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

化学部化学部和化学，生物工程，环境和运输系统（CBET）部门正在赞助这个研讨会，题为“21世纪的食品-能源-水系统培养化学家和化学工程师”将于2015年10月22日至24日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿举行。人口增长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。蒂姆·朗教授（弗吉尼亚理工学院）、弗兰克·布莱特教授（布法罗）和保罗·埃德米斯顿教授（伍斯特学院）将带领一流的科学家和工程师，确定水研究在水-能源-粮食关系方面面临的综合挑战，并探索快速推进水研究领域的新机遇，特别是将水研究与能源利用和粮食生产相结合。研讨会包括讲座和分组会议，旨在确定水回收和再利用的关键研究活动。拟议的讲习班提供：（1）在化学与食品科学、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点整合实验研究的社会技术系统模型，（2）支持更有效利用食品、能源和水资源的基础知识，关注安全、经济和安全，以及（3）培训下一代劳动力的战略，以应对迅速出现的粮食、能源和水系统方面的全球挑战。

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.