Travel Funds for the 12th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering; Seattle, Washington; June 16-20, 2013

这是学生和初级研究人员参加美国风力工程会议的旅费补助。美国风力工程协会每四年举行一次会议。下一次会议将于2013年6月在华盛顿的西雅图举行。不仅是重要的是，美国研究界代表在这个著名的会议风工程在北美和南美，这是至关重要的，鼓励学生进入风工程领域。与地震工程研究人员相比，该国从事风灾害及其影响研究的调查人员数量相对较少。飓风和龙卷风等风暴每年继续造成越来越多的损失。在这次会议上，我们将邀请资深的研究人员与他们的国际同行会面，介绍最新的研究成果，并讨论极端风事件的缓解策略。学生和初级教师参加这次会议将拓宽和扩大他们在风力工程的视野。 关于如何在极端风事件期间和之后预防、应对和恢复的经验教训对于研究生命安全和减轻民用基础设施和财产损失至关重要。此外，气候变化、城市人口向沿海地区转移以及未来增加可再生能源发电的联邦授权，都是科学和工程审查和考虑的重要问题，需要熟悉风力工程原理的劳动力。重要的是要吸引和支持学生和青年研究人员在风工程领域。计划作出协调一致的努力，吸引代表性不足群体的妇女和学生参加会议。

This is a travel grant for students and junior researchers to participate in America's Conference on Wind Engineering. American Association for Wind Engineering holds this conference every four years. The next conference will be held in Seattle, Washington in June 2013. Not only is it important that the United States research community be represented at this prestigious conference for wind engineering in North and South America, it is critical that the students are encouraged to enter the field of wind engineering. The number of investigators pursuing research in wind hazards and their impact are relatively few in the country as compared to investigators in earthquake engineering. Windstorms such as hurricanes and tornadoes continue to cause an increasing amount of damage each year. It is important to deveoop individuals who are well versed in wind engineering and wind hazard mitigation research.In meeting with their international colleagues, the experienced researchers will present recent findings and discuss mitigation strategies for extreme wind events at the conference. Participation of students and junior faculty in this conference will broaden and expand their vision in wind engineering. Lessons learned about how to prevent, respond and recover during and after an extreme wind event are essential to pursue research in life safety and mitigation of damages to civil infrastructure and to property. In addition, climate change, urban population shifts to coastal regions, and the federal mandate for increased renewable energy generation in the future, are important matters for scientific and engineering scrutiny and consideration that require a workforce familiar with wind engineering principles. It is important to engage and sustain students and young researchers in the wind engineering field. A concerted effort is planned to attract women and students from underrepresented groups to participate in the conference.