Young Engineers & Scientists Symposium 2011: A US/France/UK Collaboration in Alterntative Energy Research

该奖项为美国和欧洲的技术和政策社区创造了独特的机会，以促进急需的下一代替代能源技术的发展。它向美国学生和博士后研究人员，包括妇女和代表人数不足的少数民族提供了18笔旅费赠款，以参加2011年题为"替代能源：全球视角"的青年工程师和科学家研讨会，这是一次为期三天的会议，旨在汇集来自美国、法国和联合王国的一批选定的早期职业工程师和科学家。研讨会将通过制定议程，促进建立新的长期互动和研究伙伴关系，使与会者能够讨论关键技术问题，社会和教育主题以及与美国和欧洲非化石能源部门的法规和资金有关的公共政策问题。技术会议将讨论太阳能、风能、地热能、生物燃料和核能等核心领域，并考虑到能源储存和智能能源电网。 其他会议将侧重于以下政策问题：非化石能源领域的国际关系;新能源供应的经济前景;非化石能源的监管和政府激励措施;以及为开发非化石能源而培训劳动力的教育和教学需求。 本次研讨会提出了一个多样化的全体讲座，重点平行技术会议，海报会议与工业界，学术界和政府实验室的贡献时间表。该讲习班由得克萨斯农工大学得克萨斯工程实验站、得克萨斯工程实验站欧洲联盟中心、英国领事馆和法国驻休斯敦领事馆科学随员办公室联合举办。&

This award creates unique opportunities to bridge US and European technical and policy communities to foster the development of critically needed next-generation alternative energy technologies. It provides 18 travel grants to US students and postdoctoral researchers, including women and under-represented minorities, to attend the Young Engineers and Scientists Symposium 2011 entitled "Alternative Energy: A Global Perspective", a three-day meeting aimed at bringing together a select group of early-career engineers and scientists from the US, France and the United Kingdom. The symposium will facilitate the establishment of new long-term interactions and research partnerships through an agenda crafted to allow participants to discuss a combination of key technical issues, societal and educational topics, and public policy matters related to regulations and funding in the non-fossil energy sector in the US and Europe. Technical sessions will address the core areas of solar, wind, geothermal, biofuel, and nuclear energy with consideration of energy storage and smart energy grids. Other sessions will focus on the following policy issues: international relations in the field of fossil-free energy; economic perspectives regarding new energy supplies; regulation of fossil free energy and government incentives; and education and teaching needs to train the workforce for the development of non-fossil energy. This symposium proposes a schedule of diverse plenary lectures, focused parallel technical sessions, and poster sessions with contributions from industry, academia, and government labs. The workshop is jointly organized by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station at Texas A&M University (TAMU), the TAMU European Union Center, the British Consulate and the Office of the Scientific Attaché of the French Consulate in Houston.