Travel Grant for Fifth Mediterranean Chemical Engineering Conference

第五届地中海化学工程会议旅费补助金

• 批准号: 0744337
• 负责人: Steven Cramer
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-10-01 至 2010-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0744337&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Travel; Grant; Fifth; Mediterranean; Chemical

Proposal Number: CBET: 0744337Principal Investigator: Steven CramerUniversity: Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTitle: Group Travel Grant for Fifth Mediterranean Chemical Engineering Conference (EMCC-5) to be held in Cetraro Italy, May 24-28, 2008.This project provides travel funds for U.S. academic representatives to attend the 5th Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative Research in Eastern Mediterranean (EMCC-5) to be held in Cetraro Italy, May 24-28, 2008. The participating countries are Turkey, Greece, Israel, Italy, Bulgaria, Rumania and the United States. Academic chemical engineers from other Eastern Mediterranean countries will also be invited. The purpose of the Workshop is to update researchers from the participating countries with the state of the art of research in six areas in chemical engineering: Multiscale modeling: from molecular to process engineering; sustainable and intensified processing; chemical- and bio- engineering for energy; biomaterials and bioprocesses for health care; water purification, reclamation and reuse; and nanostructured and functionalized materials for products and processes. These areas were selected since they are critical technology areas in all of the participating countries. The major theme of EMCC-5 will be "advanced new frontiers for chemical engineering in an evolving world". This is the fifth conference of a series. The four previous successful conferences were at the Technion, in Haifa, Israel in March 1999 with representatives from Turkey, Israel and the U.S.; in Ankara (Middle Eastern Technical University) in May, 2001 with participation by chemical engineers from Greece as well as the other three countries; in Thessaloniki, Greece in May 2003 with participation by the four participating countries; and at the Dead Sea, Israel in January 2006 with participation from Italy, Romania and Bulgaria as well as the other four countries. Prof. Enrico Drioli from the Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM-CNR) at the University of Calabria (Rende, Italy) will be the Chair of the Conference. The US EMCC coordinating committee consisting of Steve Cramer (Rensselaer), Nick Abbott (Wisconsin) and Alex Katz (Berkeley) will work with area leaders Peter Cummings (Vanderbilt), Ray Gorte (Penn), Menachem Elimelech (Yale) and Bill Bentley (Maryland) to organize a first class group of approximately 25 U.S. presenters who will be invited from the six research areas. This will include a blend of senior researchers and promising young investigators. Distinguished invited presenters from the other countries have committed to participate and approximately 20 investigators from each country will be invited to give oral or poster presentations. Poster presentations by graduate students will also be included in the program. Special travel supplements will also be provided to five US participants to visit and lecture in countries other than Italy- Israel, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria or Rumania -- to develop and/or promote collaboration. Other US participants are expected to attend the conference with approval from the organizers and with support from other financial sources. Broader Impact: It is expected based on past conference results that there will be a significant and broad impact on the US engineers attending the next EMCC conference. The first three EMCC Conferences have had major impacts in acquainting US, Turkish, Israeli, and Greek academics with their research interests and capabilities and in fostering research collaborations. The fourth conference provided further opportunities, by expanding the conference to include Italy, Bulgaria and Rumania. An added benefit of these conferences is the exposure they have provided for large numbers of graduate students from the Eastern Mediterranean to interact directly with both seasoned and young faculty researchers from the U.S. and the other countries. In addition, these conferences have provided excellent forums for fruitful discussions on curriculum issues among faculty of the participating countries. In addition to the personal contacts that the U.S. participants will make with people from the other countries, it will be beneficial to U.S. interests to foster exchanges of research and teaching ideas and of personnel, and establish research collaborations between chemical engineers from the U.S. and chemical engineers from the Eastern Mediterranean countries. It is also likely that recruitment of potential graduate students may occur informally, as in the past.

项目编号：CBET: 074437首席研究员：Steven cramer大学：Rensselaer理工学院标题：第五届地中海化学工程会议（EMCC-5）团体旅行资助，将于2008年5月24日至28日在意大利塞特拉罗举行。该项目为参加将于2008年5月24日至28日在意大利塞特拉罗举行的第五届东地中海合作研究化学工程会议（EMCC-5）的美国学术代表提供旅费。参与国包括土耳其、希腊、以色列、意大利、保加利亚、罗马尼亚和美国。来自其他东地中海国家的学术化学工程师也将被邀请。讲习班的目的是向参与国的研究人员介绍化学工程六个领域的最新研究进展：多尺度建模：从分子到过程工程；可持续强化加工；能源化学和生物工程；卫生保健用生物材料和生物工艺；水的净化、回收和再利用；以及产品和工艺的纳米结构和功能化材料。选择这些领域是因为它们是所有参加国的关键技术领域。EMCC-5的主题将是“在不断发展的世界中推进化学工程的新领域”。这是该系列的第五次会议。前四次成功的会议是1999年3月在以色列海法的以色列理工学院举行的，来自土耳其、以色列和美国的代表参加了会议；2001年5月在安卡拉（中东技术大学）举行，来自希腊和其他三个国家的化学工程师参加了会议；2003年5月在希腊塞萨洛尼基举行，四个参加国参加；2006年1月，意大利、罗马尼亚、保加利亚以及其他四个国家参加了在以色列死海举行的演习。意大利卡拉布里亚大学膜技术研究所（ITM-CNR）的Enrico Drioli教授将担任会议主席。美国EMCC协调委员会由Steve Cramer （Rensselaer）、Nick Abbott （Wisconsin）和Alex Katz （Berkeley）组成，将与地区领导人Peter Cummings （Vanderbilt）、Ray Gorte （Penn）、Menachem Elimelech （Yale）和Bill Bentley （Maryland）合作，组织一个由来自六个研究领域的约25名美国演讲者组成的一流小组。这将包括高级研究人员和有前途的年轻研究人员。来自其他国家的杰出受邀演讲者已承诺参加，每个国家将邀请大约20名研究人员进行口头或海报演讲。研究生的海报展示也将包括在项目中。此外，还将向5名美国参与者提供特别旅行补助，让他们前往意大利以外的国家——以色列、土耳其、希腊、保加利亚或罗马尼亚——进行访问和演讲，以发展和/或促进合作。预计其他美国与会者将在获得组织者批准和其他财政来源支持的情况下参加会议。更广泛的影响：根据以往的会议结果，预计将对参加下一届EMCC会议的美国工程师产生重大而广泛的影响。前三届EMCC会议对美国、土耳其、以色列和希腊的学者了解他们的研究兴趣和能力以及促进研究合作产生了重大影响。第四次会议提供了进一步的机会，将会议扩大到包括意大利、保加利亚和罗马尼亚。这些会议的另一个好处是，它们为来自东地中海的大量研究生提供了与来自美国和其他国家的经验丰富和年轻的教师研究人员直接互动的机会。此外，这些会议为参加国的教员就课程问题进行富有成果的讨论提供了极好的论坛。除了美国参与者将与其他国家的人进行个人接触外，促进研究和教学理念以及人员的交流，并在美国化学工程师与东地中海国家的化学工程师之间建立研究合作，也将有利于美国的利益。像过去一样，招收潜在的研究生也可能是非正式的。