US-Pakistan Workshop on Applications of Nanotechnology, Karachi and Islamabad, Pakistan, January 2010

0935683贝尔蒂诺描述：该奖项是为了支持2010年1月3-9日在巴基斯坦卡拉奇举行的美巴纳米技术应用研讨会。美国组织者是弗吉尼亚州里士满弗吉尼亚联邦大学物理系的马西莫·贝尔蒂诺博士。外国组织者是伊斯兰堡Quaid Azam大学物理系的Sayed Hasanain博士和Arif Mumtaz博士，以及巴基斯坦卡拉奇大学Hej化学研究所的Raza Shah博士。该项目将支持12名美国科学家，他们将与巴基斯坦科学家一起前往卡拉奇和伊斯兰堡参加两个研讨会，每个地点一个。讲习班将侧重于纳米生物技术和纳米磁学，这是巴基斯坦纳米技术努力中最发达的领域，因此也是最有可能开展合作的领域。为了最大限度地增加新合作的数量，美国参与者被选为从未访问过巴基斯坦或与巴基斯坦没有持续合作的美国参与者。第一个活动将集中在纳米技术的化学方面，它将在卡拉奇举行。第二个活动将集中在纳米技术的物理和材料科学方面，它将在伊斯兰堡举行。这种分离有逻辑上和科学上的原因。后勤方面的原因，因为这两个地点在地理上相距很远，这将允许美国研究人员访问更多的研究中心并与之互动。卡拉奇位于该国南部，拥有几所主要大学和研究中心。伊斯兰堡位于中部/北部，是几所大学和研究中心的所在地，距离另外两个主要城市拉合尔和白沙瓦也不远，这两个城市也有许多研究中心。科学上的原因，因为卡拉奇以其化学研究所而闻名，而在伊斯兰堡，更注重磁学和材料研究。智力优点：提出的主题处于很好的科学领域，活动安排得很好。这些团队的生产力很高，他们将致力于纳米技术的基本和实用领域，在这些领域可能会产生新的技术。国际和平研究所在巴基斯坦确定了一支非常强大的科学家团队，与美国研究人员在合成纳米材料、纳米颗粒的磁性和生物纳米技术等领域进行合作。学到的技术、物理和化学可以转移到美国。每个参与者都带来了重要的专业知识领域。该项目有可能对巴基斯坦科学产生重大影响，因为它在美国和巴基斯坦科学家之间建立了可以直接影响美国研究的合作，并鼓励巴基斯坦学生和博士后到美国大学学习。更广泛的影响：美国研究人员将以新的视角看待外国的研究状况，这个国家与美国有很大不同。通过访问巴基斯坦，他们将学习如何设计两国之间的有效合作。美国和巴基斯坦科学家之间的互动对于相互理解两种文化和弥合科学知识的鸿沟非常重要。巴基斯坦的科学家将可以使用美国最先进的设施，美国的科学家将可以与巴基斯坦的高技能和有才华的研究人员合作。将通过在网站上张贴讲座录像和在开放获取期刊上发表讲习班会议记录来传播讲习班。后续活动计划在研讨会结束后以美国教职员工和学生小组访问的形式进行。讲习班还打算促成以定性为重点的合作。在巴基斯坦开发的材料的表征需要高度专业化的设施，如高分辨率质谱仪和同步加速器。巴基斯坦没有这些设施，样品目前主要被送往欧洲。因此，这次会议可能会增加美国先进表征设施的用户基础。

0935683 BertinoDescription: This award is to support a ?US- Pakistan Workshop on Applications of Nanotechnology, Karachi, Pakistan January 3-9, 2010. The U.S. organizer is Dr. Massimo Bertino, Physics Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. The foreign organizers are Drs. Sayed Hasanain and Arif Mumtaz, Physics Department at Quaid Azam University, Islamabad, and Dr. Raza Shah, HEJ Chemistry Institute, University of Karachi, Pakistan. The project will support 12 U.S. scientists who will travel to Karachi and Islamabad for two workshops, one in each site, jointly with Pakistani scientists. The workshops will focus on nano-biotechnology and nanomagnetism which are the most developed areas of the Pakistani nanotechnology effort and therefore the most likely areas where collaborations can be developed. To maximize the number of new collaborations US participants are being chosen who have never visited Pakistan or do not have on-going collaborations with Pakistan. The first activity will focus on chemical aspects of nanotechnology and it will be hosted in Karachi. The second activity will focus on physics and materials science aspects of nanotechnology and it will be hosted in Islamabad. This separation has logistic and scientific reasons. Logistic reasons, because the two locations are geographically apart from each other and this will allow US researchers to visit and interact with a larger number of research centers. Karachi is in the South of the country and it hosts several major universities and research centers. Islamabad is in the center/north, is home to several Universities and research centers and it is also within driving distance from two other major cities, Lahore and Peshawar, which also host a number of research centers. Scientific reasons, because Karachi is particularly renowned for its chemical institutes, while in Islamabad more emphasis is placed on magnetism and materials research.Intellectual Merit: The proposed topics are in a good scientific area and the activities are well-arranged. The teams are highly productive, and they will address fundamental and practical areas in nanotechnology, where new technologies may be generated. The PI has identified a very strong team of scientists in Pakistan to work with U.S. researchers in areas including synthetic nanoscale materials, magnetic properties of nanoparticles and bio-nanotechnology. The techniques, physics and chemistry that are learned can be transferred to the US. Each of the participants brings a significant area of expertise. The project has the potential of having a large impact on Pakistani science, by creating collaborations between US and Pakistani scientists that can directly impact US research, and by encouraging Pakistani students and postdoc to study in US universities. Broader Impact: The US researchers will gain a new perspective on the state-of-research in a foreign country that is much different than in the US. By visiting Pakistan, they will learn how to design an effective collaboration between the two countries. Interactions between the US and Pakistani scientists is important in mutual understanding of the two cultures and in bridging the gap in scientific knowledge. Scientists in Pakistan will have access to state-of-the-art facilities in the U.S. and scientists from the U.S. will have access to work with highly skilled and talented researchers from Pakistan. Dissemination of the workshop will be done by posting videos of the lectures on a website and publishing proceedings of the workshop in open access journals. Follow-up activities are planned in form of visits of small teams of US faculty and students following the workshop. The workshop intends also to generate collaborations focusing on characterization. The characterization of materials developed in Pakistan requires highly specialized facilities such as high resolution mass spectrometers and synchrotrons. These facilities are not available in Pakistan and samples are currently being sent mostly to Europe. Thus, the conference will likely increase the user base of US advanced characterization facilities.