Support for Student Travel to 55th International Conference on Electron Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication,to be held, May 31-June 3,2011.

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Cambridge MA

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Abstract

Support for student travel to 55th International Conference on Electron Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, Proposal 1137067 This project, funded at $10,000, will help support the travel of 20 graduate students, from universities around the USA, to attend the 55 th International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, 2011, to be held at the J. W. Marriott Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 31 to June 3, 2011. In the fields of nanofabrication, electron and ion-beam lithographies, photon and imprint lithographies, particle-beam optics, and forefront applications of nanofabrication, this conference is preeminent. The requested travel aid will enable students to present their research to a high level international scientific community. They will observe how scientists and engineers exchange innovative ideas and other information at conferences, and they?ll hear firsthand presentations of up-to-date research results in nanotechnology. Learning how a technical conference serves as a venue for conveying information to other is an important element of a student?s education. Also important is leaning how to present, in a cogent and understandable way, the results of one?s research. The requested support will help to accomplish these ends. At the conference, students will make important personal contacts and learn of employment opportunities. At a special breakfast for the funded students, the conference organizers will discuss optimal techniques for presenting scientific information and how the conference program is put together.