Travel Grant for Attending International Conferences

这笔赠款将为美国初级教师、博士后助理和研究生提供差旅支持，以参加在欧洲举行的两个会议：在比利时鲁汶举行的第二届国际过程强化会议(IPIC2)，以及在西班牙萨拉戈萨举行的第一届非常规催化、反应器和应用国际会议(UCRA2019)。这两个会议将涵盖与美国制造业计划相关的独特主题。在过程强化和模块化制造等主题上培训未来的美国劳动力，对于创造竞争优势至关重要，这将使美国能够发展现代制造基础设施，从而创造就业机会和经济发展。IPIC2和UCRA2019会议将涵盖过程强化、非传统催化和先进制造的广泛主题，包括：间歇到连续过程；过程和材料的能量激活；多功能反应器和混合分离器模块化过程；微型反应器；3D打印和过程强化；新的过程和设备概念；强化过程的建模和控制；放大和工业实施；非传统催化剂和制造方法；非传统活化/能源供应方法；非常规环境中的催化；非常规催化反应器。与会者将受益于学术界和工业界顶尖专家的最新全体会议和主题演讲，通过交流前沿研究课题的最新进展，以及通过与同行辩论争议性观点。会议还将为产业界和学术界研究人员之间的交流与合作提供一个极好的机会。这笔赠款将支持初级研究人员，包括妇女和代表性不足群体的成员，否则他们可能无法参加会议。美国的初级研究人员将有机会与来自世界各地的经验丰富的学术和工业研究人员互动，这将对他们的专业发展产生积极影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This grant will provide travel support for US-based junior faculty, post-doctoral associates and graduate students to attend two conferences in Europe: The Second International Process Intensification Conference (IPIC2) in Leuven, Belgium, and the First International Conference on Unconventional Catalysis, Reactors and Applications (UCRA2019)) in Zaragoza, Spain. The two conferences will cover unique topics that are relevant to the Manufacturing USA initiative. Training the future US workforce on topics, such as process intensification and modular manufacturing, is critical for creating a competitive advantage that will enable the development of a modern manufacturing infrastructure in the US leading to job creation and economic development.The IPIC2 and UCRA2019 conferences will cover a broad range of topics on Process Intensification, Unconventional Catalysis and Advanced Manufacturing, including: Batch to Continuous Processes; Energy Activation for Processes and Materials; Multifunctional Reactors and Hybrid Separators Modular Processes; Microreactors; 3D Printing and Process Intensification; Novel Process and Equipment Concepts; Modelling and Control of Intensified Processes; Scale up and Industrial Implementation; Unconventional Catalyst Synthesis and Manufacturing Methods; Unconventional Activation/Energy Supply Methods; Catalysis in Unconventional Environments; Unconventional Catalytic Reactors. The meeting participants will benefit from state-of-the-art plenary talks and keynote lectures by leading experts in academia and industry, by exchanging the latest advances on frontier research subjects, and by debating controversial points with their peers. The meetings will also provide an excellent opportunity for interaction and cooperation among industrial and academic researchers. The grant will support junior researchers, including women and members of under-represented groups, that they may otherwise be unable to attend the conferences. The US-based junior researchers will have an opportunity to interact with experienced academic and industrial researchers from around the world, which will positively influence their professional development.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.