9th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference: Workshop on Sustainability

摘要提案标题：第九届年度绿色化学与工程会议：可持续发展研讨会提案编号：cts -0541524首席研究员：Kathryn E. ParentInstitution：美国化学会从石油为基础的化学工业过渡到主要依赖生物可再生原料的化学工业将需要对这些新的工业化学品转化路线的基础科学和工程理解得到极大的提高。石油化工行业积累了100年的化学和化学工程原理知识，主要集中在石油原料的催化转化上；为了发展未来可持续的化学工业，必须大大加强生物可再生原料的知识基础。这次研讨会由美国国家科学基金会赞助，将通过划定重点研究领域和优先事项，促进从以石油为基础的化学经济向使用生物可再生能源的经济过渡。本次研讨会的目标是确定主要在化学和生物催化领域必须克服的科学障碍，以确保主要在水反应环境等无害环境条件下开发高产量、选择性处理。本次研讨会制定的主题将提供改变美国化学品和燃料生产的主要部分的潜力，这将具有重要的经济优势。更广泛的影响还包括，由于国际可持续发展会议（international Meeting on Sustainability）将有大批欧洲和日本科学家和工程师参加，美国研究人员将获得强大的国际机会。由于大量美国研究生和本科生将参加会议，劳动力发展也将得到加强。讲习班的组织者将出版一份讲习班报告，分发给催化和生物催化界，并将建立一个网站供讲习班介绍。

AbstractProposal Title: 9th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference: Workshop on SustainabilityProposal Number: CTS-0541524Principal Investigator: Kathryn E. ParentInstitution: American Chemical Society Transitioning from a petroleum-based chemical industry to one that relies primarily on biorenewable feedstocks will require a vastly improved fundamental scientific and engineering understanding of these new conversion routes to industrial chemicals. The petrochemical industry has accumulated a 100-year knowledge of chemistry and chemical engineering principles focused largely on the catalytic conversion of feedstocks derived from oil; this knowledge basis must be dramatically strengthened for biorenewable feedstocks in order to develop a sustainable chemical industry for the future. This workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation will foster the transition from a petroleum-based chemical economy to one using biorenewables by delineating key research areas and priorities. The goal of this workshop will be to identify scientific barriers primarily in the areas of chemical and biocatalysis that must be overcome to ensure the development of high yield, selective processing, primarily under environmentally benign conditions such as aqueous reaction environments. The themes developed in this workshop will offer the potential to transform a major portion of US production of chemicals and fuels, which would have important economic advantages. The broader impacts also include strong international opportunities for US investigators since the International Meeting on Sustainability will involve a large contingent of European and Japanese scientists and engineers. Workforce development will also be enhanced since a significant number of US graduate and undergraduate students will be in attendance at the meeting. The organizers of the workshop will publish a workshop report for dissemination to the catalysis and biocatalysis community, and a web site will be created for workshop presentations.