New Opportunities in Energy Research

TECHNICALA将于3月15日在NSF举行为期一天的研讨会，重点是能源研究的新机遇，并审查替代能源收获、转移和储存领域的当前挑战。它的目标受众包括化学家、材料科学家、数学家、物理学家、工程师(所有学科)，以及社会和行为科学家和经济学家。将涵盖的领域包括但不限于：太阳能、氢燃料和燃料电池、生物燃料、核能、催化和生物催化、电池和电容器技术、可持续材料等。一小群来自不同科学和工程背景的杰出研究人员已被邀请参加这次研讨会，并讨论三个主题：能源的计算努力；新材料的设计；以及系统集成，因为它们与当前和未来的能源研究需求有关。研讨会的预期成果将是为克服目前阻碍替代能源技术发展的一些障碍铺平道路。通过有能力地解决科学家和工程师面临的问题，新的协作、跨学科的努力可能会被带入研究工作的前沿。这样的研究机会将与培训下一代科学家和工程师、向公众提供信息并寻求在全球范围内实施的努力结合起来。具有各种能源科学和工程知识的特邀演讲者将发表演讲，随后将以工作会议的形式进行小组讨论。研讨会的会议记录将发表在可供公众查阅的报告和期刊文章中。

TECHNICALA 1-day workshop to be held at NSF on March 15 will focus on new opportunities in energy research and examine current challenges in the fields of alternative energy harvesting, transfer and storage. The targeted audience for this includes chemists, materials scientists, mathematicians, physicists, engineers (of all disciplines), as well as social and behavioral scientists and economists. Areas to be covered include, but are not limited to: solar energy, hydrogen fuels and fuel cells, biofuels, nuclear, catalysis and biocatalysis, battery and capacitor technologies, sustainable materials, etc. A small group of distinguished researchers from different scientific and engineering backgrounds have been asked to attend this workshop and discuss three topics: Computational Efforts in Energy; Design of New Materials; and Systems Integration as they are related to current and future energy research needs. The expected outcome of the workshop will be to pave the way to overcome some of the current obstacles impeding the development of alternative energy technologies.NON-TECHNICALThis workshop will increase understanding of the roadblocks and opportunities in sustainable energy technologies. By competently addressing issues facing scientists and engineers, new collaborative, interdisciplinary efforts might be brought to the forefront of the research endeavor. Such research opportunities will be integrated with efforts to train the next generation of scientists and engineers, to inform the public, and to seek implementation on a global scale. Invited speakers knowledgeable in the various types of energy science and engineering will present lectures and group discussion in the form of working sessions will follow. The proceedings of the workshop will be published in publically-accessible reports and journal articles.