The Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Chemical Product and Process Engineering, Tianjin, China, June 30-July 3, 2019

不可再生能源的枯竭、气候变化、环境污染和人口增长正在创造全球性挑战，这些挑战的解决方案在很大程度上依赖于可持续制造技术的发展。该基金将为赴美参加2019年6月30日至7月3日在中国天津举行的第五届可持续化学产品与过程工程国际会议的教师和学生提供差旅支持。这次国际会议的重点是促进能源和环境可持续性的化学制造技术。组委会由在化学过程系统和反应工程方面具有广泛技能的杰出研究人员组成，将提供一个充满活力和多样化的氛围，促进研究和教育方面的思想交流。预计约有20名美国研究人员将获得参加本次会议的部分旅费支持。在保护环境的同时，以可持续的方式满足世界对能源、食品、水、化学品和药品的需求将是本次会议的主要议题。美国参与者将有机会与来自中国和世界其他地区的顶尖研究人员建立联系，并就这一重要领域的研究和教育现状交换意见。会议的主要目标是：(i)分享研究经济、环境及社会可持续发展的知识及研究经验；（ii）评估可持续化工产品及工艺工程的最新技术；（iii）弥合研究与发展之间的差距，加强学术界与业界的联系；（iv）讨论化学及相关工业的研究方向，以推动可持续发展，并探讨将工业可持续发展纳入化学工程课程的教育方法，以及(v)探讨在不同技术领域进行国际合作的机会。组织者计划鼓励教师研究人员以及研究生/本科生，特别是那些来自代表性不足的群体的学生参加并获得部分旅费支持。参加这次会议将特别有利于美国的年轻研究人员，他们将有机会与来自世界各地该领域经验丰富的学术和工业研究人员互动，这可能对他们的专业发展产生积极影响。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。

Depletion of nonrenewable energy resources, climate change, environmental pollution, and population growth are creating global challenges, whose solution heavily depends on the development of sustainable manufacturing technologies. This grant is to provide travel support for US-based faculty and students to attend The Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Chemical Product and Process Engineering, Tianjin, China, June 30-July 3, 2019. This international conference has a focus on chemical manufacturing technologies that promote both energy and environmental sustainability. The organizing committee, which consists of distinguished researchers with a broad range of skills in chemical process systems and reaction engineering, will provide for a vibrant and diverse atmosphere that fosters exchange of ideas on research and education. It is anticipated that approximately 20 US-based researchers will receive partial travel support to attend this conference. Meeting the world's demands for energy, food, water, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals in a sustainable manner while protecting the environment will be key topics of this conference. The US participants will have the opportunity to network with leading researchers from China and the rest of the world and exchange ideas about the state of the art in research and education in this important field. The main objectives of the Conference are: (i) to share knowledge and research experience in studying economic, environmental and social sustainability, (ii) to assess the state-of-the-art in sustainable chemical product and process engineering, (iii) to bridge the gap between research and development, strengthening the linkage between academia and industries, (iv) to discuss research directions for the chemical and allied industries to move towards sustainability and educational approaches for the integration of industrial sustainability into chemical engineering curriculum, and (v) to explore opportunities for international collaboration in various technical areas. The organizers plan to encourage faculty researchers as well as graduate/undergraduate students, especially those from underrepresented groups, to participate and receive partial travel support from this grant. Participation in the conference will be especially beneficial to the young US-based researchers, who will have an opportunity to interact with experienced academic and industrial researchers in the field from around the world, which could 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.