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发展高效、环保和高效制造的关键。促进该领域领先研究人员之间的思想交流不仅有利于化学反应工程学科的未来发展，而且最终将带来更高效、更清洁的技术和改善整个社会的生活方式。化学反应工程国际研讨会(ISCRE)是该领域的第一次会议，每两年举行一次，为该领域的进展奠定了基调。它的影响无疑是巨大的，从ISCRE会议收到的引文数量、所促进的产学互动的增加以及该领域年轻研究人员的教育和接触的改善来衡量。随着亚太地区主办即将到来的国际科学研究理事会第17届会议，希望这次化学反应工程(CRE)研究人员的首次活动将为该地区的研究人员的参与提供一个跳跃，朝着国际科学研究理事会的全球化迈出历史性的一步。这次美国学术和工业研究人员的会议洞察了该地区快速增长的CRE社区，这是以前ISCRE所没有的机会。NSF对ISCRE 17的旅行支持将使多达25名来自美国的年轻研究人员能够参加会议，包括注册并支付部分旅行和住宿费用。美国国家科学基金会的资助将允许这些研究人员通过收听最先进的综述演讲和研究论文以及与该地区的研究同行互动的机会来获利。整个化学反应工程领域的进步，以及为开发更高效、更环保的燃料、材料和化学品生产技术而产生的新想法的使用，将使广大公众受益匪浅。

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.