Industry Workshop on Nanotechnology for Cement and Concrete; held September 5, 2007; Arlington, VA.

研讨会的主要目标是为工业、大学和公共机构之间的优先兴趣领域和合作机会提供方向，以研究用于胶凝系统和混凝土产品的纳米技术。研讨会将汇集国内外从事水泥建筑材料的研究人员和实践者，讨论纳米技术的应用。主要的重点将是确定建筑行业的需求，以及如何通过纳米工程在材料水平上满足这些需求。讨论的重点将是如何在可靠的基础研究的基础上，尽快将纳米技术应用于建筑领域。胶凝材料是世界上最常用的一类材料，因此即使是效率的微小提高也会产生重大影响。来自大学、公共机构和行业的国内和国际研究人员的提议组合具有很好的潜力，可以启动纳米胶凝材料的积极研究计划。

The primary objective of the workshop is to provide direction on areas of priority interest and opportunities for collaboration between industry, university and public agencies for research into nanotechnology for cementitious systems and concrete products. The workshop will bring together national and international researchers and practitioners dealing with cementitious construction materials to discuss applications of nanotechnology. The primary focus will be on identifying the needs of the construction industry and how these needs can be met by nano-engineering at the materials level. Emphasis of the discussions will be on how nanotechnology can be brought into useful applications in construction as quickly as possible, based on sound fundamental research.Cementitious materials are the most commonly used class of materials in the world and hence even a small improvement in efficiency can have a major impact. The proposed mix of national and international researchers from universities, public agencies and industries has a very good potential for initiating an active research program in nano cementitious materials.