Gordon Research Conference: Membranes: Materials and Processes 2020

该项目为参加戈登研究会议(GRC)的研究生和年轻的博士后研究员提供旅费和注册费，会议主题为膜：材料和工艺，以及相关的戈登研究研讨会(GRS)。协调活动将于2020年8月1日至2日(GRS)和2020年8月2日至7日(GRC)在新伦敦市科尔比-索耶学院连续举行。研讨会和会议的重点是广泛的分离技术，这些技术对广泛的工业和环境过程至关重要，对美国的技术竞争力至关重要。此外，GRS和GRC为学生和早期职业研究人员提供了宝贵的教育、职业发展和网络机会。在过去的20年里，随着人们对分子尺度现象如何在膜上表现出来并最终在系统尺度上表现出来的了解，膜科学和技术领域有了很高的活跃和创新水平。此外，能源、水、生物处理和环境领域的关键社会需求为膜技术提供了令人振奋的新机会。这些措施包括开发用于氢/氧、直接甲醇和碱性燃料电池的新型膜，用于从纤维素生物质中生产乙醇的膜分离，以及用于从气流中去除二氧化碳的膜系统。戈登膜研究会议将就分子、膜和膜系统及其在当代能源生产和储存、能源效率膜技术、纳米制造和净水膜等问题上的应用举行专门会议。演讲者和听众之间的讨论将对当前的研究工作提供宝贵的反馈，并将使与会者能够为他们自己的研究进一步发展和完善新的想法和/或发起新的膜项目。戈登研究会议提供了一个环境，研究人员可以在这里展示他们最新的、有时也是最具争议性的结果。这些会议还促进了在正式讲座之外进行的非正式讨论和建立联系。这种相互作用促进了新思想和新合作的产生，有助于推进膜科学领域的发展。组织者还特别努力让妇女和代表不足的少数族裔参加会议。值得注意的是，这次会议将包括为所有与会者举行的“力量一小时”非正式聚会，讨论妇女和少数群体在科学领域面临的挑战。这一活动有助于在更广泛的社区中建立对这些重要问题的认识，以便整个社区能够采取行动支持女性在科学领域的专业成长。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。

The project provides funds for travel and registration expenses for graduate student and young postdoctoral research fellow attendees of the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Membranes: Materials and Processes, and associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). The coordinated events will be held serially at Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH on the dates of August 1-2, 2020 (GRS) and August 2-7, 2020 (GRC). The seminar and conference focus on a broad range of separations technologies critical to a wide range of industrial and environmental processes of critical importance to U.S. technology competitiveness. Additionally, the GRS and GRC provide valuable educational, career development, and networking opportunity for students and early career researchers. Over the past 20 years, there has been high level of activity and innovation in membrane science and technology with growing understanding of how molecular scale phenomena manifest themselves at the membrane and eventually the system scale. Additionally, critical societal needs in the areas of energy, water, bioprocessing, and the environment are prviding exciting new opportunities for membrane technologies. These include the development of new membrane for hydrogen/oxygen, direct methanol and alkaline fuel cells, membrane separations for the purification of ethanol produced from cellulosic biomass, and membrane systems for carbon dioxide removal from gas streams. The Gordon ResearchConference on membranes will have specific sessions on molecules, membranes and membrane systems and their application to contemporary topics dealing with energy production and storage, membrane technologies for energy efficiency, nanomanufacturing, and membranes for water purification. The discussions between the speakers and audience will provide valuable feedback on current research efforts and will enable the participants to further develop and refine new ideas for their own research and/or to initiate new membrane projects. Gordon Research Conferences provide a setting where researchers can present their most recent and, at times, most controversial results. The conferences also foster informal discussions and networking that occur outside of the formal lecture sessions. Such interactions promote the generation of new ideas and new collaborations that assist in moving forward the field of membrane science. The organizers have also made special efforts to include women and underrepresented minorities in the conference. Notably the conference will include a "Power Hour" informal gathering for all meeting participants to discuss the challenges that women and minorities face in science. This event helps to create an awareness of these important issues among the broader community such that the whole community can take actions to support the professional growth of women in science.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.