Travel Support for the ECI Water Treatment and Reuse II Conference

PI：Stephen Ritchie机构：阿拉巴马大学Tuscaloosa标题：ECI水处理和再利用II会议的旅行支持提案编号：0704160这笔赠款将用于帮助传播世界各地应用于水处理和再利用的分离工艺的最新研究知识。这是国际工程会议组织在这一领域的第二次会议。除了展示水处理综合技术的最新进展外，水淡化将是会议的重点。会议的另一个焦点是发展中国家的水处理，这涉及到独特的技术挑战，如砷和病原体去除。来自世界各地最受尊敬和最有成就的膜和水技术相关科学家和工程师将参加本次会议。除了NSF的资源外，NSF还向产业界和国家卫生研究院募集资金，以支持教职员工参加会议，因此NSF的资金将得到很好的利用。广泛的影响：这是国际工程会议在这一领域的第二次会议，为学生和教职员工提供了一个独特的机会，让他们在一对一的基础上与国际知名的科学家和工程师进行互动。除了10个技术性口头会议外，广泛的海报会议是会议不可或缺的一部分。这笔资金将为最多10名学生/年轻教师参加这次会议提供部分旅行支持，学生参加这次会议将通过让学生在技术会议和海报会议中接触到来自世界各地的顶尖科学家和工程师来增强研究基础设施。学生们还将有广泛的机会与来自其他有相似兴趣的研究小组的学生和教职员工建立联系。社会将从这项活动中受益，使受过更好培训、更有知识的研究生准备在各种实际应用中推动这一独特的使能技术的前沿。

PI: Stephen RitchieInstitution: University of Alabama TuscaloosaTitle: Travel Support for the ECI Water Treatment and Reuse II ConferenceProposal No.: 0704160This grant will be used to help disseminate knowledge about state-of-the-art research in separation processes applied to water treatment and reuse from around the world.This is the second meeting in this area sponsored by Engineering Conferences International. In addition to showing the latest advancements in integrated technologies for water treatment, water desalination will be a focus of the conference. Another focus of the meeting is water treatment in the developing world, which involves unique technical challenges such as arsenic and pathogen removal. The most respected and accomplished membrane and water technology related scientists and engineers from around the world will participate in this meeting. In addition to NSF resources, funds are being solicited from industry and the National Institutes of Health to support faculty and student participation in the meeting, so the NSF funds would be well leveraged.Broader Impact:This is the second meeting in this area sponsored by Engineering ConferencesInternational, and provides a unique opportunity for students and faculty to interact withinternationally renowned scientists and engineers on a one-to-one basis. In addition to 10technical oral sessions, an extensive poster session is an integral part of the conference. The funding will provide partial travel support for up to 10 students/young faculty to attend this meeting, Student participation in this meeting will enhance the infrastructure for research by giving students access to leading scientists and engineers from around the world in the technical sessions and in the poster session. Students will also have extensive opportunities to network with students and faculty from other research groups with similar interests. Society would benefit from this activity by having better trained, more knowledgeable graduate students prepared to push the frontiers of this unique enabling technology in a wide variety of practical applications.