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

化学分部化学分部和化学、生物工程、环境和运输系统（CBET）分部将于2015年10月22日至24日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿举行题为“21世纪挑战化学家和化学工程师的食物-能源-水系统”的研讨会。人口的增长以及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教授（弗吉尼亚理工学院）、Frank Bright教授（布法罗学院）和Paul Edmiston教授（伍斯特学院）将带领顶尖的科学家和工程师，在水-能源-食品关系方面确定水研究中的综合挑战，并探索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。讲习班包括讲座和分组会议，旨在确定水的回收和再利用的关键研究活动。建议的讲习班规定：(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、企业家和各种工程学科的新兴交叉领域的实验研究整合在一起的社会技术系统模型；(2)支持更有效地利用食品、能源和水资源的基础知识，并关注安全、经济和保障；(3)培训下一代劳动力的战略，以应对快速出现的粮食、能源和水系统的全球挑战。

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.