VAMAS Workshop: Measurement Needs for Emerging Materials and Technologies; held Winter of 2010 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

这笔奖金将用于帮助支持将于2010年初在马里兰州盖瑟斯堡举行的国际研讨会。研讨会的目标是确定和优先考虑与快速发展的技术相关的材料测量需求。在许多发展中的技术中，支持所需测量程序的科学并不存在。这次讲习班将在先进材料和标准凡尔赛项目的主持下举行，该项目的任务是促进依赖于先进材料的产品的世界贸易，通过国际合作为统一测量方法、操作守则和标准提供技术基础。支助将用于支付各领域国际公认专家的旅费，这些专家将说明支持所需测量技术的科学问题。可能的研讨会主题包括：？碳纳米管用于电子、传感器和复合材料应用？光催化材料?热电应用材料？燃料电池材料？有机光伏材料本次研讨会的结果将为启动新的VAMAS项目提供基础，解决对正在开发的设备和组件的性能特征以及构成这些设备的材料的特性达成共识所需的基本测量。将邀请年轻的研究人员参加讲习班，并在制定所需的国际标准方面发挥作用。还将鼓励发展中经济体的出席，以加强先进技术的国际贸易。

This award will be used to help support an international workshop to be held in Gaithersburg, MD early in 2010. The goal of the workshop is to identify and prioritize material measurement needs relevant to rapidly growing technologies. In many developing technologies, the science underpinning the needed measurement procedures does not exist. This workshop will be held under the auspices of the Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS) whose mission is to promote world trade in products that depend on advanced materials, though international collaboration that provides the technical basis for harmonization of measurement methods, codes of practice and standards. Support will be used for the travel expenses of internationally recognized experts in various fields, who would describe the scientific issues underpinning the needed measurement technology. Possible workshop topics include:? Carbon nanotubes for electronic, sensor, and composite applications? Photocatalytic materials? Materials for thermoelectric applications? Fuel cell materials? Materials for organic photovoltaicsThe results of this workshop will provide the basis for the initiation of new VAMAS projects addressing the fundamental measurements needed to achieve consensus on the performance characteristics of the devices and components being developed, as well as on the properties of the materials making up these devices. Young investigators will be invited to participate in the workshop and to play a part in the development of the required international standards. Attendance from developing economies will be encouraged as well in order to enhance international commerce in advanced technologies.