Travel Grant to the 11th International Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design in Greece

这个项目是弗吉尼亚大学的国际旅行资助项目。产品和工艺设计的性质和相平衡国际会议（ICPPEPPD）每三年举行一次。在最初的21年里，会议地点轮流在北美和欧洲举行，而2001年，会议首次在亚洲举行。继在犹他州举行的第10次会议之后，第11次会议将在克里特岛举行，然后于2010年返回亚洲。前十次会议在这一至关重要的化学过程设计和模拟领域产生了学术界、工业界和政府工作人员之间非常理想的互动。这些会议是来自世界各地的工人最重要的聚会；2001年在日本举行的第9次会议吸引了来自29个国家的250名与会者，2004年在犹他州举行的第10次会议有来自18个国家的170名技术人员参加。每次会议都产生了重要的文集，收录在经审查的档案文集中。第十一届icppppd会议定于2007年5月20日至25日在希腊克里特岛的Hersonissos举行，会议的形式与前几届成功的会议类似，但会议主题具有创新性，并围绕新的和独特的主题举办讲习班。（第11届计划有250名技术人员参加，因为地点、成本和时间都比2004年有利。）目前的拨款为参加2007年会议的尽可能多的有需要的美国学术研究人员提供旅费，在某些情况下提供食宿。那些得到支持的人将只包括受邀和投稿论文的演讲者以及没有这种支持就无法参加会议的年轻研究工作者。（不要求会议组织费用或非美国参与者。）知识价值：本次会议将聚集最重要的国际研究人员在产品和工艺设计的性质和相平衡的重要领域，以回顾进展，并发现下一代的问题及其潜在的解决方案。更广泛的影响：全球最先进的技术将得到阐述和推进。美国的参与对于为一般知识库作出贡献、建立对全球活动的认识以及促进国际合作至关重要。

CBET-0654321 O'Connell This project is a group International Travel Grant to the University of Virginia.The International Conferences on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design (ICPPEPPD) are held every three years. For the first 21 years the locations alternated between North America and Europe, while in 2001, the conference was held in Asia for the first time. Following the 10th Conference in Utah, the 11th will be held in Crete before returning to Asia in 2010. The first ten conferences produced highly desirable interactions between academicand industrial and government workers in this vital area for chemical process design and simulation. The meetings are the most important gatherings for workers from all over the world; the Ninth Conference held in 2001 in Japan attracted 250 participants from 29 countries, while the Tenth held in 2004 in Utah was attended by 170 technical participants from 18 countries. Each conference has produced important collections of papers in reviewed archival Proceedings volumes.The Eleventh ICPPEPPD Conference is scheduled for May 20 - 25 2007, in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, with a similar format to the successful previous Conferences, but with innovative contemporary session topics and workshops on new and unique subjects. (The 11th is being planned for 250 technical participants because the location, costs and timing are more favorable than in 2004.)The present grant provides funds for travel, and meals and lodging in some cases, for as many needy US academic researchers as possible for the 2007 meeting. Those supported would include only presenters of invited and contributed papers as well as young research workers who would not be able to attend without such support. (No request is made for Meeting organization expenses or for non-US participants.)Intellectual Merit: This Conference will gather the most important international researchers on the vital area of properties and phase equilibria for product and process design to review progress and to uncover the next generation of problems and their potential solutions.Broader Impacts: Global state-of-the-art will be articulated and advanced. American participation is essential for making contributions to the general knowledge base, for building awareness of global activities, and for fostering international collaborations.