Clay Minerals Society Conference Support for U.S. Graduate Student Attendance at a Joint Meeting with European-clay Conference in 2019

粘土矿物协会会议支持美国研究生参加 2019 年欧洲粘土会议联席会议

• 批准号: 1900583
• 负责人: Lynda Williams
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-05-15 至 2019-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1900583&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Clay; Minerals; Society; Conference; Support

This funding is to support U.S. based STEM students to travel to, and participate in, an international conference of the Clay Minerals Society (CMS), joint with the European Clay Conference. The benefits to society include exposure of U.S. students to diverse groups of scientists, interacting via Workshops and Field Trips in additional to the formal technical program. The reason for this joint meeting is to expand the interactions of U.S. clay scientists, largely funded by the National Science Foundation, with other nations, and to be aware of advances made by clay scientists funded by European and Asian Science Foundations. This international conference convenes clay scientists worldwide to share research progress, and to question, dispute, defend, and collaborate on research questions at the forefront of clay science research that benefits the U.S. public. This international conference is well-known for promoting the science of U.S. based researchers, who learn from the research of international scientists as they present their research progress. The goal is to benefit the science and education of U.S. students, and in doing so to promote successful clay science research worldwide, which benefits the U.S. public by producing future scientists that are knowledgeable of international colleagues and research advances.The support will assist U.S. based students with travel expenses to attend the Euroclay 2019 conference held in Paris, France. This international conference will promote student interaction with worldwide leaders in the field of low-temperature geochemistry and geobiology, with specific emphasis on scientific research involving clays and clay minerals. Assistance with the student travel, accommodation and registration fees for the Conference, Workshops and Field trips will technologically advance STEM education via a variety of instructional venues including: Field Trips to: 1) study a classical field area of the Kimmeridgian and Tithonian mudrocks in the Boulonnais related to energy resources, 2) visit research facilities for next generation mineral research including the ANDREA underground Deep Geological Repository for High-Level nuclear Waste in a claystone, and to the SOLEIL, a state-of-the-art synchrotron facility employing electromagnetic radiation over wavelengths from infrared to X-rays, 3) attend historical tours of Marie Curie?s life and contributions to scientific methods upon which modern clay science was developed. Workshops include 1) Advances in bentonite research: from the mine to smectite characterization and 2) Clay minerals and catalysis. Over 25 technical sessions will be presented over 5 days focusing on modern clay science advances from energy resources to mineralogy, modeling of nanoparticles, environmental pollutants, critical zone research, clays and the origins of life, diagenesis, geomaterials engineering, photochemistry and functionalization of clays for human health. All of these topics are a focus of NSF funded research and provide students a showcase for research advances on an international stage.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.

这笔资金将用于支持美国的STEM学生前往并参加粘土矿物协会（CMS）与欧洲粘土会议联合举行的国际会议。对社会的好处包括美国学生接触不同的科学家群体，通过研讨会和实地考察互动，除了正式的技术计划。这次联席会议的目的是扩大美国粘土科学家的互动，主要由国家科学基金会资助，与其他国家，并了解由欧洲和亚洲科学基金会资助的粘土科学家取得的进展。这个国际会议召集世界各地的粘土科学家分享研究进展，并在粘土科学研究的最前沿提出问题，争论，辩护和合作，使美国公众受益。这个国际会议以促进美国研究人员的科学而闻名，他们从国际科学家的研究中学习，因为他们展示了他们的研究进展。该项目的目标是为美国学生的科学和教育带来益处，并在此过程中促进全球粘土科学研究的成功，通过培养了解国际同行和研究进展的未来科学家，使美国公众受益。该支持将帮助美国学生参加在法国巴黎举行的Euroclay 2019会议。这次国际会议将促进学生与低温地球化学和地球生物学领域的全球领导者的互动，特别强调涉及粘土和粘土矿物的科学研究。协助学生旅行，住宿和会议，研讨会和实地考察的注册费将通过各种教学场所在技术上推进STEM教育，包括：实地考察：1）研究与能源有关的布隆奈地区的Kimmeridgian和Tithonian泥岩的经典领域，2）参观下一代矿物研究的研究设施，包括安德里亚粘土岩中的高放射性核废料地下深层地质储存库，以及SOLEIL，一个最先进的同步加速器设施，利用电磁辐射的波长从红外线到X射线，3）参加历史图尔斯之旅的玛丽居里？的生活和贡献的科学方法，现代粘土科学的发展。研讨会包括1）膨润土研究进展：从矿山到蒙脱石表征和2）粘土矿物和催化。超过25个技术会议将在5天内提交，重点关注现代粘土科学的进展，从能源到矿物学，纳米颗粒建模，环境污染物，临界区研究，粘土和生命的起源，成岩作用，地质材料工程，光化学和粘土功能化对人类健康的影响。所有这些主题都是NSF资助研究的重点，并为学生提供了在国际舞台上展示研究进展的机会。该奖项反映了NSF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。