Second International Congress of Sustainability Science and Engineering: Where Science and Engineering Meet the Needs of Society

题目：第二届国际可持续发展科学与工程大会：科学与工程如何满足社会需求不可再生资源、森林和平流层臭氧的枯竭，空气、水和土壤的污染，全球变暖，饮用水和农业用水短缺，人口过度增长等，是全球社会面临的主要挑战之一。自然，如何确保工程的可持续性成为当今平衡经济、环境和社会发展的焦点。工业在开发绿色材料和产品、设计可持续系统、提高能源和材料使用效率、确保业务可持续性等方面的努力越来越重要。与此同时，大量工程、自然和社会科学等不同学科的学术研究人员开展了各种类型的可持续发展研究，旨在建立健全的理论、全面的评估和系统的分析与设计方法、强大的决策支持工具等。为了解决可持续发展科学与工程中更广泛的问题，促进科技发展的讨论。一群科学家、教育家、工程师和政府官员正在组织第二届可持续发展科学与工程国际大会：科学与工程技术满足社会需求。大会将于2011年1月9日至13日在亚利桑那州图森市举行。第二届大会旨在为来自世界各大洲的工程、物理和生态科学、经济学和社会科学的研究人员和工业从业者提供一个平台，就保护环境和资源的方法和手段进行交流，以便人类世世代代实现可持续的经济增长和社会效益。虽然将涵盖广泛的可持续性主题，但本次大会将重点关注对美国西部特别重要的可持续性问题，如水、可再生能源（太阳能）、高科技制造、土地利用/生态系统等。大会应该帮助弥合研究和开发之间的差距，加强工业界和学术界之间的联系，并探索在拟议的技术领域进行国际合作的机会。本届大会将吸引来自世界各地的众多行业领袖和顶尖学术研究人员参加。这个项目是为了支持美国的学术研究人员、教育工作者和学生参加会议。这将有助于他们了解可持续发展领域的前沿研究，与世界一流的领导者和其他同事分享他们的经验，并在可持续发展工程研究和教育方面寻找国际合作机会。将鼓励初级教师、本科生和研究生，特别是那些在科学和工程领域代表性不足的少数民族参加大会。这次大会将出版一本关于可持续发展科学与工程的书。预计这次活动将成为可持续工程积极国际合作的前奏。

PI: Yinlun HuangProposal Number: 1048263 Institution: Wayne State UniversityTitle: Second International Congress of Sustainability Science and Engineering: Where Science and Engineering Meet the Needs of SocietyDepletion of nonrenewable resources, forests, and stratospheric ozone, pollution of air, water, and soil, global warming, scarcity of water for drinking and agriculture, excessive population growth, etc., are among the major challenges to global society. Naturally, how to ensure engineering sustainability becomes a focal point in balancing economic, environmental and social developments today. Industrial efforts have been increasingly significant on developing green materials and products, designing sustainable systems, improving energy and material use efficiency, ensuring business sustainability, etc. In parallel, a large number of academic researchers in different disciplines of engineering, natural and social sciences have been conducting various types of research on sustainability, aiming at developing sound theories, comprehensive assessment and systematic analysis and design methodologies, powerful decision support tools, etc.To address much broader issues of sustainability science and engineering, facilitate discussions on scientific and technological development, and share research and practice experiences in industrial sustainability, a group of scientists, educators, and engineers, and governmental officers is organizing The Second International Congress on Sustainability Science and Engineering: Where Science and Engineered Technologies Meet the Needs of Society. The congress will be held in Tucson, Arizona, January 9-13, 2011.This second congress is designed to provide a platform for researchers in engineering, physical and ecological sciences, economics, and social sciences and industrial practitioners from different continents of the world to exchange emerging ideas about ways and means of protecting the environment and its resources so that humans can achieve sustained economic growth and societal benefits throughout generations. While broad topics in sustainability are to be covered, this congress will focus on the sustainability issues particularly important to the western U.S., such as water, renewable (solar) energy, high-tech manufacturing, land use/ecosystems, etc. The congress should help bridge the gap between research and development, strengthening the linkage between industries and academia, and explore opportunities for international collaboration in the proposed technical areas.This congress will attract many industrial leaders and top academic researchers from all over the world for participation. This project is for supporting the US academic researchers, educators and students to attend the conference. This will help them learn the cutting-age research in the field of sustainability, share their experience with the world-class leaders and other colleagues, and identify international collaboration opportunities in sustainable engineering research and education. Junior faculty members, undergraduate and graduate students, especially those minorities underrepresented in science and engineering, will be encouraged to participate in the congress. This congress will lead to a publication of a volume in sustainability science and engineering. It is envisioned that this event will be the prelude for active international collaboration on sustainable engineering.