The Many Facets of Sustainable Development

一个由数学和物理科学局(MPS)材料研究(DMR)、化学(CHE)和多学科活动办公室(OMA)以及工程(ENG)电气、通信和网络系统(ECCS)司支持的可持续发展的多方面论坛将于2012年4月9日在旧金山举行的材料研究学会(MRS)春季会议上举行。这个论坛的主要目的是向一个由来自不同学科的化学家、物理学家、材料科学家和工程师组成的社区介绍关于可持续发展的不同观点。论坛将特别强调发展经济学家、社会科学家、工业生态学家和资源专家的观点，以帮助在可持续发展领域创造一个整体的方法。特别是，论坛的目标与科学、工程和教育促进可持续发展(SEES)倡议和NSF.NON TECHNICAL的许多其他学科项目非常一致。该论坛将通过促进可持续发展的科学和工程的整体方法产生更广泛的影响。许多在可持续发展领域(如工业生态学、经济学、社会学和行为科学)工作的研究人员目前并不是材料科学和工程界的成员。通常，他们不会参加以材料社区为中心的会议。该论坛的广泛影响将是重大的，因为它将提供一个平台，将这些专家及其杰出的工作联系起来，并创造机会将他们的想法纳入材料社区。论坛将有不同的演讲者和小组成员，包括妇女、代表性不足的少数群体和职业生涯早期的科学家。该论坛将使一批国内和国际研究人员接触可持续发展领域。这一群体包括学术人员、本科生和研究生、博士后，以及科学和工程所有领域的工业和政府研究人员。论坛将在这一重要研究领域促进新的跨学科合作，并可能产生变革性合作。因此，对教职员工以及研究生和本科生的教育、研究和培训将产生重大影响。

TECHNICAL A forum, entitled The Many Facets of Sustainable Development supported by the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (MPS) Divisions of Materials Research (DMR), Chemistry (CHE), and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA), as well as the Engineering (ENG) Directorate Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) will be held April 9, 2012 at the Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting in San Francisco. The primary objective of this forum is to introduce different perspectives on sustainable development to a community comprising chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and engineers from many disciplines. The forum will place a special emphasis on developing the viewpoints of economists, social scientists, industrial ecologists, and resource experts to help create a holistic approach in the field of sustainable development. In particular, the forum goals are well aligned with the Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES) initiative and many other disciplinary programs across NSF.NON TECHNICALThis forum will have broader impacts by fostering a holistic approach toward the science and engineering of sustainable development. Many researchers working in the field of sustainable development (e.g. industrial ecology, economics, social and behavioral sciences) are currently not part of the materials science and engineering community at large. Typically, they do not attend the conferences that are centered around the materials community. The broader impact of this forum will be significant in that it would provide a platform to connect these experts and their outstanding work and create opportunities to integrate their ideas into the materials community. The forum will feature a diverse set of speakers and panelists, including women, underrepresented minorities, and early-career scientists. The forum will expose a national and international group of researchers to the field of sustainable development. This group includes academic faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, post docs, and industrial and government researchers in all fields of science and engineering. The forum will foster new interdisciplinary, and potentially transformative, collaborations in this important research area. Thus, the broader impact on education, research and training of faculty members as well as graduate and undergraduate students will be substantial.