Travel Support for the 2012 ECI Conference: Water Treatment and Reuse III and the Water Energy Nexus, January 8-13, 2012, Cancun, Mexico

1157131佩莱格里诺邀请15-18名来自美国的研究生、博士后、早期职业学者和一些受邀演讲者参加将于2012年1月8日至13日在墨西哥坎昆举行的名为“水处理和再利用III以及水-能源关系”的国际工程会议（ECI）。会议将举行至少8场技术会议，涵盖水处理中应用的前沿基础和应用分离科学技术。其中，将有3场会议专门讨论水与能源技术和政策的各个方面之间的关系。会议将包括至少两场全体演讲和约8场主题演讲（每场一场），以扩大与会者对前沿技术障碍和跨学科联系的认识。值得注意的是，会议旨在打破与会者最初的观点，挑战未来技术、政策和经济应该如何“连接水和能源”的传统观念。会议共同主席将根据演讲、海报、问答环节和专门的讨论环节制作一份白皮书。本白皮书旨在探讨是否需要考虑新的战略举措。例如，将特别讨论新型材料科学与传感器以及工艺工程与制造进步的相对重点，以实现新型单元操作。NSF对会议支持的更广泛影响将是国际知名和崭露头角的研究人员之间的互动。预计出席会议的有100-130名来自世界各地的研究人员，代表着工业界、政府和学术界。

1157131 PellegrinoTravel stipends are requested for a total of ~15-18 participants made up of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, early career academics, and a few invited speakers from the United States to present their research and participate in the Engineering Conferences International (ECI) conference entitled "Water treatment and reuse III and the water-energy nexus" to be held January 8-13, 2012 in Cancun, Mexico. The meeting will have at least 8 technical sessions covering the spectrum of leading-edge fundamental and applied separation science and technology as applied to water processes. Among these, there will be 3 sessions dedicated to the nexus between water and all facets of energy technology and policy. The meeting will feature at least two plenary lectures and ~8 keynote lectures (one in each session) to broaden the attendees' awareness of both the cutting edge technical hurdles and the connections across disciplines. It is important to note that the sessions are intended to foment disruption of the attendees' initial perspectives and challenge the conventional notions of how technology, policy, and economics should "connect water and energy" in the future.The meeting co-chairs will produce a white paper based on the presentations, posters, the question and answer periods, and dedicated discussion periods. This white paper will be framed to address the question of whether strategic new initiatives need to be considered. For example, perspectives about the relative emphasis on novel materials science versus sensors and process engineering versus manufacturing advances to make novel unit operations, will specifically be addressed.The broader impacts of the NSF support for the meeting will be the interaction between internationally renowned and up and coming researchers. The anticipated attendance for the meeting is 100-130 researchers from all parts of the world representing industry, government and academia.