WORKSHOP: Reinventing The Use of Materials; July 2001, Princeton, NJ

这次讲习班的召开是为了讨论国家研究委员会最近关于材料使用的报告《环境科学的重大挑战》中提出的问题。研讨会的目的是建议重新发明材料使用所需的研究议程。主题将包括材料预算和周期，它们对资源和环境的影响，下一代产品和材料，材料周期的优化，以及未来材料使用的场景。与会者将包括学术界、工业界和相关机构的研究科学家。预期成果将包括一个实施初步详细研究计划的5年计划，一个发展跨学科必要研究整合的战略，一个在材料使用的主题领域培训个人的计划，以及一个协调计划结果与其他大挑战计划的战略。

The workshop will be convened to address the issues raised in the recent report from the National Research Council, Grand Challenges in the Environmental Sciences, concerning the use of materials. The objective of the workshop is to recommend a research agenda needed to reinvent the use of materials. Topics will include material budgets and cycles, their resource and environmental implications, the next generation of products and materials, optimization of material cycles, and scenarios for the future use of materials. Participants will include research scientists in academia, industry, and relevant agencies.The expected outcomes will include a 5-year plan for the implementation of an initial detailed research program, a strategy for developing the necessary research integration across the disciplines, a program for training individuals in the topical area of materials use, and a strategy for coordinating the program results with those of the other grand challenge initiatives.