10th International conference on Nanochannles, Microchannels and Minichannels 2012, Rio Grande, PR, July 8-12, 2012

Peles 1239123学术价值：本旅行/会议提案寻求对26名美国与会者（包括6名主旨发言人和20名学生）的支持，以参加将于2012年7月8日至11日在波多黎各举行的ASME 2012年纳米通道、微通道和小通道国际会议（ICNMM）。 本次会议为跨学科研究人员提供了一个独特的论坛，以交流有关微观尺度下基本传热和流体流动过程的想法。 以前的会议都集中在纳米通道的第一次响应在分子水平上发生的光学和工艺领域的应用，并有相互矛盾的报告。 预计这些问题将比以往会议更加相关和重要。 今年会议的重点领域是纳米结构。 第10届ICNMM预计将解决以下主题的挑战：纳米颗粒对传输过程的影响，微尺度下的表面张力效应，微尺度下的两相流，利用特定流体特性的新型医疗诊断设备，新型药物输送系统，微型热交换器，数字微流体和PEM燃料电池中的水管理。新兴的微米级和纳米级运输领域有望从根本上改变许多应用，目前的解决方案不存在或过于昂贵。 这些领域对生物科学有实际应用（DNA检测）、微处理器芯片冷却、制药科学（微混合器和微反应器），光学（开关设备），燃料电池（气体扩散通道和气体扩散层）、微型发电、微型涡轮机等。因此，美国科学家和工程师参与促进这些重要领域的合作和交流新思想的活动至关重要。 这项NSF拨款将为博士后研究人员和最近的终身教授提供支持。 将特别强调争取少数群体和代表性不足的群体参加。 关于微和纳米工程表面的特别研讨会：由NSF热传输过程计划赞助的传输现象和热流体应用将包括一个小组讨论，之后将撰写一份立场文件，以帮助研究人员确定他们的研究方向。

Peles 1239123Intellectual Merit: This travel/conference proposal seeks support for twenty-six U.S. participants (including six keynote speakers and twenty students) to attend the ASME 2012 International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels (ICNMM) that will take place on July 8-11, 2012 in Puerto Rico. This conference provides a unique forum for interdisciplinary researchers to exchange ideas about fundamental heat transfer and fluid flow processes at the microscale. Previous conferences have focused on nanochannels for the first time in response to the applications in the area of optics and processes occurring at molecular levels, and there were conflicting reports. These issues are expected to become even more relevant and important than in previous conferences. The key focus area of this year's conference is on nanostructures. The 10th ICNMM is expected to address challenges in the following topics: effect of nanoparticles on transport processes, surface tension effect at microscale, two-phase flows at microscale, new medical diagnostic devices utilizing specific fluid properties, novel drug delivery systems, micro-heat exchangers, digital microfluidics, and water management in PEM fuel cells.Broader Impacts: The new emerging areas of microscale and nanoscale transport are expected to fundamentally transform many applications for which current solutions do not exist or are too expensive. These areas have practical applications to biological sciences (DNA detection), microprocessor chip cooling, pharmaceutical sciences (micromixers and micro-reactors), optics (switching devices), fuel cells (gas diffusion channels and gas diffusion layer), micropower generation, microturbines, etc. Therefore, it is crucial for U.S. scientists and engineers to participate in activities that foster collaboration and exchanging of new ideas in these important areas. This NSF grant will provide support for post-doctoral researchers and recent tenure-track professors. Special emphasis will be placed on soliciting participation from minority and underrepresented groups. The special symposium on Micro and Nanoengineered Surfaces: Transport Phenomena and Thermal Fluid Applications sponsored by the Thermal Transport Processes program at NSF will include a panel discussion, in which a position paper will be written afterwards to help researchers set their research directions.