Energy and Enviornment:Research Oppurtunities and Challenges for Chemical Engineers

提案号：CBET: 0743997首席研究员：Virendra mathur大学：新罕布什尔大学标题：团体旅行：能源与环境研讨会化学工程师的研究机遇和挑战（天津大学，天津，中国，2007年8月1日2009年7月31日）美国和中国化学工程师之间提出了一项团体旅行资助，用于研究与科学、技术和可持续发展相关的交通、环境和能源过程的基本原理。界面过程现象，热力学，传质，分离，催化，燃烧，粒子力学，能源和环境可持续性是车间方法的主要焦点。这是一份为参加在中国天津天津大学举办的研讨会的参与者提供团体旅行补助的提案。该计划还包括在研讨会结束后，由几位特别挑选的美国参与者访问中国教师的研究实验室，以建立深入的科学互动。大约15名美国代表将参加2007年8月20日至22日在中国天津举行的研讨会。大约有三名美国参与者将被支持对中国大学进行后续访问，以帮助发展合作研究项目。本次研讨会将在中国天津大学举行，主要目的是就上述基础研究领域的最新进展进行科学信息交流和中美大学教员之间的对话。另一个目标是帮助启动两国教职员工之间的长期研究合作，特别是初级教职员工和少数族裔教职员工之间的长期合作，以实现持续的互动和关系。即使在研讨会结束后，这种探索可能导致全球能源和污染挑战的长期解决方案的基本新概念的努力仍将继续。这次联合研讨会将提供一个平台，以实现这些信息交流和教师合作的目标，这些目标也可能集中在世界各地的这些关键问题上。研讨会将涵盖与运输、环境和能源过程基础相关的各种主题。这些包括界面过程、热力学、传质、分离、催化、燃烧和粒子力学、能源和环境可持续性。将邀请这些领域的研究人员。更广泛的影响本次研讨会的主要影响将是继续我们在中美教师之间的合作研发努力，开展前两次研讨会开始的基础研究，以实现能源转换和化学生产行业的污染预防和控制。例如，两国在二氧化碳封存和车辆运输燃料电池领域的新合作发现，可能会限制两国乃至整个世界面临的全球变暖问题。此外，美国教师对中国大学校园的访问将在了解他们的教学体系、研发过程和生活方式方面相互提供信息和帮助。

Proposal Number: CBET: 0743997Principal Investigator: Virendra MathurUniversity: University of New HampshireTitle: Group Travel: Workshop on Energy and Environment: Research Opportunities and Challenges for Chemical Engineers (Tianjin University, Tianjin, China , August 1, 2007 July 31, 2009 )A group travel grant enabling a research workshop between USA and Chinese chemical engineers is proposed on the overarching topics of fundamentals of transport, environment, and energy processes as related to science, technology and sustainability. The phenomena of interfacial processes, thermodynamics, mass transfer, separations, catalysis, combustion, and particle mechanics, energy and environmental sustainability are the main focus of the workshop approaches. This is a proposal for a group travel grant for participants to attend this workshop at Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. The proposal also includes post workshop follow-up visits by a few specially selected US participants to visit the research laboratories of the Chinese faculty to establish in depth scientific interaction. Approximately, 15 USA participants will attend the workshop on August 20-22, 2007 in Tianjin, China. Approximately, three USA participants will be supported for follow up visits to Chinese universities to help develop collaborative research projects.The main objective of this workshop, to be held at Tianjin University, Tianjin China, is to have an exchange of scientific information and a dialogue between the American and Chinese university faculty members on recent advances mainly in the above mentioned areas of fundamental research. Another goal is also to help initiate long term research collaboration between the faculty members particularly junior and minority faculty of these two countries for a sustained interaction and relationship. This effort of exploring fundamental new concepts that might lead to long term solutions to the global energy and pollution challenges is to continue even after the workshop is over. This joint workshop will provide a platform to achieve these objectives of information exchange and faculty collaboration that may also have a focus on these critical problems across the world. Intellectual Merit The workshop would cover a variety of topics relevant to fundamentals of transport, environment, and energy processes. These include interfacial processes, thermodynamics, mass transfer, separations, catalysis, combustion and particle mechanics, energy and environmental sustainability. Researchers in these areas will be invited. Broader Impact The major impact of this workshop would be to sustain our endeavor towards collaborative R&D effort between faculty members of the USA and China to undertake fundamental research that was started by the last two workshops, towards achieving pollution prevention and control in industries involved in energy conversion and chemical production. For example, new joint discoveries in the field of carbon dioxide sequestration and fuel cells for vehicular transportation could limit global warming faced by both nations as well as the entire World. In addition, a visit by the American faculty to a Chinese university campus will be mutually informative and helpful in understanding their system of teaching, R & D process and way of life.