US-Middle East Materials Planning Meeting and Workshop

计划于2002年为中东举办一系列国际材料讲习班中的第六期讲习班。美国--中东材料研讨会是一个致力于材料研究，教育和技术的国际研讨会。研讨会的目标是通过全体会议和分组讨论详细澄清中东的主要材料科学问题;通过建立材料世界网进一步发展合作;加强与会者与同事之间的关系。为此，组委会计划邀请来自美国的约20名与会者，40名来自中东，15名来自不同国家的政府官员。以前NSF赞助的材料研讨会在北美自由贸易区国家，欧洲，拉丁美洲，亚洲和非洲举行，一直表示希望建立一个材料世界网，该网络将把全世界的材料科学家和工程师联系起来，使他们能够访问综合数据库，进行合作研究和教育项目。有证据支持这样的结论，即世界网对研究人员也是可取的在中东研讨会的主要组织者R.P.H.教授西北大学的张将与来自美国的联合组织者阿尔伯特·纳拉特博士和一个组委会（OC）合作，组委会成员来自埃及、约旦、土耳其、以色列和其他阿拉伯国家。这些当事方将于2001年底在土耳其举行规划会议。在两天的时间里，工作组将确定下一年举办讲习班的适当地点、时间、发言人、主题和议程。规划会议将作为明年组织委员会成员之间对话的开始。规划的高潮将是2002年的一个研讨会，重点是材料研究、教育和规划会议与会者确定的专业主题。 国家科学基金会以前共同主办的国际讲习班涉及北美自由贸易区国家（1995年）、欧洲国家（1996年）、泛美国家（1998年）、亚太国家（1998年）和非洲（2000年）。 所有这些讲习班都有一个共同的目标，即在材料研究的广泛领域加强国际合作与协作。据推测，对该地区很重要的主题包括腐蚀、薄膜、混凝土、矿物、石油和天然气以及聚合物。 将请与会者在每个领域提出建议，并特别注意发展虚拟研究所，作为进一步合作的工具。美国--中东材料讲习班由材料研究司、多学科事务办公室、国际司、化学品司和化学和运输系统司联合支助。

The sixth workshop in a series of international materials workshops is being planned for the Middle East in 2002. The U.S.-Middle East Materials Workshop is an international workshop dedicated to materials research, education, and technology. The goals of the workshop are to clarify in detail the major materials science issues in the Middle East through plenary sessions and breakout group discussions; further the development of collaboration via the establishment of a Materials World Net; and strengthen the relationships between the participants and their colleagues. To these ends, the organizing committee plans to invite approximately 20 participants from the U.S., 40 from the Middle East, and 15 government officials from various countries. Previous NSF sponsored materials workshops held in the NAFTA countries, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa have consistently expressed the desire to establish a Materials World Net, which would link materials scientists and engineers around the world by providing them with access to comprehensive databases and collaborative research and education programs.There is evidence to support the conclusion that the World Net is also desirable among researchers in the Middle East. The principal organizer (PI) of the workshop, Professor R.P.H. Chang at Northwestern University, will work together with the co-organizer Dr. Albert Narath from the U.S. and an organizing committee (OC), with members drawn from Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Israel and additional Arab countries. Those parties will come together at a planning meeting in Turkey in late 2001. Over the course of two days, the group will determine an appropriate location, time, speakers, topics, and an agenda for the workshop to be held the following year. The planning meeting will serve as the beginning of a dialogue among the organizing committee members during the next year. The culmination of the planning will be a workshop in 2002 focused on materials research, education, and specialty topics that the planning meeting participants will have identified.%%% Previous NSF co-sponsored international workshops have involved NAFTA countries (1995), European countries (1996), Pan-American countries (1998), Asian Pacific countries (1998), and Africa (2000). All of these workshops shared the common goal of fostering greater international cooperation and collaboration in the broad field of materials research. Topics which are presumably important to the region include corrosion, thin films, concrete, minerals, petroleum and natural gas, and polymers. The participants will be asked to make recommendations in each area and devote special attention to the development of virtual institutes as a vehicle for furthering cooperation. The U.S.-Middle East Materials Workshop is being jointly supported by the Division of Materials Research, the Office of Multidisciplinary Affairs, the International Division, and the Division of Chemical and the Division of Chemical and Transport Systems.