Travel Grant to the 11th International Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design in Greece

CBET-0654321 O 'Connell该项目是弗吉尼亚大学的国际旅行资助项目。产品和过程设计的性质和相平衡国际会议（ICPPEPPD）每三年举行一次。在最初的21年里，会议地点在北美和欧洲之间交替，而在2001年，会议首次在亚洲举行。在犹他州举行的第十届会议之后，第十一届会议将在克里特岛举行，然后于2010年返回亚洲。前十届会议在化学过程设计和模拟这一重要领域的学术界、工业界和政府工作者之间产生了非常理想的互动。这些会议是全世界工人最重要的聚会; 2001年在日本举行的第九届会议吸引了来自29个国家的250名与会者，而2004年在犹他州举行的第十届会议有来自18个国家的170名技术人员参加。第十一届人发会议定于2007年5月20日至25日在希腊克里特岛赫索尼索斯举行，其形式与以往成功举行的会议类似，但会议主题新颖，并就新的和独特的主题举办讲习班。(The第11届会议计划有250名技术参与者，因为地点、成本和时间比2004年更有利。目前的赠款为2007年会议提供尽可能多的有需要的美国学术研究人员的旅费、食宿费。得到支助的人将只包括应邀发言和投稿的人以及没有这种支助就无法出席会议的年轻研究工作者。(No会议组织费用或非美国与会者的申请。）智力优势：本次会议将聚集最重要的国际研究人员在性质和相平衡的产品和工艺设计的重要领域，以审查进展，并发现下一代的问题和他们的潜在解决方案。更广泛的影响：全球最先进的将被阐明和推进。美国的参与对于为一般知识基础做出贡献、建立对全球活动的认识以及促进国际合作至关重要。

CBET-0654321 O'Connell This project is a group International Travel Grant to the University of Virginia.The International Conferences on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design (ICPPEPPD) are held every three years. For the first 21 years the locations alternated between North America and Europe, while in 2001, the conference was held in Asia for the first time. Following the 10th Conference in Utah, the 11th will be held in Crete before returning to Asia in 2010. The first ten conferences produced highly desirable interactions between academicand industrial and government workers in this vital area for chemical process design and simulation. The meetings are the most important gatherings for workers from all over the world; the Ninth Conference held in 2001 in Japan attracted 250 participants from 29 countries, while the Tenth held in 2004 in Utah was attended by 170 technical participants from 18 countries. Each conference has produced important collections of papers in reviewed archival Proceedings volumes.The Eleventh ICPPEPPD Conference is scheduled for May 20 - 25 2007, in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, with a similar format to the successful previous Conferences, but with innovative contemporary session topics and workshops on new and unique subjects. (The 11th is being planned for 250 technical participants because the location, costs and timing are more favorable than in 2004.)The present grant provides funds for travel, and meals and lodging in some cases, for as many needy US academic researchers as possible for the 2007 meeting. Those supported would include only presenters of invited and contributed papers as well as young research workers who would not be able to attend without such support. (No request is made for Meeting organization expenses or for non-US participants.)Intellectual Merit: This Conference will gather the most important international researchers on the vital area of properties and phase equilibria for product and process design to review progress and to uncover the next generation of problems and their potential solutions.Broader Impacts: Global state-of-the-art will be articulated and advanced. American participation is essential for making contributions to the general knowledge base, for building awareness of global activities, and for fostering international collaborations.