主 题： Spring School on Fluid Mechanics and Geophysics at IMS and fund are available for students

The Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the National University of Singapore will host the Spring School on "Fluid Mechanics and Geophysics of Environmental Hazards'' duirng 19 April -- 2 May, 2009 and fund support for students are available.

Organizing Committee

Keith Moffatt (University of Cambridge) -- Chair
Boo Cheong Khoo (National University of Singapore) -- Co-Chair
Pavel Tkalich (National University of Singapore) -- Co-Chair
Weizhu Bao (National University of Singapor
Tieh Yong Koh (Nanyang Technological University)
Shie-Yui Liong (National University of Singapore)

Overview:

Environmental hazards, such as tsunamis triggered by earthquakes, tropical cyclones,monsoon flooding, volcanic eruptions and landslides, are all too familiar in Asia and the Pacific region, and have been the cause of catastrophic disasters. These hazards are a consequence of mechanical processes in the earth, ocean and atmosphere, and in order to understand them and hence to develop well-informed strategies for the mitigation of future disasters, it is necessary to develop sound scientific theory based on geophysical observations and data, the principles of fluid and solid mechanics, and an appropriate combination of mathematical and computational analysis.

This School is intended to focus on fluid mechanical aspects, and is aimed at students who have already graduated in mathematics, physics or engineering, and who wish to undertake research in this broad area. It is intended to bring students rapidly to current research frontiers in the fluid mechanics of environmental hazards. The School will start with introductory and motivational lectures on the fundamentals of geophysical fluid dynamics, and on geophysical hazard and risk in atmosphere and ocean contexts, and will then focus on four specific environmental hazards:
(i) typhoons and tropical cyclones; (ii) monsoons and flooding; (iii) tsunamis; and(iv) pollution of atmosphere, ocean and the urban environment.

The School will include workshop activity in which groups of students will study key papers cited by the lecturers, and will be encouraged to identify and formulate new model problems that need to be solved in each of the above four areas. In this way, it is envisaged that the students will be fully involved in active and collaborative research activity.

Fund support for students:

Student registration is now invited. Grants to cover travel and local subsistence costs will be awarded on a competitive basis. Applications from students resident in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as Singapore, are particularly encouraged. Limited places may be available for applicants from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or further afield.
 

For more information, please refer to the webpage at URL:

http://www.ims.nus.edu.sg/Programs/09fluidss/index.htm