Conference: Participant Support for Fifteenth International Conference on Fracture; Atlanta, Georgia; 11-16 June 2023

该奖项为在美国学习的50名学生和博士后研究员提供免费注册，以参加将于2023年6月11日至16日在佐治亚州亚特兰大举行的第15届国际骨折会议(ICF15)，该会议由佐治亚理工学院和阿肯色大学联合主办。其目的是扩大研究生、博士后研究员、来自代表性不足的社区和妇女的参与者以及渴望更多地了解骨折和疲劳领域的本科生的参与。在遴选过程中，将考虑纳入代表性不足的群体的成员、参与者所代表的机构的多样性以及工程学项目的多样性。其目的是增加对骨折和疲劳感兴趣的美国研究人员的渠道，这些主题在机械、民用和航空航天系统的安全、健康和生活质量的改善以及国土安全等多个领域都有应用。自1965年在日本仙台举行ICF1以来，国际骨折会议每四年在全球不同城市举行一次。它被认为是工程材料和结构断裂领域的世界首要会议。结构材料和部件的断裂是一个高度跨学科的话题，是材料力学领域的核心，吸引了来自机械、航空航天、生物医学、土木工程、材料工程和科学的研究人员。这次会议汇聚了来自全国和国际的研究人员，分享他们的研究成果，培育和发展新的合作想法，并推动新一代科学家和研究人员的专业发展，以解决骨折影响社会的问题。这次会议将包括21个研讨会，涉及所有骨折领域，展示最新和最新的研究成果。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides complimentary registration for 50 students and postdoctoral fellows studying in the US to attend the 15th International Conference on Fracture (ICF15), which will be held 11-16 June 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted jointly by the Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Arkansas. The objective is to broaden the participation from graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, participants from underrepresented communities and women, and undergraduate students that aspire to learn more about the field of fracture and fatigue. Consideration in the selection process will be given to the inclusion of members of underrepresented groups, diversity of institutions that the participants represent, and diversity of programs within engineering. The aim is to grow the pipeline of US researchers interested in fracture and fatigue, which are topics that have applications in several fields including safety of mechanical, civil, and aerospace systems, improvements in health and quality of life, and homeland security.The International Conference on Fracture is held quadrennially in different cities around the globe since ICF1 in 1965 in Sendai, Japan. It is considered the world’s premier conference in the field of fracture in engineering materials and structures. Fracture in structural materials and components is a highly interdisciplinary topic and at the heart of the field of mechanics of materials, drawing upon researchers from mechanical, aerospace, biomedical, civil, materials engineering, and from the sciences. This conference brings together researchers from across the nation and internationally to share their research findings, foster and develop new collaborative ideas, and advance the professional development of a new generation of scientists and researchers to address problems where fracture impacts society. The conference will include 21 symposia across all areas of fracture where the most recent and novel research will be presented.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.