2nd Engineering Foundation Conference on: "Chemical Reaction Engineering", March 8-13, 1987, Santa Barbara, CA

反应工程是一门相互作用的学科，涵盖了化学、输运现象、应用数学、控制、经济学等科学原理。传统上，它的应用仅限于石油和化学工业，但目前正扩展到生物技术、特种化学品和新材料的生产。近十年来发生的两个主要变化要求反应工程进一步发展：1。1 .大型大宗化工产品和石化产品工厂建设放缓。在特种化学品、生物技术和新材料（陶瓷、金属、聚合物、光纤、半导体等）领域，各种新工艺正在得到开发。需要介绍反应工程原理并将该学科扩展到这些领域。这为反应工程对众多新技术的发展产生重大影响提供了前所未有的机会。如何为未来的这些挑战做准备以及应该做些什么，是本次会议的基本主题。第二届化学反应工程工程基金会会议（EFCRE2）将聚集来自学术界和工业界的专家，评估反应工程的新趋势和发展，并批判性地评估最有希望的未来研究方向。会议将集中讨论两个领域：a.新材料的反应工程和批处理。b.通过现代计算机技术实现大规模工艺的直接反应器设计中当前最先进和需要的新方法（以最小的规模努力）。参加人数将限制在100人，它将在一个僻静的地方举行，每个人都需要一起吃饭。这种形式应该比结构松散的大型会议更能鼓励思想交流。PI正在成为反应工程领域的领导者，完全有资格组织这次会议。建议从1987财政年度拨款20,800美元，用于支付美国各大学主讲人的费用，并为六名研究生参加会议提供资金。

Reaction engineering is an interactive discipline encompassing the scientific principles of chemistry, transport phenomena, applied mathematics, control, economics, etc. Traditionally, its applications were confined to the petroleum and chemical industry but are currently spreading to biotechnology, specialty chemicals and production of new materials. Two major changes that occurred during the present decade demand further evolution of reaction engineering: 1. a slowdown in plant construction for large scale commodity chemicals and petrochemicals 2. a variety of novel processes are being developed in specialty chemicals, biotechnology and new materials (ceramics, metals, polymers, optical fibers, semiconductors, etc.). Introduction of reacton engineering principles and expansion of the discipline into these latter fields is needed. This represents an unprecedented opportunity for significant impact of reaction engineering on development of numerous new technologies. How to prepare for and what should be done to meet these challenges of the future, are the underlying themes of this conference. The Second Engineering Foundation Conference on Chemical Reaction Engineering (EFCRE2) will gather a group of experts from academia and industry to assess the new trends and developments in reaction engineering and to critically evaluate the most promising future research directions. The proposed conference will concentrate on two areas: a. Reaction engineering of new materials and batch processing. b. The current state-of-the-art and needed new approaches in direct reactor design (with minimal scale-up effort) for large scale processes via implementation of modern computer technology. Participation will be limited to 100 people, it will be held in a secluded location, with everyone required to eat their meals together. This format should encourage better exchange of ideas than at large less structured meetings. The PI is emerging as a leader in reaction engineering and is well qualified to organize the conference. A $20,800 grant out of FY 1987 funds is recommended to cover expenses of keynote speakers from the universities in the U.S. and to provide funds for six graduate students to attend the meeting.