This award provides student support at the 10th International Symposium of the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). This Symposium will be held on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park on June 19 - 24, 2011. NSF funds will provide financial support for U.S. students who contribute their work and attend the Symposium. Qualified students will be offered reduced registration fees, partial travel support, and/or oral presentation honoraria. NSF funds are targeted to increase the participation of graduate students at the meeting.
Intellectual Merit:
The Symposium is the world's premier fire safety science meeting and it covers every aspect of fire safety science. It has been organized every 2-3 years since 1985. The quality of accepted papers is excellent, with acceptance rates around 60%. The program will include oral presentations of peer-reviewed papers, invited lectures from the world's top fire science researchers, and work-in-progress posters. Typically 300 researchers attend this meeting and they come from over 25 different countries.
Broader impacts:
The Symposium is the ideal venue for student fire researchers to exchange ideas and network with their peers and with leaders in the field. It is estimated that 30 students will benefit from the proposed NSF support. The proposed support is intended to promote student participation and oral presentations at the Symposium. Targeted announcements will encourage underrepresented minorities and women to participate.
This project provided student support at the 10th International Symposium of the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). This Symposium was held on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park during June 19 – 24, 2011. Financial support was provided to U.S. students who contributed their work and attended the Symposium. Qualified students were offered reduced registration fees, partial travel support, and/or oral presentation honoraria. The Symposium is the world’s premier fire safety science meeting and it covers every aspect of fire safety science. It has been organized every 2 – 3 years since 1985. The quality of accepted papers is excellent, with acceptance rates of about 60%. The program included oral presentations of peer-reviewed papers, invited lectures from the world's top fire science researchers, and work-in-progress posters, and an extensive program of meals and networking receptions. There were 320 participants who came from 25 different countries. The Symposium is the ideal venue for student fire researchers to exchange ideas and network with their peers and with leaders in the field. Eighteen U.S. students received this NSF support. The support promoted student participation and oral presentations at the Symposium. Targeted announcements encouraged underrepresented minorities and women to participate.
