WORKSHOP: Reinventing The Use of Materials; July 2001, Princeton, NJ

该讲习班将讨论国家研究理事会最近的报告《环境科学的重大挑战》中提出的有关材料使用的问题。 研讨会的目的是建议一个研究议程需要重新发明材料的使用。主题将包括材料预算和周期，它们对资源和环境的影响，下一代产品和材料，材料周期的优化，以及材料未来使用的情景。与会者将包括学术界、工业界和相关机构的研究科学家。预期成果将包括实施初步详细研究计划的5年计划、发展跨学科必要研究整合的战略、材料使用专题领域的个人培训计划、以及一项协调该计划成果与其他重大挑战举措成果的战略。

The workshop will be convened to address the issues raised in the recent report from the National Research Council, Grand Challenges in the Environmental Sciences, concerning the use of materials. The objective of the workshop is to recommend a research agenda needed to reinvent the use of materials. Topics will include material budgets and cycles, their resource and environmental implications, the next generation of products and materials, optimization of material cycles, and scenarios for the future use of materials. Participants will include research scientists in academia, industry, and relevant agencies.The expected outcomes will include a 5-year plan for the implementation of an initial detailed research program, a strategy for developing the necessary research integration across the disciplines, a program for training individuals in the topical area of materials use, and a strategy for coordinating the program results with those of the other grand challenge initiatives.