SusChEM: Focus on Sustainability-Integrated Approaches to Materials for Sustainable Development

材料科学将通过提供可持续的能源、水、产品、服务、交通、建筑和公共基础设施，在解决我们社会面临的许多关键挑战方面发挥关键作用。 为这些应用开发材料将需要新的方法和研究人员，他们拥有技术专长，并了解材料科学与其他学科之间复杂的相互关系。 作为材料研究人员的首要专业协会，材料研究学会（MRS）有能力帮助其成员应对这些挑战，并在材料研究部门的支持下，将在亚利桑那州凤凰城举行的2016年MRS春季会议展览会（2016年3月28日至4月1日）上举办特别MRS节目和活动，重点关注可持续发展。 在短期内，这一努力将为MRS会议上的未来活动和活动以及将材料和可持续性关系置于聚光灯下的出版物提供种子，以促进扩大有意义的研究和开发工作。从长远来看，该项目将鼓励学生和年轻的研究人员，以及他们的教师，将可持续性视为一个重要的挑战。技术摘要在材料研究部门的支持下，2016年MRS春季会议&展览在亚利桑那州凤凰城举行（2016年3月28日至4月1日）将以“关注可持续发展”为主题，包括：（1）为期两天的题为“材料促进可持续发展-综合办法”的专题讨论会和海报展示会，将提供一个媒介，就核心材料技术及其与社会、生态、可持续发展的经济驱动力，其中包括一个半天的特别会议，重点是工业的可持续性;（2）半天的辅导，如何教授材料在可持续发展中的作用;（3）一个90分钟的专业发展研讨会，如何将跨学科的可持续性原则纳入材料研究;（4）大学章学生海报设计比赛，主题为“我的社区可持续发展”;及（5）公众外展及与会者参与。“关注可持续性”方案是对围绕材料和可持续性建立一个强大的实践社区的投资。

Non-technical AbstractMaterials science will play a pivotal role in solving many of the key challenges facing our society by providing a sustainable supply of energy, water, products, services, transportation, buildings, and public infrastructure. The development of materials for these applications will require new approaches and researchers who have technical expertise and who understand the complex interrelationships between materials science and other disciplines. As the premier professional society for materials researchers, the Materials Research Society (MRS) is well positioned to help its members address these challenges, and with support from the Division of Materials research, special MRS programming and activities focused on sustainable development will be held at the 2016 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit in Phoenix, Arizona (March 28-April 1, 2016). In the near term, this effort will seed future activities and events at MRS Meetings as well as publications that put the materials and sustainability nexus in the spotlight, so as to promote expansion of meaningful research and development efforts. In the long term, the project will encourage students and young researchers, and their faculty, to view sustainability as an important challenge.Technical AbstractWith support from the Division of Materials Research, the 2016 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit in Phoenix, Arizona (March 28-April 1, 2016) will feature "Focus on Sustainability" programming and activities including: (1) a two-day symposium and poster session entitled "Materials for Sustainable Development-Integrated Approaches" that will provide a medium for technically based, interdisciplinary discussions of core materials technologies and their connection with societal, ecological, and economic drivers for sustainable development, and which includes a special half-day session focused on sustainability in industry; (2) a half-day tutorial on how to teach the role of materials in sustainable development; (3) a 90-minute professional development seminar on how to integrate interdisciplinary sustainability principles into materials research; (4) a special University Chapter student poster competition on "Sustainability in My Community;" and (5) public outreach and meeting attendee engagement. The "Focus on Sustainability" program represents an investment towards building a robust community of practice around materials and sustainability.