Workshop on Frontier Research Directions and International Collaborations in Sustainability Engineering; University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, February 20-23, 2007

该项目将支持美国研究人员参加旨在确定可持续性工程一般领域前沿研究方向和潜在国际合作的研讨会。 该讲习班将在可持续性工程和科学国际会议之后立即举行，“说话和行走的可持续性”，2007年2月20日至23日，奥克兰大学，奥克兰，新西兰。 研讨会的与会者应受益于国际会议与会者的参与，并得到会议组织者的支持，已确定八名美国与会者将在研讨会中发挥领导作用，并将担任研讨会组织委员会。 其余的参与者将通过一般招标和申请审查确定。 该项目将在卡内基梅隆大学实施。可持续性工程是美国在下一个世纪面临的一个深刻挑战。 重要资源供应有限，能源成本不断上升，全球环境影响正在显现。 重大工程规划、决策和实施需要解决未来的可持续性问题。 许多具体领域迫切需要纳入可持续性的工程方法，如水的利用和再利用、节能和无毒产品设计、新的建筑材料和方法以及地下工艺。 在美国和国外，在这一领域已经做了大量的工作，但新工艺和新技术存在许多智力挑战。可持续发展是一项全球性挑战，国际合作对于使美国的研究具有相关性和新颖性至关重要。 该研讨会将有助于美国可持续性工程研究界的成熟和研究优先事项的设定。 更广泛地说，可持续性工程的成功发展应能更好地管理有限的资源，并为现有的非可持续性流程开发替代方案。

This project will support travel by a diverse group of US researchers to participate in a workshop intended to identify frontier research directions and potential international collaborations in the general area of sustainability engineering. The workshop will be held immediately after the International Conference on Sustainability Engineering and Science, 'Talking and Walking Sustainability,' 20-23 February 2007, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. The workshop participants should benefit from participation by the international conference participants, and is supported by the conference organizers.Eight US participants who would have leadership roles in the workshop have been identified and will serve as the workshop organizing committee. The remainder of the participants will be identified through general solicitations and application reviews. The project will be administered at Carnegie Mellon University.Sustainability engineering is a profound challenge to the US for the coming century. Vital resources are of limited supply, energy costs have been rising, and global environmental effects are being observed. Major engineering planning, decision making, and implementation will need to address sustainability in the future. Engineering approaches that integrate sustainability are urgently needed for many specific areas, such as water use and re-use, energy efficient and non-toxic product design, new construction materials and methods, and underground processes. Considerable work has been done in the area, both in the US and abroad, but numerous intellectual challenges for new processes and technologies exist. Sustainability is a global challenge, and international collaboration will be critical to making US research relevant and novel. This workshop will aid the maturity and research priority setting of the US sustainability engineering research community. More broadly, the successful development of sustainability engineering should result in better management of limited resources and development of alternatives to existing, non-sustainable processes.