EEC: NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE) Grantees Conference

该奖项为第五届年度NSF纳米科学与工程(NSE)受赠者会议提供资金，该会议是一个计划审查和研究网络研讨会，将突出NSF NSE资助计划正在进行的研究和教育活动。拟议的会议将于2011年12月5日至7日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的威斯汀阿灵顿网关酒店举行。会议的首席学术主席将是南卡罗来纳大学的约翰·R·雷加尔布托。这次拟议的为期3天的会议的主要目标是促进创新研究进展的传播，促进研究伙伴关系，并确定未来的研究方向。计划进行口头陈述，包括提问时间、小组讨论和海报会议，作为促进大学之间和academic/industry/government/national-laboratory互动的平台。这些互动代表着朝着推进美国国家纳米技术倡议(NNI)(www.nan.gov)的目标迈出的重要一步，这些目标是：1)进行研究和开发，以实现纳米科学和工程的全部潜力；2)培养推进研究和开发所需的熟练劳动力和配套基础设施；3)更好地了解技术对社会、伦理、健康和环境的影响；以及4)促进新技术转化为商业产品。

This award provides funding for the 5th Annual NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE) Grantees Conference, a program review and research networking workshop that will highlight the ongoing research and educational activities of the NSF NSE grant programs. The proposed conference will be held at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel, Arlington, VA on 5-7 December 2011. The lead academic chair of the meeting will be John R. Regalbuto of the University of South Carolina. The primary goals for this proposed 3-day conference are to promote dissemination of innovative research progress, to facilitate research partnerships, and to identify future research directions. Oral presentations with question periods, panel discussions, and a poster session are planned as platforms to promote inter-university and academic/industry/government/national-laboratory interactions. These interactions represent a vital step toward the advancement of the goals of the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) (www.nano.gov) which are to: 1) conduct research and development to realize the full potential of nanoscale science and engineering; 2) develop the skilled workforce and supporting infrastructure needed to advance research and development; 3) better understand the social, ethical, health, and environmental implications of the technology; and, 4) facilitate transfer of the new technologies into commercial products.