Proposal in Support of the Travel of Young U.S. Researchers to Participate at the 17th ISCRE

化学反应工程领域是开发高效，环保和有效制造的关键。 促进该领域领先研究人员之间的思想交流不仅会对化学反应工程学科的未来发展产生有利影响，而且最终会产生更高效，更清洁的技术，并改善整个社会的生活方式。 化学反应工程国际研讨会（ISCRE）是该领域的首要会议，每两年举行一次，为该领域的进展定下基调。 它的影响毫无疑问是巨大的，这是由ISCRE论文集收到的引用数量，促进了更多的行业与大学的互动，以及该领域年轻研究人员的教育和曝光率的提高来衡量的。 随着亚太地区主办即将到来的ISCRE 17，希望这一首次为化学反应工程（CRE）研究人员举办的活动将为该地区研究人员的参与提供一个台阶，为ISCRE的全球化迈出历史性的一步。 美国学术界和工业界研究人员的会议将深入了解该地区快速发展的CRE社区，这是以前ISCRE没有的机会。NSF对ISCRE 17的旅行支持将使来自美国的25名年轻研究人员能够参加会议，包括注册和支付一些旅行和住宿费用。 NSF的资助将使这些研究人员能够通过听取最先进的评论谈话和研究论文以及与该领域的研究人员进行互动的机会来获利。 公众将从整个化学反应工程领域的进步中受益匪浅，并使用新的想法来开发更高效，更环保的燃料，材料和化学品生产技术。

The field of Chemical Reaction Engineering is key in the development of efficient, environmentally friendly and effective manufacturing. Promoting the exchange of ideas among leading researchers in this field will not only favorably impact the future growth of the Chemical Reaction Engineering discipline but should ultimately result in more efficient and cleaner technologies and an improved way of life for the society as a whole. The international symposium in Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE) is the premier meeting in the field, which takes place every two years and sets the tone for progress in the field. Its impact has been without any doubt tremendous as measured by the number of citations the ISCRE proceedings have received, the increased industry-university interactions that is has fostered, and the improved education and exposure of young researchers in the field. With the Asia Pacific region hosting the upcoming ISCRE 17, it is hoped that this premiere event for Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) researchers will provide a step-jump for the participation of researchers in that region, taking a historic step towards the globalization of ISCRE. The meeting of US academic and industrial researchers with an insight into the fast growing CRE community in that region an opportunity that was not available in previous ISCRE's.NSF's travel support for ISCRE 17 will make it possible for up to twenty five young researchers from the US to attend the meeting covering registration and defraying some of the travel and lodging expenses. NSF funding will allow these researchers to profit by listening to state-of-the-art review talks and research papers and from the opportunity to interact with their fellow researchers in the area. The public at large will significantly benefit by the advancement of the Chemical Reaction Engineering field as a whole and the use of the new ideas generated for the development of more efficient and environmentally friendlier technologies for the production of fuels, materials and chemicals.