minneapolis, Minnesota, 5-8 June 2011

该助学金用于资助研究生参加第11届北美砖石学会会议(NAMC)。第十一届NAMC汇聚了来自不同领域的专家，他们对砖石结构有着浓厚的兴趣。第11届NAMC的焦点之一是研究力学在推动砖石技术未来进步方面的新应用。来自多个领域(土木工程、工程力学、建筑学和其他)的学者、行业代表和学生致力于展示与砖石结构和力学有关的广泛主题的研究成果。这些资金将使会议组织者能够吸引研究生到第11届NAMC展示他们的工作。这些学生将向国际学者和研究人员展示他们的工作，他们将了解砖石结构领域的最新进展，他们将受到激励，继续在该领域工作并做出贡献。会议的参与还将促进组成砖石研究社区的不同领域之间的交叉授粉，以及美国研究社区与其他国家研究社区之间的交叉授粉。第11届NAMC论坛将有助于营造一种环境，允许预期工程师在砖石结构方面面临的新挑战，从而促进专业发展，确保挑战得到应对。

This grant provides funds to enhance graduate student participation in the 11th North American Masonry Conference (NAMC) of The Masonry Society (TMS). The 11th NAMC brings together experts from diverse fields with a strong interest in masonry structures. One of the focal points of the 11th NAMC is the investigation of new applications of mechanics in enabling future advances in masonry technology. Academics, industry representatives and students from many fields (civil engineering, engineering mechanics, architecture and others) have committed to presenting research results on a wide range of topics relayed to masonry structures and mechanics. These funds will allow the conference organizers to attract graduate students to the 11th NAMC to present their work. The students will present their work to an international audience of academics and researchers, they will learn about the most recent advances in the field of masonry structures, and they will be inspired to continue working in and contributing to the field. The conference participation will also facilitate cross-pollination between the disparate fields that comprise the masonry research community, as well as between the US research community with those in other countries. The 11th NAMC forum will help foster an environment that allows for the anticipation of new challenges that engineers face with regards to masonry structures, thereby facilitating professional growth to ensure that the challenges are met.