Student Participation Support for 2018 Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop

高级加速器概念（AAC）研讨会是由电气和电子工程师学会主办的两年一次的专题会议。AAC系列研讨会是美国加速器物理、工程和技术界在最广泛的应用领域交流和传播最先进的新思想和概念的主要论坛。维持这一长期使命的一个重要部分是学生在研讨会中的积极参与，在那里他们成为更大的专家社区的一部分，为新的和独特的加速器物理概念和技术的持续发展而努力。该奖项将使大约25名美国博士生能够参加2018年8月12日至8月17日在科罗拉多州布雷肯里奇举行的第18届高级加速器概念研讨会，并展示他们的工作成果。预计此次会议将吸引300多名加速器科学家和工程师。研讨会还将包括一个促进多样性的活动。这将是一个职业发展社交活动，将邀请到一位特别嘉宾，帕特里夏·兰金博士，她是科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的教授，也是美国科学学会女性物理学委员会的现任主席。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Advanced Accelerator Concepts (AAC) Workshop is a biannual topical meeting under the auspices of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The AAC series of workshops is a major forum for the U.S. accelerator physics, engineering and technology community for the exchange and promulgation of the most advanced new ideas and concepts over the widest areas of application. An important part of maintaining this long term mission is the strong participation of students in the Workshop, where they become a part of the larger community of experts working for the continued evolution of new and unique accelerator physics concepts and technologies.This award will enable student participation for approximately 25 US PhD students to attend and present the results of their work at the 18th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop in Breckenridge, Colorado from August 12 thru August 17, 2018. This meeting is expected to attract more than 300 accelerator scientists and engineers. The Workshop will also include an event to promote diversity. This will be a Career Development Social that will feature a special guest, Dr. Patricia Rankin, a Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and the current Chair of the APS Committee on Women in Physics.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.