Workshop on Emerging Research in the Field of Ceramics, Carbon, Glasses and Composites (March 2012, DC area)

非技术描述：将举办一次研讨会，以确定陶瓷领域的新兴研究领域，包括玻璃、复合材料、氧化物和非氧化物陶瓷。研讨会将于2012年3月举行，届时将有来自美国和海外多家机构的40至50名研究人员参加。研讨会将确定该领域最令人兴奋的最新发现，并确定它们是否代表着未来研究投资的重要领域，如果是，为什么。最有前途的研究领域将被优先考虑。除了评估研究趋势外，还将研究保持和促进陶瓷领域领导地位的战略。研讨会的成果将是一份经过同行评审的报告，并作为专题文章发表在《美国陶瓷学会杂志》上。技术细节：研讨会将按材料类型组织，并将设立氧化物陶瓷、非氧化物、玻璃和复合材料委员会。跨越这些专题领域，将注意加快材料发现和部署的方法。研讨会将举行两天半。一天半的时间将用于确定、评估和确定四个主题领域中每一个领域的新兴研究的优先顺序：氧化物、非氧化物、玻璃和复合材料。在接下来的半天里，研讨会将分成两组，分别审议国际背景和筹资机制。在第二天结束时，国际委员会和供资委员会主席将提交报告草稿。在最后半天，小组将分成四个专题小组委员会，并起草报告的部分内容。在最后一届会议上，整个小组将重新开会，四个小组委员会将各自提交各自的草案。在第三天下午，国际和平协会开始合并小组委员会报告的进程。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: A workshop will be held to identify emerging research areas in the field of ceramics, inclusive of glasses, composites, and oxide and non-oxide ceramics. The workshop will take place in March 2012, and it will involve 40 to 50 researchers representing a broad range institutions from the US and abroad. The workshop will identify the most exciting recent discoveries in the field and determine whether or not they represent important areas for future research investments and, if so, why. The most promising research areas will be prioritized. In addition to evaluating trends in research, strategies to sustain and promote leadership in the field of ceramics will be examined. The outcome of the workshop will be a report that will be peer-reviewed and published in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society as a feature article. TECHNICAL DETAILS: The workshop will be organized by materials type, and there will be separate committees on oxide ceramics, non-oxides, glasses, and composites. Cutting across these topical areas, attention will be given to methods to accelerate discovery and deployment of materials. The workshop will convene for two and one-half days. One and one-half days will be devoted to the identification, evaluation, and prioritization of emerging research in each of four topical areas: oxides, non-oxides, glasses, and composites. During the next half day, the workshop will divide into two groups to separately consider the international context and funding mechanisms. At the end of the second day, the chairs of the international and funding committees will present draft reports. In the final half day, the group will break into the four topical subcommittees and will draft sections of the report. In the final session, the entire group will reconvene and each of the four subcommittees will present their drafts. During the afternoon of the third day, the PI begin the process of merging the subcommittee reports.