Gordon Research Conference on Multifunctional Materials and Structures: Bridging the Gap between Biological and Synthetic Systems; Ventura, California; 14-19 January 2018

戈登多功能材料和结构研究会议：弥合生物和合成系统之间的差距；

• 批准号: 1745439
• 负责人: Nancy Sottos
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-10-15 至 2018-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1745439&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Gordon; Research; Conference; Multifunctional; Materials

This award will provide financial support to the 2018 Gordon Research Conference on Multifunctional Materials and Structures: Bridging the Gap between Biological and Synthetic Systems to be held in Ventura, California, 14-19 January 2018. This conference seeks to address fundamental scientific issues associated with translating and scaling model biological functions to synthetic materials and structures. The potential societal benefits and impact of multifunctionality are: materials sustainability and energy resource management through lifetime extensions of engineered components, safer systems through adaptive and self-aware systems, and improved energy efficiency through mass and/or volume reductions, energy recapture, and ambient harvesting. The conference will seek a broad balance in the speakers, discussion leaders, and attendees including young and established scientists and engineers, U.S. and international representation from academic, industry, and government institutions/groups, and gender and racial diversity. Funding through this award would increase the number of junior faculty and researchers participants to prepare the next generation of scientific leaders in this field.Researchers will address key scientific issues associated with translating and scaling the science of multifunctionality in biological/natural systems for creating synthetic materials and structures with unique multifunctional capabilities and new levels of performance. The conference is being organized by leading researchers in this emerging field with deep ties to the worldwide community of scientists and engineers engaged in multifunctional research. The conference outcomes are expected to have broad impacts on future research and applications in self-sustaining systems that can mitigate and heal structural damage, energy harvesting devices and adaptive structures.

该奖项将为2018年1月14日至19日在加利福尼亚州文图拉举行的2018年戈登多功能材料和结构研究会议：弥合生物和合成系统之间的差距提供资金支持。这次会议旨在解决与将模型生物功能转换和缩放到合成材料和结构相关的基本科学问题。多功能的潜在社会效益和影响是：通过延长工程部件的使用寿命实现材料可持续性和能源资源管理，通过自适应和自我感知系统实现更安全的系统，以及通过减少质量和/或体积、能量回收和环境收获提高能源效率。会议将寻求演讲者、讨论领导者和与会者(包括年轻和知名的科学家和工程师)、美国和来自学术界、工业界和政府机构/团体的国际代表以及性别和种族多样性的广泛平衡。通过该奖项的资助将增加初级教师和研究人员的参与者数量，以培养该领域的下一代科学领袖。研究人员将解决与转化和扩展生物/自然系统中的多功能科学相关的关键科学问题，以创造具有独特多功能能力和新水平的性能的合成材料和结构。这次会议是由这一新兴领域的领先研究人员组织的，他们与世界各地从事多功能研究的科学家和工程师社区有着深厚的联系。会议成果预计将对未来自我维持系统的研究和应用产生广泛影响，这些系统可以减轻和修复结构破坏、能量收集装置和自适应结构。