Collaborative Research: Pan American Nanotechnology Conference 2: Growing Convergence in Nanotechnology: Brazil - March 2020

在过去的20年里，纳米技术的活动和创新水平很高，人们越来越多地了解分子尺度的现象如何在纳米尺度上表现出来，并最终在系统尺度上表现出来。此外，能源、水、生物加工和环境领域的关键社会需求正在为纳米技术提供令人兴奋的新机会。该项目为参加第二届泛美纳米技术会议的研究生、博士后研究员和教职员工提供旅费和注册费。大会将于2020年3月4日至7日在巴西圣保罗Aguas de Lindoia的Majestic酒店举行。会议的重点是纳米技术及其在广泛的工业和环境过程中的应用，这些过程对美国的技术竞争力至关重要。会议还将为学生和早期职业研究人员提供宝贵的教育、职业发展和网络机会。纳米技术日益融合的会议主题将为纳米材料和纳米技术的不同领域的研究汇聚提供场所，如社会、法律、医学、农业、材料设计和合成以及建模。这将加强整个泛美地区在纳米尺度上的合作和有影响力的研究。会议还将促进北美、南美洲和中美洲与会者在正式讲座之外进行的非正式讨论和建立联系。这种互动旨在促进新想法的产生和新的合作，以帮助推动纳米技术领域的发展。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。泛美纳米技术大会将就纳米技术在水质和处理、农业系统、传感器、药物、纳米制造和过程强化等设备上的应用和影响举行专门会议。大会将于2020年3月4日至7日在巴西圣保罗Aguas de Lindoia的Majestic酒店举行。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自己的研究进一步发展和完善新的想法和/或发起新的合作纳米技术项目。泛美纳米技术会议旨在为研究人员提供一个展示他们最新成果的环境。会议还将促进北美、南美洲和中美洲与会者在正式讲座之外进行的非正式讨论和建立联系。这种互动旨在促进新想法的产生和新的合作，以帮助推动纳米技术领域的发展。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，这次会议将包括一个经过修改和扩大的戈登研究会议“动力小时”非正式聚会，供所有与会者讨论妇女、少数族裔和性别少数群体、残疾人和具有非传统科学背景/经验的人所面临的挑战。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和科学界未被充分代表的群体的专业成长。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Over the past 20 years, there has been a high level of activity and innovation in nanotechnology with growing understanding at how molecular scale phenomena manifests at the nano scale and eventually the system scale. Additionally, critical societal needs in the areas of energy, water, bioprocessing, and the environment are providing exciting new opportunities for nanotechnology. This project provides support for travel and registration expenses for graduate student, postdoctoral research fellow and faculty attendees of the second Pan American Nanotechnology Conference. The conference will be held from March 4th through 7th of 2020 at the Majestic Hotel, in Aguas de Lindoia, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The conference focus is on nanotechnology broadly and the attendant applications for a wide range of industrial and environmental processes of critical importance to U.S. technology competitiveness. The conference will also provide valuable educational, career development, and networking opportunities for students and early-career researchers. The conference theme of Growing Convergence in Nanotechnology will provide a venue for research convergence in different fields of nanomaterials and nanotechnology, such as social, legal, medical, agricultural, material design and synthesis, and modeling. This will enhance collaborative and impactful research at the nanoscale throughout the Pan American region. The conference will also foster informal discussions and networking that will occur outside of the formal lecture sessions among its participants from North, South and Central America. Such interactions aim to promote the generation of new ideas and new collaborations that assist in moving forward the field of nanotechnology. The organizers have also made special efforts to include women and underrepresented minorities in the conference. The Pan American Nanotechnology Conference will have specific sessions on the applications and impacts of nanotechnology on water quality and treatment, agricultural systems, devices such as sensors, medicine, nanomanufacturing and process intensification. The conference will be held from March 4th through 7th of 2020 at the Majestic Hotel, in Aguas de Lindoia, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 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 collaborative nanotechnology projects. The Pan American Nanotechnology Conference aims to provide a setting where researchers can present their most recent results. The conference will also foster informal discussions and networking that will occur outside of the formal lecture sessions among its participants from North, South and Central America. Such interactions aim to promote the generation of new ideas and new collaborations that assist in moving forward the field of nanotechnology. The organizers have also made special efforts to include women and underrepresented minorities in the conference. Notably the conference will include a modified and expanded Gordon Research Conferences "Power Hour" informal gathering for all meeting participants to discuss the challenges that women, ethnic and gender minorities, persons with disabilities and people with non-traditional background/experience face in science. This event helps to create an awareness of these important issues among the broader community such that the whole community can act to support the professional growth of women and underrepresented groups 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.