Conference: 2024 NanoFlorida Conference: New Frontiers in Nanoscale interactions

纳米技术研究和商业化产品正在增加它们的存在和融入社会，并可能在未来十年甚至更长时间内保持在科学发现和应用的前沿。推进纳米科学和传播该领域的进展仍然是一个关键的需求。为此，佛罗里达纳米技术协会成立于2019年，创建了一个由纳米科学和纳米技术不同领域的研究人员、教师、行业附属机构和学生组成的合作网络。在此，我们提议将于2024年4月20日至21日在佛罗里达州塔拉哈西举行年度纳米佛罗里达会议，由佛罗里达州立大学和佛罗里达农业机械大学联合主办。会议的目的是：1)讨论对纳米尺度相互作用、处理和意识的理解的进展；2)提供一个科学交流的平台，重点是提高学生和博士后对会议的参与。在组织专业学生会议方面拥有丰富的经验，首席研究员将利用会议后的调查和演讲者的研究出版物来衡量今年会议目标的成功程度。会议将通过主办该领域专家的演讲，为纳米科学家、临床医生和工程师提供纳米级相互作用的新见解，并向下一代劳动力扩展多学科STEM教育，从而促进协作和跨学科研究。一年一度的纳米佛罗里达会议，旨在促进和提高纳米技术应用和纳米级相互作用的认识，将于2024年4月20日至21日在佛罗里达州塔拉哈西举行，由佛罗里达州立大学和佛罗里达农业机械大学主办。今年的会议将包括纳米级相互作用、纳米技术中的人工智能、纳米材料和生物传感设备的进展专题讨论会，以及它们在能源、医学、农业和空间科学中的应用；并为学生提供与学术机构和更广泛的纳米技术行业的研究人员建立联系的新机会。会议将使用资金来支持演讲者，以确保选择这些学生，博士后和教师参与者以及口头或海报演讲的多样性，包容性，可及性和公平性。会议的目标包括促进合作和跨学科研究，扩展多学科教育和研究项目，主持该领域专家的演讲，并为纳米科学家、临床医生和工程师提供纳米尺度相互作用的新见解。学生将有机会与来自其他机构和行业环境的研究人员会面，形成专业关系，为推进他们的STEM教育和职业发展提供长期利益。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。

Nanotechnology research and commercialized products are increasing their presence and being integrated into society and will likely remain at the forefront of scientific discoveries and applications for the next decade and beyond. Advancing nanoscience and disseminating the advances in the field remains a pivotal need. To this end, the Florida Association for Nanotechnology founded in 2019, creates a collaborative network of researchers, faculty, industry affiliates, and students in the diverse fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Herein proposes to conduct its annual NanoFlorida Conference to be held on April 20-21, 2024, in Tallahassee, Florida, hosted jointly by Florida State University and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. The conference aims are: i) to discuss advances in the understanding of nanoscale interaction, processing and awareness, and ii) provide a platform for scientific exchange with a focus on enhancing student and postdoc participation in the conference. Having extensive experience in organizing professional student conferences, the Principal Investigator will utilize post-conference surveys and publications of presenters’ research to measure the success of this year’s conference objectives. Conference will feature and promote collaborative and interdisciplinary research by hosting presentations by experts in the field, and providing new insights into nanoscale interactions for nanoscientists, clinicians, and engineers, and expanding multidisciplinary STEM education toward the next generation workforce. The annual NanoFlorida Conference, which aims to promote and increase awareness of nanotechnology applications and nanoscale interactions, will be held in Tallahassee, FL on April 20-21, 2024, hosted by Florida State University and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. This year’s conference will include symposia on advances in nanoscale interactions, artificial intelligence in nanotechnology, nanomaterials, and devices for biosensing, and their applications in energy, medicine, agriculture, and space sciences; and provide new opportunities for students to network with researchers from academic institutions and the broader nanotechnology industry. The Conference will use funds to support presenters ensuring diversity, inclusion, access, and equity in selecting these students, postdocs, and faculty participants and oral or poster presentations. Conference objectives encompass promoting collaborative and interdisciplinary research, expanding multidisciplinary education and research projects, hosting presentations by experts in the field, and providing new insights into nanoscale interactions for nanoscientists, clinicians, and engineers. Students will have the opportunity to meet researchers from other institutions and industry settings, forming professional relationships that provide long-term benefits to advance their STEM education and careers.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.