Travel support for students and young researchers to attend "Flowing Soft Matter: Bridging the Gap Between Statistical Physics and Fluid Mechanics," Udine, Italy, 6/30/14 - 7/4/14

CBET-1440106该奖项由粒子和多相过程计划和国际科学与工程部联合资助，将为美国学生和初级研究人员提供旅行支持，让他们参加2014年6月30日至7月4日在意大利乌迪内举行的暑期研究所。暑期班的题目是：流动的软物质：弥合统计物理和流体力学之间的差距。暑期班的主题是了解统计物理和流体力学的免费工具如何带来对流动软物质物理的新见解。暑期班正在考虑的材料将包括聚合物溶液、胶体悬浮液、凝胶和乳液，这些材料存在于许多重要产品中。提高我们有效和高效地处理这些材料的能力将使各种行业受益。通过参与该研究所，美国学生和年轻研究人员将获得向国际专家学习的独特机会，会见各自研究领域的关键国际领导人，并与国际同行交流想法和经验。暑期班将为学员提供流动软物质领域的概述，并将审查使用统计物理和流体力学来提高我们定量预测具有流变性的材料行为的能力的方法。该研究所的讲师和参与者将来自美国、英国、法国、意大利和其他欧洲国家。该研究所得到了意大利国家研究委员会(CNR)和教科文组织的支持。欧洲参与者得到了本国的支持。该奖项将为美国参赛者提供类似的支持。

CBET-1440106This award, which is funded jointly by the Particulate and Multiphase Processes program and the International Science and Engineering section, will provide travel support for US students and junior researchers to attend a summer institute in Udine, Italy from June 30 to July 4, 2014. The summer school is titled: Flowing Soft Matter: Bridging the Gap between Statistical Physics and Fluid Mechanics. The theme of the summer school is to understand how the complimentary tools of statistical physics and fluid mechanics can lead to new insights into the physics of flowing soft matter. The materials under consideration at the summer school will include polymer solutions, colloidal suspensions, gels, and emulsions, which are found in many important products. Improving our ability to process these materials effectively and efficiently will benefit a variety of industries. By participating in the institute, US students and young researchers will gain unique opportunities to learn from international experts, meet key international leaders in their research fields, and exchange ideas and experiences with international peers. The summer school will provide participants with an overview of the field of flowing soft matter and will examine methods that use statistical physics and fluid mechanics to improve our ability to predict quantitatively the behavior of rheologically challenging materials. The instructors and participants in the institute will be from the US, UK, France, Italy, and other European countries. The institute is supported by the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) and UNESCO. European participants are supported by their home countries. This award will provide similar support for US participants.