PASI On Emerging Trends in Process Systems Eng.: Sustainability, Energy, Biosystems , Multi-Scale Design Enterprise-Wide Optimization; Mar del Plata, Arg., Aug. 12-21, 2008

由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和美国能源部（DOE）联合支持的泛美高级研究所（PASI）奖将于2008年8月12日至21日在阿根廷马德普拉塔举行。该研究所由卡内基-梅隆大学的伊格纳西奥·格罗斯曼博士组织，将有大约12名讲师、14名研讨会演讲者和50名来自美国、阿根廷、巴西、智利、加拿大、哥伦比亚、墨西哥、秘鲁和委内瑞拉的学生参加。PASI将涵盖七个主题：可持续发展、新能源系统、生物系统工程、多尺度材料设计、复杂工程系统、企业范围的优化和高级建模工具。该PASI的结果将通过过程系统工程新兴趋势虚拟图书馆传播，该图书馆将包含PowerPoint演示、阅读材料、软件和练习，所有这些都可以通过互联网和新闻通讯获得。PASI将以一个促进和激发新想法的小组讨论结束，这些新想法将被刊登在一篇旨在引起研究界注意的期刊文章中。

This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place August 12-21, 2008 in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Organized by Dr. Ignacio E. Grossmann of Carnegie-Mellon University, the institute will involve approximately 12 lecturers, 14 seminar speakers, and 50 students from United States, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. The PASI will cover seven topics: Sustainability, New Energy Systems, Biosystems Engineering, Multiscale Material Design, Complex Engineering Systems, Enterprise-wide Optimization, and Advanced Modeling Tools.Results of this PASI will be disseminated through a Virtual Library on Emerging Trends in Process Systems Engineering that will contain PowerPoint presentations, reading materials, software and exercises, all made available via the internet and through newsletters. The PASI will conclude with a panel discussion to promote and stimulate new ideas, which will be featured in a journal article designed to bring them to the attention of the research community.