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

该奖项为第五届年度NSF纳米尺度科学与工程（NSE）受资助人会议提供资金，该会议是一个项目审查和研究网络研讨会，将突出NSF NSE资助项目正在进行的研究和教育活动。本次会议将于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门户酒店举行。会议的首席学术主席将是南卡罗来纳大学的John R. Regalbuto。本次为期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。口头报告，提问环节，小组讨论和海报会议计划作为促进大学间和学术/行业/政府/国家实验室互动的平台。这些相互作用代表了朝着美国国家纳米技术计划（NNI） （www.nano.gov）的目标前进的重要一步：1)进行研究和开发，以实现纳米科学和工程的全部潜力；2)发展推动研发所需的熟练劳动力和配套基础设施；3)更好地理解该技术的社会、伦理、健康和环境影响；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.