Support for the 2014 Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis: From Art to Science

摘要TITL2014年戈登催化研究会议的支持：从艺术到科学摘要该奖项将适用于2014年戈登催化研究会议(GRC)参与者的注册费用，博士后助理和研究生优先考虑。今年S大会的主题是？从艺术到科学？会议将于2014年6月22日至27日在新罕布夏州新伦敦的科尔比-索耶学院举行。该奖项的PI是南卡罗来纳大学的John Regalbuto教授。该奖项的目标是支持多达18名来自催化研究界的杰出早期职业科学家和工程师的出席。特别强调提高妇女的能见度和参与度。催化领域对国家经济和人民生活水平起着至关重要的作用。催化的基础研究生产的材料(即催化剂)显著改善了许多产品的制造工艺。其中许多产品在提高人类生活质量、减少人类活动对环境的不利影响以及保障国家能源供应方面得到了应用。催化领域的研究也具有重大的经济影响，因为现代社会使用的大多数产品在制造过程中的某个时刻都需要催化剂。戈登研究会议有着悠久的传统，聚集了来自世界各地的顶尖专家，讨论他们在催化方面最新、最令人兴奋的工作和该领域的未来方向。会议议程允许来自学术界、工业界和国家实验室的与会者进行广泛的讨论。参与者中至少有三分之一是研究生和早期职业科学家。对于早期职业参与者来说，该会议是一个独特的学习环境，因为这种形式结合了非正式的演讲和讨论、小组聚餐和外部活动，以鼓励来自学术界、工业和国家实验室的早期职业催化科学家和高级职业催化科学家之间的协作讨论。2014年催化GRC将延续来自世界各地的领先研究人员的传统，讨论他们在催化领域最新、最令人兴奋的工作和该领域的未来方向。来自学术、工业和国家实验室研究的杰出思想家的广泛讨论，包括博士后助理和研究生，对于早期职业参与者来说是一个独特的学习环境，也是现有科学家和工程师社区在研究方面协同进步的绝佳机会。这次会议有材料合成的偏见。会议包括：(1)催化剂开发的科学，(2)了解和设计氧化物和碳，(3)负载型金属纳米颗粒的合理合成，(4)机理理解和催化剂设计的计算，(5)最新表征方法，(6)表面科学的艺术，(7)了解催化反应，(8)继续催化艺术向科学的转变。下午晚些时候为研究生和博士后助理举办的海报会议是会议不可或缺的、充满智慧的部分。这些海报会议由一个行业参与者小组评选的最佳海报比赛赋予了实质内容。此外，今年一个显著的多样性影响是，50%的演讲者是女性。

ABSTRACT TITLESupport for the 2014 Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis: From Art to ScienceABSTRACTThis award will be applied to the registration costs for participants of the 2014 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Catalysis, with preference given to post-doctoral associates and graduate students. The theme of this year?s conference is ?From Art to Science?. The conference will be held June 22-27, 2014, at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire. The PI for the award is Prof. John Regalbuto of the University of South Carolina. The goal of this award is to support the attendance of up to 18 exceptional early career scientists and engineers from the catalysis research community. Special emphasis has been taken to increase the visibility and participation of women. The field of catalysis plays a key role in the nation?s economy and standard of living. Fundamental research in catalysis produces materials (i.e., catalysts) that significantly improve the manufacturing process for many products. Many of these products find application in improving the quality of human life, reducing the adverse impact of human activities on the environment, and securing the nation's energy supply. Research in the field of catalysis also has major economic impact since a majority of the products used by a modern society requires catalysts at some point in their manufacture. The Gordon Research Conferences have a long tradition of bringing together leading experts from around the world to discuss their latest, most exciting work in catalysis and future directions for the field. The agenda for the conference allows for extended discussions amongst the participants from academia, industry, and the national laboratories. At least a third of the participants are graduate students and early career scientists. The conference is a unique learning environment for early career participants because the format combines informal presentations and discussions, group meals, and external activities to encourage collaborative discussions between early career and advanced-career catalytic scientists from academia, industry, and national labs. The 2014 GRC on Catalysis will continue the tradition of bringing together leading researchers from around the world to discuss their latest, most exciting work in catalysis and future directions for the field. The extended discussions that arise in this collection of outstanding thinkers from academic, industrial, and national laboratory research, including post-doctoral associates and graduate students, is a unique learning environment for early career participants and a great opportunity for synergistic advances in research by the established community of scientists and engineers. The conference has a materials synthesis bias. The conferences sessions cover: (1) Science in Catalyst Development, (2) Understanding and Designing Oxides and Carbon, (3) Rational Synthesis of Supported Metal Nanoparticles, (4) Computations for Mechanistic Understanding and Catalyst Design, (5) State of the Art Characterization Methods, (6) The Art of Surface Science, (7) Understanding Catalytic Reactivity, (8) Continuing the Transformation of Catalysis Art into Science. Late-afternoon poster sessions for graduate students and post-doctoral associates are an integral and intellectually vigorous part of the meeting. These poster sessions are given substance by a best-poster competition judged by a panel of industrial participants. Additionally, a significant diversity impact this year is that 50% of the speakers are women.