Fourth Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium: A Unique Opportunity for U.S.-Arab Scientific Exchange and Collaboration

第四届阿拉伯-美国科学、工程和医学前沿研讨会：美国-阿拉伯科学交流与合作的独特机会

• 批准号: 1643720
• 负责人: Dalal Najib
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: National Academy of Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1643720&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Fourth; Arab; American; Frontiers; Science

This project will provide support the fourth conference of the Arab-American Frontiers program series which will be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE from November 5-7, 2016 and is co-organized by local partners the Masdar Institute, New York University Abu Dhabi, Khalifa University and the Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi. The project will provide an opportunity for approximately 35 early-career US scientists to attend the three day conference of approximately 100 total attendees. Participants are selected through a competitive application process, ensuring a meeting of research-active scientists and engineers who are ready to capitalize on the ideas and relationships developed at the conference. The goals of the workshop are to: 1) Enhance scientific dialogue and exchange among young researchers in Arab countries and the United States;2) Encourage and strengthen scientific collaboration and the transfer of techniques and approaches across disciplines within and beyond the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region and the United States;3) Empower young scientists, engineers, and medical professionals to assume leadership roles in their fields and beyond.Given the limited opportunities for US scientists to interact with colleagues from the Middle East and North Africa, this meeting will provide an unparalleled opportunity for research-active, exceptionally promising young scientists and engineers to share their work and develop new ideas and opportunities for collaboration.The conference purposely focuses on several topics that are not directly related to encourage the participants to make connections beyond their field of study and to facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue that may offer new, unexpected insights. Participants at previous workshops have highlighted this broad interdisciplinarity as an intellectual highlight of the meeting. The focus areas for this meeting were developed by the volunteer organizing committee and represent globally important topics in which the Middle East has valuable expertise and is investing important resources. All five cutting-edge topics are multi-disciplinary areas that will benefit from greater interdisciplinary dialogue. ? Solar Energy and Water for Sustainable Living? Nanotechnology for Next Generation Electronics and Photonics? Exploring the Brain? Advances in Petroleum Geosciences, Oil and Gas Exploration? New Spacecraft Technologies for Earth and Space Exploration Further development of ideas for cooperative work that develop at the conference will be facilitated by small collaboration grants for which participants may apply after the meeting. The previous three meetings have now been followed by 25 collaboration grants. Noteworthy bilateral and trilateral collaborations are underway, including work in groundwater quality assessment and purification, epigenetic cancer research, climate change impacts on plant physiology, and nanomaterials.

该项目将为2016年11月5日至7日在阿联酋阿布扎比举行的阿拉伯-美国边境计划系列第四次会议提供支持，由当地合作伙伴马斯达尔研究所，阿布扎比纽约大学，哈利法大学和阿布扎比石油学院共同组织。该项目将为大约35名美国早期职业科学家提供参加为期三天的会议的机会，会议共有大约100名与会者。参与者是通过竞争性的申请过程选择的，确保了研究活跃的科学家和工程师的会议，他们准备利用会议上开发的想法和关系。 讲习班的目标是：1）加强阿拉伯国家和美国青年研究人员之间的科学对话和交流;2）鼓励和加强中东/北非区域和美国内外的科学合作以及跨学科技术和方法转让; 3）赋予年轻科学家、工程师和医学专业人员在各自领域及其他领域担任领导角色的能力。鉴于美国科学家与中东和北非同事互动的机会有限，本次会议将为研究活跃，特别有前途的年轻科学家和工程师提供一个无与伦比的机会，分享他们的工作，发展新的想法和合作机会。会议特意集中在几个主题，没有直接相关的，以鼓励与会者建立联系，超越他们的研究领域，并促进跨学科的对话，意想不到的见解。前几次研讨会的与会者强调，这种广泛的跨学科性是会议的一个知识亮点。这次会议的重点领域是由志愿人员组织委员会确定的，代表了中东拥有宝贵专门知识并投入重要资源的全球重要议题。所有五个前沿课题都是多学科领域，将受益于更大的跨学科对话。?太阳能和水可持续生活？下一代电子学和光子学的纳米技术探索大脑？石油地球科学与油气勘探进展10.将通过与会者可在会后申请的小额合作赠款，促进进一步发展会议上形成的合作工作设想。在前三次会议之后，现已获得25笔合作赠款。值得注意的双边和三边合作正在进行中，包括地下水质量评估和净化、表观遗传癌症研究、气候变化对植物生理学的影响以及纳米材料。