2011 NSF-DFG Research Conference: Bioinspired Design and Engineering of Novel Functional Materials; to be held in New York City; March 2011

ID: dmr1063924 PI: Deming， Timothy ORG：加州大学洛杉矶分校：2011年NSF-DFG研究会议：新型功能材料的生物启发设计和工程知识价值：该奖项支持将于2011年3月在纽约市举行的第六届DFG-NSF研究会议。会议的目的是促进美德在生物启发设计和新型功能材料工程领域的国际研究合作。这将是DFG-NSF系列研究会议的第六次会议，该系列会议由NSF的前任主任和DFG的同行构思和推动。会议将在联合国广场的德国大厦举行，德国政府在纽约的办公室就设在这里。自然界中发现的结构因其材料与功能相匹配的优雅方式而令人钦佩。最近的进展已经开始揭示生命系统使用的策略来创建这些结构所使用的材料。从生物结构和创造它们的方法中吸取教训，考虑设计和工程功能材料的新方法，现在是现实的。重点将放在使用生物、仿生和生物启发模板、方法或途径形成功能性合成材料上。更长远的目标是为合成具有新特性组合或具有传统手段无法实现的功能的材料创造可靠的路线。这项工作需要跨学科的方法，涉及来自广泛学科的科学家之间的密切合作，包括生物学、化学、物理学、材料科学和工程。此外，使用最先进的遗传和计算方法以及处理和表征方法对于将对基本原理的理解转化为成功创造新型功能材料至关重要。更广泛的影响：会议预期的长期社会成果包括可以通过模仿生物系统和过程来实现的新功能材料的开发。这次会议的一个更广泛的影响是有机会促进美德科学合作。该项目的目的是促进参与者之间的非正式讨论，帮助他们寻找潜在的合作伙伴。该计划旨在最大限度地扩大非正式讨论可能合作的机会，会议的组织没有平行会议，以便所有参与者都有机会接触到演示中所代表的全部活动。支持：本次会议由MPS/DMR生物材料计划、MPS/DMR特别计划办公室、ENG/CBET生物医学工程计划和NSF国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）联合支持。

ID: DMR-1063924 PI: Deming, Timothy ORG: University of California, Los AngelesTitle: 2011 NSF-DFG Research Conference: Bioinspired Design and Engineering of Novel Functional MaterialsINTELLECTUAL MERIT: This award supports the sixth DFG-NSF Research Conference to be held in New York City in March 2011. The objective of the conference is to stimulate US-German international research collaborations in the area of bioinspired design and engineering of novel functional materials. This will be the sixth in a series of DFG-NSF Research Conferences, a series conceived and promoted by the immediate past-Director of NSF and his counterpart at the DFG. The conference will be held at the German House on United Nations Plaza, which houses the offices of the German Government in New York City. The structures found in nature are admired for the elegant way that material is matched to function. Recent advances have begun to reveal the strategies used by living systems to create the materials from which these structures are built. It is now realistic to consider new approaches to design and engineering of functional materials that are inspired by the lessons learned from biological structures and the means by which they are created. The emphasis will be on the formation of functional synthetic materials using biological, biomimetic, and bioinspired templates, approaches, or pathways. The longer-range goal is to create robust routes for the synthesis of materials with novel combinations of properties or possessing functionalities that are unachievable by conventional means. This work calls for an interdisciplinary approach involving close collaboration among scientists from a broad range of disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, and materials science and engineering. In addition, the use of state-of-the art genetic and computational methods and processing and characterization approaches is essential to transferring the understanding of fundamental principles into the successful creation of novel functional materials. BROADER IMPACTS: The longer-term societal outcomes expected from the conference include development of new functional materials that can be achieved by mimicry of biological systems and processes. A broader impact specific to this conference is the opportunity to foster US-German scientific collaborations. The program has been specifically designed to promote informal discussions among the participants as they seek to identify potential collaborative partners. The program is designed to maximize opportunities for informal discussion of possible collaborations, and the conference is organized without parallel sessions so that all participants have an opportunity to be exposed the full range of activity represented in the presentations.SUPPORT: This conference is supported jointly by the MPS/DMR Biomaterials Program, the MPS/DMR Office of Special Programs, the ENG/CBET Biomedical Engineering Program, and the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering(OISE).