Conference Support for the 19th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Austin, Texas; 19-24 June 2022

该基金为将于2022年6月19日至24日在德克萨斯州奥斯汀举行的第19届美国理论与应用力学全国大会提供支持。该会议每四年举行一次，旨在促进理论和应用力学领域各学科之间的思想和信息交流，并规划未来力学相关研究、应用和教育的重点。大会的目的是汇集来自美国各地以及国际上对应用力学的广泛领域感兴趣的研究人员，主要分为固体力学、流体力学和动力学等子学科。理论、计算和实验力学的研究将重点放在与固体和流体力学和动力学相一致的经典领域，以及新兴技术和应用，如增材制造、可再生能源和电池、生物动力推进、细胞机械转导、软物质和建筑材料力学。大会是活跃的研究人员和将成为未来科学家的学生之间传播知识的渠道。将在大会上发表专题演讲的四名全体会议发言人包括三名妇女和一名非洲裔美国人。这些杰出的研究人员在这里的高知名度将成为理论和应用力学领域增加多样性和公平性的推动力。这次会议将持续五天。这次会议汇集了来自世界各地的750多名研究人员。在与会者中，有300人是学生，这代表了非常高的学生参与度。每天都以全体会议发言人的演讲开始，周五的演讲围绕西奥多·冯Kármán对应用力学领域的贡献展开。上午的全体会议之后，一周内将举行63场小型研讨会，共近800场演讲。关于前沿研究的演讲，邀请演讲为40分钟，接受演讲为20分钟。其他活动包括学生海报会议，学生们用海报的形式展示他们的研究，以及妇女职业发展网络活动。会议将促进学生的培养，发展新的合作研究活动，并将激发新的科学思想和研究方向。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。

This grant provides support for the 19th US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics to be held in Austin, Texas, 19-24 June 2022. This conference is held every four years to foster and promote the exchange of ideas and information among the various disciplines in the field of the theoretical and applied mechanics, and to chart future priorities in mechanics related research, applications, and education. The objective of the Congress is to bring together researchers from across the United States as well as internationally who are interested in the broad area of applied mechanics and primarily separated into the sub-disciplines of solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, and dynamics. Research in theoretical, computational, and experimental mechanics will be highlighted in the classical fields aligned with solid and fluid mechanics and dynamics, as well as in emerging technologies and applications such as additive manufacturing, renewable energy and batteries, bio-inspired propulsion, mechanotransduction in cells, and the mechanics of soft matter and architected materials. The Congress serves as a conduit for the dissemination of knowledge between active researchers and the students who will become future scientists. The four Plenary Speakers that will deliver the featured presentations at the Congress include three women and one African American man. The high visibility of these outstanding researchers at this venue will be a driving force for increasing diversity and equity in the field of theoretical and applied mechanics. This conference is being held over five days. The conference is bringing together over 750 researchers from around the world. Of the attendees, 300 are students, representing a very high level of student participation. Each day begins with a presentation by a plenary speaker, with Friday’s presentation centered around the contributions of Theodore von Kármán to the field of applied mechanics. The morning plenary sessions are followed by nearly 800 presentations across 63 minisymposia throughout the week. Presentations on cutting edge research are 40 minutes for invited talks and 20 minutes for accepted talks. Additional activities include a student poster session where students present their research in a poster format and a Women’s Networking Event on Career Development. The conference will foster the training of students, the development of new collaborative research activities, and it will inspire new scientific ideas and research directions.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.