Food-Energy-Water Systems Challenging Chemists and Chemical Engineers in the 21st Century

化学部和化学、生物工程、环境和运输系统(CBET)部将于2015年10月22日至24日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿举办这场名为“食品-能源-水系统挑战21世纪的化学家和化学工程师”的研讨会。人口增长，再加上随之而来的对更多食物、能源和清洁淡水的需求，需要技术创新来解决以淡水为中心的无数复杂的全球问题。Tim Long(弗吉尼亚理工学院)、Frank Bright(布法罗)和Paul Edmison(伍斯特学院)教授带来了顶尖的科学家和工程师，确定了水-能源-食品关系中水研究的综合挑战，并探索了快速发展的水研究领域的新机遇，特别是在水研究与能源利用和食品生产的整合方面。研讨会包括讲座和分组会议，旨在确定水循环和再利用方面的关键研究活动。拟议的研讨会提供：(1)将化学与食品科学、生物学和植物科学、作物和土壤科学、经济学家、企业家和不同工程学科的新兴交叉学科的实验研究结合起来的社会技术系统模型；(2)为更有效地利用食品、能源和水资源提供基础知识，同时关注安全、经济和保障；以及(3)培训下一代劳动力以应对快速崛起的食品、能源和水系统中的全球挑战的战略。

Division of Chemistry The Chemistry Division and the Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) Division are sponsoring this workshop entitled "Food-Energy-Water Systems Challenging Chemists and Chemical Engineers in the 21st Century" to be held on October 22-24, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. Population growth combined with a concomitant need for more food, energy, and clean fresh water necessitates technological innovations that address a myriad of complex global problems that center on fresh water. Professors Tim Long (Virginia Polytechnic Institute), Frank Bright (Buffalo), and Paul Edmiston (College of Wooster) bring leading scientists and engineers to identify the integrated challenges in water research at the water-energy-food nexus and to explore new opportunities in rapidly advancing area of water research, especially on the integration of water research with energy utilization and food production. The workshop includes lectures and breakout sessions designed to identify the critical research activities in water recycle and reuse. The proposed workshop provides: (1) a sociotechnical systems model for the integration of experimental research at emerging intersections of chemistry with food science, biology and plant science, crop and soil sciences, economists, entrepreneurs, and diverse engineering disciplines, (2) fundamental knowledge underpinning the more efficient use of food, energy and water resources with attention to safety, economics, and security, and (3) strategies to train the next generation workforce to address the global challenges in rapidly emerging food, energy and water systems.