Group Travel Grant-7th International Symposium of ESIQIE - IPN, Mexico City, Mexico

CBET-0829971 Panagiotopouls这是一项团体旅行支持(4,508美元)，用于支持来自美国大学的四名教职员工参加ESIQIE-IPN第七届国际研讨会。第七届国际研讨会将于2008年5月20日至22日在墨西哥墨西哥城国家理工学院(IPN)校园内举行。研讨会的学术焦点领域是从工业和学术角度看化工和冶金过程工程的现状，以及21世纪社会对能源的需求。派遣一批美国教授参加此次研讨会可能产生的更广泛影响包括：(A)创建新的和加强现有的美墨学术研究互动；(B)加强美国教师与墨西哥国家石油公司以及研讨会的其他行业参与者的互动；(C)更好地了解全球化和北美自由贸易协定对美国化学制造业的影响；以及(D)在国际上传播由国家科学基金会资助的研究成果。将得到支持的美国参与者是：Ram B.Gupta教授(奥本大学)、Kenneth R.Hall教授(德克萨斯A&Amp；M)、AThanassios Z.Panagiotopoulos教授(普林斯顿大学)。菲利普·E·萨维奇教授(密歇根大学)。如上所述，研讨会的重点是从工业和学术的角度看化工和冶金过程工程的现状，以及21世纪社会对能源的需求。研讨会通常有近100名墨西哥和其他拉丁美洲的教授和学生参加。一些非美国的参与者最终参加了美国大学的初始和完成合作研究项目。ESIQIE-IPN研讨会组织者将为本地化提供支持，从而显著降低美国参与NSF的净成本。

CBET-0829971PanagiotopoulosThis is a group travel support ($4,508) for participation of four faculty members from U.S. universities in the 7th International Symposium of ESIQIE-IPN. The 7th International Symposium will take place in Mexico City, Mexico on the campus Institute Polytechnical National (IPN) from May 20-22, 2008.The intellectual focus areas of the Symposium are the state of the Chemical and Metallurgical process engineering from both the industrial and academic point of view, and the energy needs for society in the 21st century. The potential broader impacts of sending a group of U.S. professors to this Symposium include (a) creation of new and strengthening of existing U.S.-Mexico academic research interactions, (b) enhancement of interactions of U.S. faculty with PEMEX, the Mexican Petroleum company as well as other industrial participants of the symposium (c) improved understanding of the impact of globalization and NAFTA on U.S. chemical manufacturing and (d) international dissemination of NSF-supported research results.The 7th International Symposium will be chaired by Prof. Luis A. Galicia-Luna. The U.S. participants to be supported are Prof. Ram B. Gupta (Auburn Univ.), Prof. Kenneth R. Hall (Texas A&M), Prof. Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos (Princeton Univ.) and Prof. Philip E. Savage (U. of Michigan). As stated above, the focus of the Symposium is the state of the Chemical and Metallurgical process engineering from both the industrial and academic point of view, and the energy needs for society in the 21st century. The symposium is normally attended by close to 100 Mexican and other Latin American professors and students. Some of the non-USA participants ultimately attend USA Universities to initial and complete collaborative research projects.The ESIQIE - IPN Symposium organizers will provide support for locallodging, thus significantly reducing the net cost to the NSF of USA participation.