Proposal for Supporting US Participation in ICMMES-2016, Hamburg, Germany, 2016

Pi：罗，李-施提案编号：CBET 1643366这是一份提案，用于资助来自美国机构的学生、初级研究人员和初级教职员工参加将于2015年7月18-22日在德国汉堡举行的国际工程与科学介观方法会议(ICMMES)的旅费。主要目标是增加美国科学家对ICMMES的参与，并确保美国在这一研究领域的领先地位。这次会议的主要学术价值在于交流科学思想，介绍前沿研究，并接触到介观流体动力学领域丰富多样的一系列主题。ICMMES国际会议系列的设立是计算对科学、工程和社会科学所有学科研究日益重要的直接结果；它也是对在纳米或微型系统和生物系统中观察到的多尺度和多物理现象日益增长的兴趣的直接回应。ICMMES的重点是介观/动力学和粒子方法(如格子Boltzmann方程、格子气体元胞自动机、离散速度模型、气体动力学格式、耗散粒子动力学、光滑粒子流体动力学等)。最广泛意义上的计算力学。介观方法作为研究复杂流体和软物质、宏观/微观、非平衡、反应性流体/固体等多种多尺度、多物理系统的有效手段，具有巨大的潜力。更广泛的影响将是增加学生和年轻科学家的参与，否则他们将负担不起参加会议的费用和相关费用。将特别考虑代表性不足的少数群体、妇女、残疾人，以及历史上黑人学院和大学(HBCU)和西班牙裔服务机构(HSI)中的那些人。

PI: Luo, Li-Shi Proposal Number: CBET 1643366 This is a proposal to partially fund travel expenses of students, junior researchers, and junior faculty from US institutions to attend the International Conference for Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science (ICMMES) that will be held July 18-22, 2015 in Hamburg Germany. The major objective is to increase the participation of US scientists in ICMMES and to ensure a leadership position of the US in this research field. The main intellectual merit of this conference lies in the exchange of scientific ideas, presentations of cutting edge research, and exposure to a richly diverse array of topics in the area of mesoscopic fluid dynamics. The creation of the ICMMES International Conference series is a direct result of the increasing importance of computation to research in all disciplines in science, engineering, and social sciences; it is also a direct response to the growing interest in multi-scale and multi-physics phenomena observed in nano- or micro-systems and biological systems. The focus of ICMMES is mesoscopic/kinetic and particle methods (e.g., lattice Boltzmann equation, lattice gas cellular automata, discrete velocity models, gas-kinetic schemes, dissipative particle dynamics, smoothed particle hydrodynamics, etc.) for computational mechanics in its broadest sense. Mesoscopic methods possess a great potential as effective means to study a wide variety of multi-scale and multi-physics systems such as complex fluids and soft matter, macro/micro, nonequilibrium, and reactive fluid/solid systems. The broader impact will be to increase participation of students and young scientists who would not otherwise be able to afford to travel to the meeting and pay associated costs. Special consideration will be given to under-represented minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and those in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI).