Support for Specialized Conference on Microbial Ecology of Biofilms - Harrison Conference Center in Lake Bluff, IL October 8-10, 1998

9729389 Rittmann这个奖项是为国际水质协会主办的关于生物膜生态学的专门国际会议提供支持的。协办单位包括法国里昂银行、美国陆军工程兵团水路实验站和美国环境保护署。会议将讨论生物膜在环境工程实践过程中的结构和功能。这些包括好氧和厌氧固定膜和悬浮生长反应器、水处理工艺、配水系统、废水输送管道、受污染的土壤、与水接触而污染的表面以及与水接触的材料的腐蚀。该奖项将用于支持三位国际知名生物膜专家参加本次会议的旅费和其他费用。本次会议的结果有望提供对生物膜的结构和功能的见解，这将改善工程设计和使用附着在固体表面或在悬浮生长生物反应器中形成的生物活性膜的过程的操作。研究结果还有望为处理水传导系统、冷却塔和其他与水接触的表面的生物污染提供知识。* * *

9729389 Rittmann This is an award to provide support for conduct of a specialized international conference sponsored by the International Association on Water Quality on the ecology of biofilms. Cosponsors include the Societe Lyonnaise des Eaux, the Waterways Experiment Station of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The conference will address the structure and function of biofilms in processes of significance in environmental engineering practice. These include aerobic and anaerobic fixed film and suspended growth reactors, water treatment processes, water distribution systems, wastewater transport conduits, contaminated soil, surfaces fouled by contact with water and corrosion of materials in contact with water. This award will be used to support travel and other costs for participation of three internationally distinguished experts in biofilms in the conduct of this conference. Results of this conference are expected to provide insights into the structure and function of biofilms that will improve the engineering design and operation of processes using biologically active films adhering to solid surfaces or formed in suspended growth bioreactors. Results are also expected to provide knowledge that can be used in dealing with biofouling of water conduction systems, cooling towers and other surfaces that are in contact with water. ***