Travel Support for 2018 Green Chemistry Gordon Research Conference

CBET- 1833650PI: Subramaniam， Bala全球商品化学品行业的快速扩张为促进可持续发展提供了重要机遇。迫切需要资源节约型技术，以节省能源，节约原材料，并尽量减少对环境和人类健康的危害。该基金将为来自不同背景的美国研究生、博士后研究人员和早期职业科学家提供部分支持，以参加2018年7月28日至8月3日在西班牙巴塞罗那附近Castelldefels的Rey Don Jaime大酒店举行的2018年戈登绿色化学研究会议（GRC）。该GRC旨在促进来自不同国家的学术界、工业界和政府在绿色化学/工程、环境和可持续发展等前沿话题上的互动。2018年绿色化学GRC的主题是“通过绿色化学工程解决能源-材料-食品-水关系的挑战”。与这一主题相一致，GRC将举办九场会议，包括化学催化、生物催化和电催化方法，以实现新兴原料向化学品和燃料的可持续转化。GRC还将举办一场关于使用定量指标来指导可持续化学过程和产品开发的会议。重点将放在解决对整个社会有益的重大挑战上。年轻的与会者将受益于顶尖专家的最新评论和演讲，通过交流与能源、环境和可持续发展有关的前沿研究课题的最新进展，并与同行讨论有争议的问题。研究生和博士后研究人员将有机会参加GRC之前的戈登研究研讨会，为年轻研究人员提供宝贵的职业发展和交流机会。GRC还将为学术界和工业界科学家之间的互动与合作提供一个绝佳的机会，这是在实践中成功实施可持续技术的关键。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

CBET- 1833650PI: Subramaniam, Bala The rapid expansion of the global commodity chemicals industry presents a significant opportunity to promote sustainability. Resource-efficient technologies are urgently needed to save energy, conserve raw materials, and minimize harm to the environment and human health. This grant will provide partial support for US-based graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and early career scientists from diverse backgrounds to attend the 2018 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) in Green Chemistry to be held from July 28 to August 3, 2018, at the Grand Hotel Rey Don Jaime, in Castelldefels, near Barcelona, Spain. This GRC aims to promote interactions between academia, industry and government from various countries on frontier topics in green chemistry/engineering, environment and sustainability. The theme of the 2018 Green Chemistry GRC is "Addressing the Challenges at the Energy-Materials-Food-Water Nexus through Green Chemistry & Engineering". Consistent with this theme, the GRC will feature nine sessions encompassing chemocatalytic, biocatalytic and electrocatalytic approaches for sustainable conversion of emerging feedstocks to chemicals and fuels. The GRC will also feature a session on the use of quantitative metrics to guide the development of sustainable chemical processes and products. Emphasis will be placed on addressing grand challenges that will benefit the society at large. The young conference participants will benefit from state-of-the-art reviews and presentations by leading experts, by exchanging the latest advances on frontier research subjects relating to energy, environment and sustainability, and by debating controversial points with their peers. Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers will have an opportunity to participate in the Gordon Research Seminars that precede the GRC and provide young researchers valuable career-building and networking opportunities. The GRC will also provide an excellent opportunity for interaction and cooperation among academic and industrial scientists, a key for successful implementation of sustainable technologies in practice.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.