2017 Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer: Fundamental Mechanisms to Applications of Phase Change Heat Transfer GRC; Galveston, Texas; January 8-13,2017

2017年微米和纳米级相变传热：相变传热应用的基本机制，将于2017年1月8日至13日在德克萨斯州加尔维斯顿举行，由戈登研究会议组织。这是继2015年非常成功的会议之后第二次关于这一主题的会议，也是由戈登研究会议组织的。这次会议是独一无二的，它汇集了具有不同研究背景的研究人员，他们通常不会在一次会议上见面，讨论共同感兴趣的主题，即相变的基本原理及其与表面结构的关系。热工设计中形式和功能之间的相互作用是过去几十年来材料和制造工艺取得重大进展的自然演变。特别是在微小（纳米）尺度上，为各种工程应用设计和构建大量复杂结构的能力现在才开始被用于热设计。事实上，我们的项目目前正在资助这一主题的一些项目。这表明，一个快速的临界质量的专家可以，并正在建立的过程中。然而，从材料和制造到热设计的知识迁移需要不同社区相互交流的机会。 所涉及的基础知识主要是多学科的，包括材料科学和工程，化学，冶金，机械和热科学。这次会议为这种迁移提供了一个重要机制。

The 2017 Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer: Fundamental Mechanisms to Applications of Phase Change Heat Transfer, to take place in Galveston, TX, on January 8-13, 2017, is organized by the Gordon Research Conferences. This is the second conference on this topic, following the very successful conference held in 2015, and also organized by the Gordon Research Conference. This conference is unique in which it brings together researchers with distinct research backgrounds, who would usually not meet in a single conference, to discuss a topic of common interest, namely the fundamentals of phase-change and its relations to surface structures. The interplay between form and function in thermal engineering design is a natural evolution to the major advances in materials and manufacturing processes achieved during the previous couple of decades. Particularly in minute (nanometer) scale, the ability to design and build a multitude of complex structures for diverse engineering applications is just now starting to be utilized in relation to thermal design. Our program, in fact, is currently funding a few projects in this theme. This shows a fast critical mass of experts can, and is in the process of being built. The knowledge migration from materials and manufacturing to thermal design requires, however, opportunities for the distinct communities to intertwine. The basic knowledge involved is primarily multidisciplinary, including material science and engineering, chemistry, metallurgy, mechanics, and thermal sciences. This conference provides an essential mechanism for this migration.