Conference: Developing US Leaders and US Leadership in the Mechanics of Materials and Structures; St. Louis, Missouri; 13-15 October 2019

近世纪来，材料和结构力学一直是美国的领导领域。像已故的保罗巴黎这样的领导者，他开发了断裂力学框架，设计了金属，以防止重复加载造成的故障，使美国在飞机工业中占据主导地位，并一直持续到今天。因此，材料和结构力学比任何其他领域都更能使我们今天享有巨大的繁荣和福利，而美国在这一领域的持续领导对我们的持续繁荣和福利至关重要。本次会议将有助于培养这一领域的未来领导者，并通过为他们提供指导和指导，支持这一领域的现有研究人员，实现新研究的跨学科播种，并在该领域和更广泛的工程科学社区内实现关键成果的交流。这笔赠款将使整个工程科学界能够享受国家科学基金会受助人会议的好处。该活动将使来自不同背景的年轻研究人员能够与该地区已建立的，受资助的研究人员以及NSF资助董事建立联系，并将允许MOMS研究人员向SES会议的与会者展示他们的工作。这次会议的更广泛的影响在于发展结构和材料力学领域的历史经济影响，以及来自不同背景的年轻研究人员的发展。这笔赠款将资助在密苏里州圣路易斯的华盛顿大学举行的第56届工程科学学会（SES）年会上举行的一系列受资助者会议、网络活动和外联活动。2019年10月13日至15日将举行NSF材料与结构力学（MOMS）计划的PI的受赠者会议，这将使MOMS研究人员能够通过向高层次，广泛的受众传播他们的工作来扩大他们的影响。 会议将为学生提供充分的机会，与国际领先的教授在科学和社会方面进行互动。一个指导午餐和机会，一对一的会议与NSF项目经理将使跨职业阶段的调查人员深入了解途径，在这些领域的成功。一个具体目标是通过为年轻研究人员提供舒适的科学背景和网络基础，帮助他们在这次会议上最大限度地提高职业发展机会。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

The mechanics of materials and structures has been an area of US leadership for nearly a century. Leaders like the late Paul Paris, who developed the fracture mechanics framework to design with metals against failure from repeated loading, enabled US dominance in the aircraft industry that continues to this day. Thus, the mechanics of materials and structures, more than any other field, has enabled the great prosperity and welfare that we enjoy today, and the continuance of US leadership in this area is crucial for our continued prosperity and welfare. This conference will help develop future leaders in this area and support current researchers in this area by providing them with mentoring and guidance, by enabling cross-disciplinary seeding of new research, and by enabling communication of key results both within the field and in the broader community of engineering science. The grant will enable the entire engineering science community to enjoy the benefits of a National Science Foundation grantees meeting. The event will enable young researchers from diverse backgrounds to connect with established, funded researchers in the area, and also with NSF funding directors, and will allow MOMS researchers to showcase their work to attendees of the SES conference. The broader impacts of this conference lie in the historical economic impact of developing the field of mechanics of structures and materials as a whole, and in the development of young researchers from diverse backgrounds.The grant will fund a series of grantee meetings, networking events, and outreach events at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES) at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, from October 13-15, 2019. A grantee meeting of PIs from the NSF Mechanics of Materials and Structures (MOMS) program will be held that will enable MOMS researchers to expand their impact by disseminating their work to a high-level, broad audience. The conference will afford ample opportunity for students to interact with internationally leading professors both scientifically and socially. A mentoring lunch and opportunities for one-on-one meetings with NSF program managers will enable investigators across career stages to gain insight into pathways to success in these areas. A specific aim is to help young investigators maximize career development opportunities at this conference by providing them comfortable foundations of both scientific background and networking. Careful evaluation of the event will be performed to optimize offerings and program structure for future years.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.