The Gordon Research Conference Tribology: Coupled Challenges at the Moving Interface; Bentley University; Waltham, Massachusetts; 25-28 July 2014

该奖项是对将于2014年7月25日至28日在马萨诸塞州沃尔瑟姆的本特利大学举行的摩擦学戈登研究会议(GRC)和戈登研究研讨会(GRS)的部分支持。摩擦学--研究摩擦、润滑和磨损--对于移动部件的技术应用是必不可少的，从大型机械和汽车，到医疗植入物，再到投影仪中的微机械镜子。这一领域的关键研究人员定期举行会议是必要的，以交流思想、信息和最先进的技术，以促进和加速该领域的进步和突破。戈登会议是将基础科学与一门对美国和世界经济具有重要意义的工程学科联系起来的关键机制。GRC每两年举行一次，为公开交流新的和以前未发表的科学思想提供了一个有趣的、甚至是独特的论坛。除了海报演示外，会议还包括演示以及与会者之间的广泛讨论和互动。该论坛负责在广泛的主题领域产生和孵化具有突破性和真正变革性的想法。2014年会议的一个重要方面是增加了戈登研究研讨会，这是一个让学生和早期职业研究人员在非正式但动态的环境中交流想法的论坛。NSF对这个GRC的支持将使初级参与者能够参与，包括研究生、博士后研究员和早期职业教师，总共资助27名参与者(戈登研究会议12人，戈登研究研讨会15人)，以及戈登研究研讨会的15笔旅行补助金。

This award is for partial support of the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Tribology, to be held 25-28 July 2014 at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Tribology - the study of friction, lubrication, and wear - is essential to technological applications with moving parts, from large machineries and cars, to medical implants, to micro-mechanical mirrors in projectors. Regular meetings of the key researchers in this field are necessary for the exchange of ideas, information, and state-of-the-art technologies, in order to enable and accelerate advances and breakthroughs the field. The Gordon Conference is a key mechanism for linking the basic sciences with an engineering discipline of significant importance to the US and world economies. This GRC is held biannually and offers an interesting, even unique, forum for the open exchange of new and previously unpublished scientific ideas. In addition to poster presentations, the conference includes presentations and extended discussion and interactions among participants. This forum has been responsible for the generation and incubation of breakthrough and truly transformative ideas in a wide variety of topical areas. An important aspect of the 2014 conference is the addition of the Gordon Research Seminar, which is a forum for students and early-career researchers to exchange ideas in an informal but dynamic setting.NSF support of this GRC will enable the participation of junior participants, including graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career faculty members, funding a total of 27 participants (12 for the Gordon Research Conference and 15 for the Gordon Research Seminar), and 15 travel grants for the Gordon Research Seminar.