Conference: 2011 Environmental Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference, Valley Resort, NH, May 29 to June 3, 2011

会议：2011 年环境纳米技术戈登研究会议，新罕布什尔州山谷度假村，2011 年 5 月 29 日至 6 月 3 日

• 批准号: 1065653
• 负责人: Omowunmi Sadik
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-03-15 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1065653&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; 2011; Environmental; Nanotechnology; Gordon

Intellectual Merit: The inaugural Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Nanotechnology (http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2011&program=environano ) will be held at the Waterville Valley Resort, NH from May 29 to June 3, 2011. To date, the potential impacts of nanomaterials on human health and the environment have been limited due to insufficient understanding of the risks associated with its development, manipulation and wide-ranging applications. Emerging scientific findings indicate that nanoscale particles, whether they are ultrafine, engineered, intentional, or incidental particles, pose challenges for physical, chemical and biological characterization. The overarching goal of this conference is to bring together academic, industrial, and government scientists from around the world to present and discuss current research findings on the fate, transport and impact of nanotechnology and engineered nanomaterials on human health, the environment, and society. The planned GRC program includes the wide range of research areas that impact this field, from the synthesis, characterization, and exposure, through toxicology, metrology, and risk assessment, to the transport, transformation and ultimate fate of these materials in biological and environmental matrices. Formal and informal discussions will highlight future directions. It is anticipated that 180 physical and social scientists, engineers, and toxicologists, will participate in the presentations and discussions surrounding recent research results. The conference will foster new collaboration that will provide a better understanding of the challenges associated with the environmental and biological fate, transport, persistence, transformation, exposure assessment, recyclability, and the overall sustainability of engineered nanomaterials.Broader Impacts: The Gordon Research Conferences provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, and physical sciences, and their related technologies, and for over 75 years, have been viewed as the world?s premier scientific meetings. The 2011 Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Nanotechnology will draw attention to the need to proactively manage the emergence of nanotechnology into society so as to avert such problems that arose with previous technologies and compounds such as those involving DDT, leaded gasoline, PCBs, CFCs. It is anticipated that 180 physical and social scientists, engineers, and toxicologists, will participate in the presentations and discussions surrounding recent research results. The relatively small group of participants will be ideal to promote vigorous discussion and close interchange of ideas that are the hallmark of the Gordon Research Conferences. The conference will attract between 25-35 participants who are junior scholars (doctoral and postdoctoral students).Thus the conference will provide networking opportunities for scientists at different career stages. The weeklong schedule and emphasis on discussion time foster interactions between young investigators and more established researchers. There are few if any similar conferences in the broad topic of Environmental Nanotechnology, enhancing the importance of this event to new investigators. In addition, several scientists from underrepresented groups in science will play key roles in the conference. Participants of the Environmental Nanotechnology Research Conference will come from not only the US but around the globe, ensuring a diverse and expert group to facilitate stimulating discussions.

智力优势：首届戈登环境纳米技术研究会议 (http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2011&program=environano ) 将于 2011 年 5 月 29 日至 6 月 3 日在新罕布什尔州沃特维尔谷度假村举行。迄今为止，由于对纳米材料的认识不足，纳米材料对人类健康和环境的潜在影响受到限制。 与其开发、操作和广泛应用相关的风险。新的科学发现表明，纳米级颗粒，无论是超细颗粒、工程颗粒、有意颗粒还是偶然颗粒，都对物理、化学和生物表征提出了挑战。本次会议的总体目标是汇集来自世界各地的学术界、工业界和政府科学家，展示并讨论有关纳米技术和工程纳米材料的命运、运输以及对人类健康、环境和社会的影响的最新研究成果。计划中的 GRC 项目包括影响该领域的广泛研究领域，从合成、表征和暴露，到毒理学、计量学和风险评估，再到这些材料在生物和环境基质中的运输、转化和最终归宿。正式和非正式的讨论将突出未来的方向。预计 180 名物理和社会科学家、工程师和毒理学家将参加围绕最新研究成果的演讲和讨论。该会议将促进新的合作，从而更好地理解与工程纳米材料的环境和生物命运、运输、持久性、转化、暴露评估、可回收性和整体可持续性相关的挑战。 更广泛的影响：戈登研究会议为生物、化学和物理科学及其相关技术的前沿研究及其相关技术的展示和讨论提供了一个国际论坛，并且在超过 75 年的时间里， 被视为世界首屈一指的科学会议。 2011年戈登环境纳米技术研究会议将提请人们注意积极管理纳米技术进入社会的必要性，以避免以前的技术和化合物（例如涉及滴滴涕、含铅汽油、多氯联苯、氟氯化碳的技术和化合物）出现的问题。预计 180 名物理和社会科学家、工程师和毒理学家将参加围绕最新研究成果的演讲和讨论。相对较小的参与者群体非常适合促进激烈的讨论和密切的思想交流，这是戈登研究会议的标志。会议将吸引25-35名初级学者（博士生和博士后）参加。因此，会议将为不同职业阶段的科学家提供交流机会。为期一周的日程安排和对讨论时间的重视促进了年轻研究人员和更成熟的研究人员之间的互动。在环境纳米技术这个广泛的主题中，几乎没有类似的会议，这增强了这一活动对新研究人员的重要性。此外，来自科学界代表性不足群体的几位科学家将在会议中发挥关键作用。环境纳米技术研究会议的参与者不仅来自美国，而且来自全球各地，确保了一个多元化的专家小组，以促进激动人心的讨论。