US-North Africa Regional Workshop on Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology, Tunis, Tunisia, October 25-28, 2007

该奖项将用于支持2007年10月25日至28日在突尼斯Hammamet举行的“美国-突尼斯北非纳米结构材料和纳米技术研讨会”。美国组织者是M. Samy El-Shall博士，化学系，弗吉尼亚联邦大学，里士满，弗吉尼亚州。突尼斯的组织者是Bahouedine Tangour博士，他是突尼斯埃尔马纳尔工程研究预备学院（IPEIEM）的教授。他们计划确保突尼斯以及摩洛哥、阿尔及利亚、利比亚和埃及等代表多学科领域的其他北非国家的广泛参与。该研讨会可能与将于2007年10月23日至25日在突尼斯Hammamet的同一地点举行的第五届阿拉伯材料科学大会（ACMS-V）同时举行，这将为ACMS-V的与会者提供参加该研讨会的机会。大约16名美国参与者将在为期四天的时间里与阿拉伯研究人员进行互动，重点是将纳米材料的基本问题与工业和技术应用相结合。研讨会将包括来自化学、物理、材料科学、工程和生物医学工程领域的参与者和演讲者。它将吸引从事合成和表征以及从事新化学和生物化学应用的个人。会议将深入讨论处理纳米现象的基础科学，以及在美国和北非国家纳米颗粒和纳米结构材料的合成、表征和工业应用方面的最新研究成果。本次研讨会的一个主要焦点将是纳米颗粒和纳米结构的化学和生物应用。与会者将评估该领域的现状，并确定纳米颗粒的设计、合成、工程方面和应用方面的新研究的未来方向。一个目标是刺激美国和阿拉伯科学家在纳米技术方面的合作研究，希望能导致涉及美国和阿拉伯国家私营部门的经济发展。智力优势：本次研讨会将提供纳米结构材料科学和技术方面的信息交流。它将解决基于纳米材料在基础材料和生物医学科学中的应用的研究、发现和发明的新机会。这有望提高这些领域和其他相关领域的科学知识，并可能导致新的令人兴奋的技术。更广泛的影响：拟议中的研讨会将允许来自美国和阿拉伯国家的科学家交流他们的经验、想法和信息，并建立合作来促进纳米技术，造福两国的公共和私营部门。这将有助于促进北非和中东其他地区的经济发展。这两个研究小组在纳米结构材料领域的合作将增强美国和阿拉伯国家之间的科学合作，这将使这一领域在实现其新型纳米技术的巨大潜力方面更进一步。预计美国参与者中将有3名青年科学家和2名女科学家。

0724565 ElshallDescription: This award is to support a "US-Tunisia North Africa Workshop on Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology" to be held in Hammamet, Tunisia during the period of October 25-28, 2007. The U.S. organizer is Dr. M. Samy El-Shall, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. The Tunisian organizer is Dr. Bahouedine Tangour, professor at the El Manar Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies (IPEIEM) in Tunis, Tunisia. They plan to ensure a broad participation from Tunisia, and from other North African Countries including Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Egypt, representing multidisciplinary areas. The workshop is likely to be coupled with the Fifth Arab Congress on Materials Science (ACMS-V) that will be held from October 23-25, 2007 at the same location in Hammamet, Tunisia, and this will provide the opportunity for the ACMS-V participants to attend this workshop. Approximately 16 U.S. participants will interact with the Arab researchers over a four-day period, focusing on mixing fundamental problems with industrial and technological applications of nanoscale materials. The workshop will include participants and speakers from chemistry, physics, materials science, engineering, and biomedical engineering fields. It will attract individuals working on synthesis and characterization plus those working on new chemical and biochemical applications. There will be in-depth discussions on the basic science dealing with nanoscale phenomena and the utilization of the recent research in the synthesis, characterization and on industrial applications of nanoparticles and nanostructured materials in both the US and the North African countries. A major focus of this workshop will be directed toward chemical and biological applications of nanoparticles and nanostructures. The workshop participants will assess the current status of the field and identify future directions for new research on nanoparticles' design, synthesis, engineering aspects and applications. An objective is to stimulate cooperative research in nanotechnology between U.S. and Arab scientists, hopefully to lead to economic developments involving the private sectors in the U.S. and the Arab countries. Intellectual Merit: The proposed workshop will provide for exchange of information in the scientific and technological aspects of nanostructured materials. It will address new opportunities for research, discovery and invention based on the applications of nanoscale materials to fundamental materials and biomedical sciences. This is expected to enhance the scientific knowledge in these and other related fields, and it may lead to new exciting technologies. Broader Impact: The proposed workshop will allow scientists from the U. S. and the Arab countries to exchange their experiences, ideas, and information and to build collaborations to promote nanotechnology for the benefit of the public and private sectors in the two countries. This will help facilitate economic development in North Africa and other regions of the Middle East. The synergism produced by bringing together the two groups in the nanostructured materials areas is expected to enhance the scientific collaboration between the US and Arab countries which will take this field a step closer in realizing its enormous potential for novel nanotechnologies. It is expected that 3 junior scientists and 2 female scientists will be among the US participants.