Travel Support for Young Researchers to the Second North American Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (NASCRE-2)

摘要：Bala Subramanian和Dan Luss研究所：堪萨斯大学建议编号：0607706标题：为参加第二届北美化学反应工程研讨会(NASCRE-2)智力价值的年轻研究人员提供旅行支持将于2007年2月4日至7日在德克萨斯州休斯敦举行的第二届北美化学反应工程研讨会(NASCRE)的主要目标是促进产业界和学术界在化学反应工程(CRE)前沿议题上的互动。21世纪的化学工业面临许多挑战，包括日益全球化、社会需求和政府法规要求更高的环境性能、提高生产率和盈利能力以保持全球竞争力、消费者对产品质量的更高期望以及为应对这些挑战而不断变化的劳动力要求。此外，在接下来的十年或二十年内，我们将面临用非原油原料生产燃料和合成化学品的挑战(S)。NASCRE-2“化学反应工程：新的前沿”的科学主题旨在应对这些挑战。NASCRE-2涵盖了广泛的主题，从传统到较新和新兴的领域，如生物制药工程和燃料电池。为促进研讨会式的公开讨论环境，组委会采用了非传统的会议形式。该领域的知名专家已同意担任会议主席。八位全体发言者中有七位是工业专家，他们同意审查其专题领域的重大进展，并指出该领域的一些重大挑战。来自工业界、学术界和政府资助机构的主要演讲者的更多演讲，以及随后的小组讨论和问答环节，将为该行业未来的挑战和机遇提供新的亮点。技术计划将以海报密集的形式为特色，每个作者将在预览会议上简要介绍作品(在六分钟内介绍什么、如何和为什么)，然后在典型的海报会议上供讨论。每个海报环节之后都会有一个分组问答环节，以结束讨论。这些资金用于资助年轻研究人员(学生、博士后助理和助理教授)的会议注册和旅费。广泛影响NASCRE-2的参与者将受益于领先专家的最新评论和演讲，通过交流前沿研究主题的最新进展，以及通过与CRE学科中的同行辩论争议点。这次会议将为来自世界各国的产业界和学术界研究人员之间的交流与合作提供一个极好的机会。发放旅费和登记补贴预计将吸引许多研究生，包括妇女和少数族裔，参加会议，否则他们可能无法出席。学生和其他年轻研究人员将有机会相互交流，并与该领域经验丰富的研究人员互动，这将对他们的专业发展产生积极影响。通过将重点放在具有重大经济和技术影响的问题上，如燃料电池和生物技术的发展，在NASCRE-2中传播的知识将造福于整个社会。预计全体讲座和口头/海报介绍将促使对这些重要专题进行许多后续调查。由此产生的研发活动将产生可能提振美国经济的新技术和新材料。

ABSTRACTPI: Bala Subramanian and Dan Luss Institution: University of KansasProposal Number: 0607706Title: Travel Support for Young Researchers to the Second North American Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (NASCRE-2)Intellectual MeritThe primary goal of the Second North American Symposium on Chemical ReactionEngineering (NASCRE), to be held in Houston, TX, February 4-7, 2007, is to promote interactions between industry and academia on frontier topics in chemical reaction engineering(CRE). The chemical industry faces many challenges in the 21st century, including increasing globalization, societal demands and governmental regulations for higher environmental performance, increased productivity and profitability to maintain global competitiveness, higher consumer expectations for product quality, and the changing work force requirements to meet these challenges. In addition, the challenge will be upon us within the next decade or two to produce fuels and synthetic chemicals from non-crude oil based feedstock(s). The scientific theme for NASCRE-2 "Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE): The NewFrontiers" is aimed at addressing these challenges. NASCRE-2 covers a broad range of topics, from the traditional to newer and emerging fields such as bio-pharmaceutical engineering and fuel cells. To promote a workshop-like environment of open discussion, the organizing committee has adopted a non-traditional conference format. Well-known experts in the field have agreed to serve as session chairs. Seven out of eight plenary speakers are industrial experts who have agreed to review significant advances in their topical area and to point out some of the grand challenges in the field. Additional presentations by leading speakers from industry, academia and governmental funding agencies, followed by a panel discussion and a question and answer session Q&A, will shed new light on the future challenges and opportunities in the profession. The technical program will feature a poster-intensive format, where each author will briefly present the work (what, how and why in six minutes) in a preview session and then later be available for discussion in a typical poster session. Each poster session will be followed by a sectional Q&A to wrap up the discussion. These funds are to subsidize conference registration and travel costs for young researchers (students, post doctoral associates and assistant professors).Broader ImpactThe NASCRE-2 participants will benefit from state-of-the-art reviews and presentations by leading experts, by exchanging the latest advances on frontier research subjects, and by debating controversial points with their peers in the CRE discipline. The meeting will provide an excellent opportunity for interaction and cooperation among industrial and academic researchers, from various countries around the world. The award of travel funds and registration subsidy are expected to attract many graduate students, including women and minorities, to the meeting that they may otherwise be unable to attend. The students and other young researchers will have an opportunity to interact with each other and with experienced researchers in the field, which will positively influence their professional development. By placing emphasis on problems that have a strong economic and technological impact, such as the development of fuel cells and biotechnology, the knowledge disseminated in NASCRE-2 will benefit the society at large. It is expected that the plenary lectures and the oral/poster presentations will stimulate many follow up investigations on these important topics. The resulting research and development activities will generate new technologies and materials that could enhance the US economy.