Student Travel Support for the 2009 North American Membrane Society Annual Meeting in Charleston, SC June 20-24, 2009

[0917127 . wickramasinghe2009年6月20日至24日在南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿举行的北美膜学会（NAMS） 2009年全国会议要求增加美国学生的参与。这笔资金将用于为参加会议的学生提供部分旅行和相关费用的支持。目的是鼓励学生参与美国最大的关于这一主题的会议，从而为他们提供展示自己工作的机会，与来自世界各地的其他有相似兴趣的科学家和工程师会面，并参加演讲和海报会议，以了解膜科学和工程的最新研究。膜工艺广泛应用于化工、石化、食品加工、食品包装、医疗、能源和生物技术等行业。这项资助将使学生参加NAMS 2009，了解来自世界各地的膜科学与工程的最新研究发现。提议的会议赞助将增加能够参加NAMS 2009的美国学生人数。除了26个技术会议和一个海报会议外，还计划了一个广泛的学生项目。四个工作坊将为学生提供膜科学与工程的基础和发展领域的强化训练。美国国家科学基金会将为参加本次会议的10名学生提供部分旅费支持，并将向美国所有性别、种族和地理区域的学生提供资助。学生参与NAMS 2009将通过让学生在技术会议和研讨会上接触来自世界各地的顶尖科学家和工程师来加强研究基础设施。学生将有广泛的机会与潜在的雇主以及来自其他有相似兴趣的研究小组的学生和教师建立联系。社会将从这一活动中受益，因为参加NAMS 2009将教育学生，这些学生反过来将推动膜和膜工艺作为对美国经济至关重要的广泛实际应用的使能技术。

0917127WickramasingheFunding is requested to increase the participation of U.S. students in the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) 2009 national meeting, to be held in Charleston, SC, 20-24 June 2009. The funding will be used to provide partial support of travel and related expenses to students attending the conference. The objective is to encourage student participation in the largest American meeting focused on this subject and, thereby, provide opportunities for them to present their work, meet other scientists and engineers from around the world with similar interests, and attend presentations and poster sessions to learn about the latest research in membrane science and engineering. Membrane processes are used widely in the chemical, petrochemical, food processing, food packaging, medical, energy and biotechnology industries. Funding from this grant would bring students to NAMS 2009 to gain knowledge about the latest research discoveries in membrane science and engineering from around the world. The proposed meeting sponsorship would increase the number of U.S. students who are able to attend NAMS 2009. In addition to 26 technical sessions and a poster session, an extensive student program are planned. Four workshops will provide students with intensive training in fundamental and developing areas of membrane science and engineering.The NSF funding will provide partial travel support for 10 students to attend this meeting, and will be available to students of all genders, ethnicity, and geographic region of the U.S. Applications received from students with disabilities will be encouraged. Student participation in NAMS 2009 will enhance the infrastructure for research by giving students access to leading scientists and engineers from around the world in the technical sessions and in the workshops. Students will have extensive opportunities to network with potential employers and with students and faculty from other research groups with similar interests. Society would benefit from this activity, as participation in NAMS 2009 will educate students who in turn will advance membranes and membrane processes as enabling technologies in a broad range of practical applications vital to the U.S. economy.