The Third, Fourth and Fifth NSF Materials Chemistry Workshops

化学部特别项目办公室和材料研究部支持先进材料处理计划的固态化学和聚合物计划正在资助加州理工学院的Seth Marder博士组织和举办三个NSF年度材料化学研讨会。这些研讨会为具有不同背景的科学家提供了一个非正式讨论的机会，强调在不断增长的材料化学领域的进展、研究想法和方向。出席将通过申请，包括一页的研究领域的摘要被讨论。大约30名申请者将由组织者挑选的一个委员会择优挑选，该委员会包括前几次讲习班的参加者。参与者将来自不同职业和背景的大学、行业和政府实验室。初级教职员工、女性和代表不足的少数族裔将受到强烈鼓励。除了30名发言的参与者外，还将邀请两名讨论负责人。每位参与者将作30分钟的陈述，然后进行至少10分钟的强制性讨论。为期三天的周末会议的目标将是提供一种活跃讨论的形式，并编写一份文件，为材料、化学、教育和研究的未来提供共识意见。这样的讨论将有助于为NSF先进材料和加工计划中的化学家和化学确定新的方向和机会。

The Office of Special Projects of the Chemistry Division and the Solid State Chemistry and Polymers Program of the Division of Materials Research in support of the Advanced Materials Processing Program are funding Dr. Seth Marder of the California Institute of Technology to organize and run three annual NSF Materials Chemistry Workshops. These workshops provide an opportunity for informal discussion among scientists with diverse backgrounds emphasizing progress, research ideas, and directions in the growing area of materials chemistry. Attendance will be by application, including a one-page abstract of the research area to be discussed. Selection of approximately 30 applicants will be based on merit by a committee chosen by the organizers which includes participants from the previous workshops. Participants will be drawn from universities, industry, and government laboratories at all stages of careers and backgrounds. Junior faculty, women, and underrepresented minorities will be strongly encouraged. Two discussion leaders will be invited in addition to the thirty speaking participants. Each participant will make a 30-minute presentation followed by a compulsory discussion period of at least 10 minutes. The goals of the three-day weekend sessions will be to provide a format for lively discussion and to produce a document which provides a consensus of opinion for the future of materials chemistry education and research. Such discussion will help identify new directions and opportunities for chemists and chemistry in NSF's Advanced Materials and Processing Program.