This award provides partial support for graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and junior faculty to attend the 2014 Gordon Research Conference on Research at High Pressure to be held June 22 ? 27, 2014. This conference has been held for more than 50 years and owes it continued success to the active and diverse nature of scientific research that employs high pressures. This conference attracts leading researchers in physics, chemistry, materials and geo-sciences, as well as biology, who use and develop methods for the study of matter at extreme conditions. Invited talks at this year's conference will cover all of these topics and include the very latest advances in methods for predicting structures and properties of materials at very high pressures to practical chemistry applications at very moderate pressures. The conference places a special emphasis on providing an environment for interactions of young researchers with the leading experts in high pressure research.
The Gordon Research Conference on HIGH PRESSURE, RESEARCH AT was held at University of New England, Biddeford, ME June 22-27th. The Conference was well-attended with 140 participants (attendees list attached). The attendees represented the spectrum of endeavor in this field coming from academia, industry, and government laboratories, both U.S. and foreign scientists, senior researchers, young investigators, and students. Of the 140 attendees, 52 voluntarily responded to a general inquiry regarding ethnicity which appears on our registration forms. Of the 52 respondents, 14% were Minorities – 4% Hispanic, 10% Asian and 0% African American. Approximately 24% of the participants at the 2014 meeting were women. The Gordon Research Seminar on HIGH PRESSURE, RESEARCH AT was held at University of New England, Biddeford, ME, June 21-22nd. The Conference was well-attended with 59 participants (attendees list attached). The attendees represented the spectrum of endeavor in this field coming from academia, industry, and government laboratories, both U.S. and foreign scientists, senior researchers, young investigators, and students. Of the 59 attendees, 23 voluntarily responded to a general inquiry regarding ethnicity which appears on our registration forms. Of the 23 respondents, 4% were Minorities – 4% Hispanic, 0% Asian and 0% African American. Approximately 39% of the participants at the 2014 meeting were women. In designing the formal speakers program, emphasis was placed on current unpublished research and discussion of the future target areas in this field. There was a conscious effort to stimulate lively discussion about the key issues in the field today. Time for formal presentations was limited in the interest of group discussions. In order that more scientists could communicate their most recent results, poster presentation time was scheduled. Attached is a copy of the formal schedule and speaker program and the poster program. In addition to these formal interactions, "free time" was scheduled to allow informal discussions. Such discussions are fostering new collaborations and joint efforts in the field.
