First International Congress of Sustainability Science and Engineering: Where Science and Engineering Meet the Needs of Society

CBET-0902215韦恩州立大学银伦分校该奖项提供部分资金，主要用于支付首届可持续发展科学与工程国际大会的旅费和出席会议的费用：科学和工程技术满足社会需求，由来自12个国家的科学家、教育工作者、工程师和政府官员组织。本届大会将于2009年8月9日至12日在俄亥俄州辛辛那提举行。各行各业一直在积极寻求方法和行动计划，以推动它们实现可持续发展的目标。显然有必要组织一次国际会议，讨论更广泛的可持续性科学和工程问题，并讨论各行业的科学和技术发展如何能够满足社会的需要。大会将寻求评估最先进的可持续工程和科学，并分享实现真正的经济、环境和社会可持续发展的知识和经验。该项目的更广泛影响将促进世界各地科学家、研究人员、教育工作者和实践者之间的知识和经验交流，并帮助美国代表确定可持续工程研究和教育方面的国际合作机会。该项目将支持总共20名教师(最好是那些处于职业发展早期阶段的教师)、博士后研究员和研究生/本科生参加会议。强烈鼓励那些在科学和工程领域任职人数不足的群体参加。

CBET- 0902215HUANG, YINLUN, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYThis award provides partial funding, primarily for the travel and attendance at the First International Congress on Sustainability Science and Engineering: Where Science and Engineered Technologies Meet the Needs of Society, organized by a group of scientists, educators, engineers, and governmental officials from 12 countries. This congress will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 9-12, 2009. Industries have been actively seeking approaches and plans of action that lean them toward the goal of sustainable development. There is a clear need to organize an international conference that can address broader issues of sustainability science and engineering, and discuss how the development of science and technologies in the industries can meet the needs of the society. The congress will seek to assess the state-of-the-art sustainable engineering and science, and to share knowledge and experience for achieving genuine economic, environmental and social sustainability. The broader impacts of the project will facilitate the exchange knowledge and experience among scientists, researchers, educators, and practitioners around the world, and help the US delegates identify international collaboration opportunities in the research and education of sustainable engineering. This project will support a total of 20 faculty (preferably those in their early career development stage), postdoctoral fellows, and graduate/undergraduate students to attend the conference. Those in the groups underrepresented in science and engineering are strongly encouraged to participate.