Middle Tennessee Environmental Research Consortium Workshop

该学术与工业联络资助机会（GOALI）项目由分析和表面化学计划和多学科活动办公室共同支持。这个讲习班的目的是把学术和工业机构的参与者聚集在一起，组成一个区域环境研究联盟。来自五所高校（菲斯克大学、中田纳西州立大学、田纳西州立大学、田纳西理工大学和范德比尔特大学）和当地工业界（包括埃肯菲尔德工程公司和杜邦公司）的代表将了解在促进合作研究方面取得成功的类似联盟。将设立“行动小组”，重点关注水污染、空气污染、健康影响和公共政策等领域。学术机构（主要包括本科院校和hbcu）和当地产业之间的合作框架被视为对田纳西州中部地区有利。这些类型的伙伴关系非常适合参与NSF-GOALI计划。环境研究的性质决定了必须采用多学科方法。致力于建立田纳西州中部环境研究联盟的研讨会汇集了来自不同学术机构和工业利益的研究人员，他们有着广泛的背景。建立“行动小组”，重点关注感兴趣的主题领域，将提供一个框架，鼓励有意义的合作，使本地区的机构、公司和人民受益。

This Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) project is co-supported by the Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities. This workshop is designed to bring together participants from both academic and industrial institutions for the formation of a regional environmental research consortium. Representatives from five colleges and universities (Fisk University, Middle Tennessee State Universisty, Tennessee State University, Tennessee Technological University, and Vanderbilt University) and local industry (including Eckenfelder Engineering and DuPont) will learn about similar consortia which have been successful in stimulating collaborative research efforts. `Action Groups` will be established to provide focus in the areas of water pollution, air pollution, and health effects and public policy. A framework for collaboration between the academic institutions (including both predominately undergraduate institutions and HBCUs) and local industries is seen as having advantageous outcomes for the Middle Tennessee region. These sorts of partnerships are ideally suited for participation in the NSF-GOALI program. The nature of environmental research dictates that multidisciplinary approaches must be utilized. The workshop dedicated to the establishment of a Middle Tennessee Environmental Research Consortium brings together researchers from different academic institutions and industrial interests having a wide variety of backgrounds. The establishment of `Action Groups` focused on topical areas of interest will provide a framework which should encourage meaningful collaboration of benefit to the institutions, companies, and the people of this region.