Travel Grant for Fifth Mediterranean Chemical Engineering Conference

建议编号：CBET：0744337主要调查者：Steven CramerUniversity：Rensselaer理工学院标题：第五届地中海化学工程会议(EMCC-5)团体旅行补助金将于2008年5月24-28日在意大利Cetraro举行。该项目为美国学术代表出席2008年5月24-28日在意大利Cetraro举行的第五届东地中海化学工程合作研究会议(EMCC-5)提供旅费。参赛国包括土耳其、希腊、以色列、意大利、保加利亚、罗马尼亚和美国。来自其他东地中海国家的学术化学工程师也将被邀请。讲习班的目的是向与会国家的研究人员介绍化学工程六个领域的最新研究情况：多尺度模拟：从分子工程到过程工程；可持续和强化加工；用于能源的化学和生物工程；用于保健的生物材料和生物工艺；水净化、回收和再利用；以及用于产品和工艺的纳米结构和功能化材料。之所以选择这些领域，是因为它们是所有参与国的关键技术领域。EMCC-5的主要主题将是“不断发展的世界中化学工程的先进新领域”。这是一系列会议中的第五次。前四次成功的会议分别是1999年3月在以色列海法举行的Technion会议，有来自土耳其、以色列和美国的代表参加；2001年5月在安卡拉(中东技术大学)举行的会议，有来自希腊和其他三个国家的化学工程师参加；2003年5月在希腊塞萨洛尼基举行，有四个参与国参加；2006年1月在以色列死海举行，有意大利、罗马尼亚和保加利亚以及其他四个国家参加。来自意大利伦德卡拉布里亚大学膜技术研究所(ITM-CNR)的Enrico Drioli教授将主持会议。由Steve Cramer(Rensselaer)、Nick Abbott(威斯康星州)和Alex Katz(Berkeley)组成的美国EMCC协调委员会将与地区领导人Peter Cummings(Vanderbilt)、Ray Gorte(宾夕法尼亚)、梅纳赫姆·埃米勒(耶鲁大学)和Bill Bentley(马里兰州)合作，组织一个由大约25名美国演讲者组成的一流小组，他们将从六个研究领域被邀请。这将包括资深研究人员和有前途的年轻研究人员。来自其他国家的杰出特邀演讲者已承诺参加，每个国家将邀请约20名调查人员口头或海报介绍。研究生的海报演示也将包括在该计划中。还将向5名美国参与者提供特别旅行补贴，让他们在意大利以外的国家--以色列、土耳其、希腊、保加利亚或罗马尼亚--访问和演讲，以发展和/或促进合作。其他美国与会者预计将在得到组织者批准和其他资金来源的支持下参加会议。更广泛的影响：根据过去的会议结果，预计将对参加下一届EMCC会议的美国工程师产生重大和广泛的影响。前三届EMCC会议在让美国、土耳其、以色列和希腊学者了解他们的研究兴趣和能力以及促进研究合作方面产生了重大影响。第四次会议提供了进一步的机会，将会议扩大到包括意大利、保加利亚和罗马尼亚。这些会议的另一个好处是，它们为来自东地中海的大量研究生提供了直接与来自美国和其他国家的经验丰富的年轻教职研究人员互动的机会。此外，这些会议还为参与国教职员工就课程问题进行富有成效的讨论提供了极好的论坛。除了美国与会者将与其他国家的人进行个人接触外，促进研究和教学思想和人员的交流，并在美国化学工程师和东地中海国家的化学工程师之间建立研究合作将有利于美国的利益。也有可能像过去一样，非正式地招聘潜在的研究生。

Proposal Number: CBET: 0744337Principal Investigator: Steven CramerUniversity: Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTitle: Group Travel Grant for Fifth Mediterranean Chemical Engineering Conference (EMCC-5) to be held in Cetraro Italy, May 24-28, 2008.This project provides travel funds for U.S. academic representatives to attend the 5th Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative Research in Eastern Mediterranean (EMCC-5) to be held in Cetraro Italy, May 24-28, 2008. The participating countries are Turkey, Greece, Israel, Italy, Bulgaria, Rumania and the United States. Academic chemical engineers from other Eastern Mediterranean countries will also be invited. The purpose of the Workshop is to update researchers from the participating countries with the state of the art of research in six areas in chemical engineering: Multiscale modeling: from molecular to process engineering; sustainable and intensified processing; chemical- and bio- engineering for energy; biomaterials and bioprocesses for health care; water purification, reclamation and reuse; and nanostructured and functionalized materials for products and processes. These areas were selected since they are critical technology areas in all of the participating countries. The major theme of EMCC-5 will be "advanced new frontiers for chemical engineering in an evolving world". This is the fifth conference of a series. The four previous successful conferences were at the Technion, in Haifa, Israel in March 1999 with representatives from Turkey, Israel and the U.S.; in Ankara (Middle Eastern Technical University) in May, 2001 with participation by chemical engineers from Greece as well as the other three countries; in Thessaloniki, Greece in May 2003 with participation by the four participating countries; and at the Dead Sea, Israel in January 2006 with participation from Italy, Romania and Bulgaria as well as the other four countries. Prof. Enrico Drioli from the Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM-CNR) at the University of Calabria (Rende, Italy) will be the Chair of the Conference. The US EMCC coordinating committee consisting of Steve Cramer (Rensselaer), Nick Abbott (Wisconsin) and Alex Katz (Berkeley) will work with area leaders Peter Cummings (Vanderbilt), Ray Gorte (Penn), Menachem Elimelech (Yale) and Bill Bentley (Maryland) to organize a first class group of approximately 25 U.S. presenters who will be invited from the six research areas. This will include a blend of senior researchers and promising young investigators. Distinguished invited presenters from the other countries have committed to participate and approximately 20 investigators from each country will be invited to give oral or poster presentations. Poster presentations by graduate students will also be included in the program. Special travel supplements will also be provided to five US participants to visit and lecture in countries other than Italy- Israel, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria or Rumania -- to develop and/or promote collaboration. Other US participants are expected to attend the conference with approval from the organizers and with support from other financial sources. Broader Impact: It is expected based on past conference results that there will be a significant and broad impact on the US engineers attending the next EMCC conference. The first three EMCC Conferences have had major impacts in acquainting US, Turkish, Israeli, and Greek academics with their research interests and capabilities and in fostering research collaborations. The fourth conference provided further opportunities, by expanding the conference to include Italy, Bulgaria and Rumania. An added benefit of these conferences is the exposure they have provided for large numbers of graduate students from the Eastern Mediterranean to interact directly with both seasoned and young faculty researchers from the U.S. and the other countries. In addition, these conferences have provided excellent forums for fruitful discussions on curriculum issues among faculty of the participating countries. In addition to the personal contacts that the U.S. participants will make with people from the other countries, it will be beneficial to U.S. interests to foster exchanges of research and teaching ideas and of personnel, and establish research collaborations between chemical engineers from the U.S. and chemical engineers from the Eastern Mediterranean countries. It is also likely that recruitment of potential graduate students may occur informally, as in the past.