Workshop: Research Frontiers in Bioinspired Energy

0948076Zolandz本次研讨会将解决对生物启发的能源转换系统进行更深入、跨学科和跨机构探索的需求。研讨会将讨论自然界中能量过程的分子水平前沿，重点是生物能量的捕获、储存和转化过程。研讨会还将确定知识差距，确定将当前知识状态转化为应用的障碍，并提出可能存在于学科边界之外的欠发达研究机会。智力优势：该研讨会将满足对生物启发的能源转换系统进行更深入、跨学科和跨机构探索的需要。许多研究人员正在探索生物能源系统，特别是在生物和工程领域。研究人员通常从不同的机构获得资金，这些机构的任务各不相同。由这些不同项目资助的研究人员之间的互动可能会带来巨大的好处，但这并不总是自然发生的，因为每个机构都在朝着自己的使命努力。因此，研讨会有可能促进新的研究伙伴关系，并为科学和工程界成员提出新的研究课题，以便与这些系统相关的研究，并将其用作能源应用的模型。广泛的影响：该研讨会对社会具有潜在的好处，因为其成果将鼓励和促进对生物启发能源系统的理解和开发，以满足未来的能源需求。具体地说，了解和模仿生物体中以各种方式捕获、储存和转换能量的生化反应，是寻找这种新能源的一个合乎逻辑的方向。此外，研讨会还将扩大从事生物能源系统不同方面工作的研究人员之间的交流。它将向研究界成员和资助机构管理人员通报与这些系统相关的当前和潜在的未来发展，并将其用作能源应用的模型。

0948076ZolandzThis workshop will address the need for a more in depth, interdisciplinary, and cross agency exploration of bioinspired energy conversion systems. The workshop will discuss molecular-level frontiers of energy processes in nature, focusing on biological energy capture, storage, and transformation processes. The workshop will also identify gaps in knowledge, identify barriers to transitioning the current state of knowledge into applications, and suggest underdeveloped research opportunities that might exist beyond disciplinary boundaries.Intellectual Merit:This workshop will meet the need for a more in depth, interdisciplinary, and cross agency exploration of bioinspired energy conversion systems. Many researchers are exploring biological energy systems, particularly in the biological and engineering disciplines. The researchers typically receive funding from different agencies which have varied missions. There can be great benefit from interactions between researchers funded by these different programs, but this does not always happen naturally as each agency works towards its own mission. Consequently, the workshop has the potential to catalyze new research partnerships and to suggest new research topics for members of the scientific and engineering communities to pursue relative to these systems, and their use as models for energy applications.Broader Impacts:This workshop has potential benefits to society, as its outcomes will encourage and facilitate the understanding and development of biologically-inspired energy systems to meet future energy needs. Specifically, understanding and mimicking the biochemical reactions in organisms, which capture, store, and transform energy in a variety of ways, is one logical direction to find such new sources of energy. Furthermore, the workshop will also broaden communication between researchers working on different aspects of biological energy systems. It will inform members of the research community and funding agency managers of current and potential future developments relevant to these systems, and their use as models for energy applications.