Poly and Polymer Electrolytes for Energy Conversion

该奖项资助参加2010年8月23-27日在荷兰莱顿大学洛伦茨中心举办的“用于能量转换的聚合物和聚合物电解质：从头算、分子和连续介质模型”研讨会的美国与会者的旅费。研讨会的目的是促进应用从头算、分子和连续介质方法对用于能量转换和存储设备的纳米结构聚合物电解质材料进行建模的不同研究人员之间的交流。会议邀请了主要研究人员的演讲，以及由初级参与者贡献的正式指导讨论和一次演讲。研讨会汇集了数学家、计算化学家、计算材料科学家和实验学家，以促进在解决迫切需要更高效的能源基础设施以减少对化石燃料的依赖的领域的研究进展。资助的目的是确保学生、博士后、初级教员和在数学领域代表性不足的群体的成员广泛参与。会议网站：http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2010/404/info.php3?wsid=404

This award supports travel of U.S. participants in the workshop "Poly and Polymer Electrolytes for Energy Conversion: Ab Initio, Molecular, and Continuum Models," held at the Lorenz Center within the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, 23-27 August 2010. The goal of the workshop is to facilitate communication among the disparate groups of researchers applying ab initio, molecular, and continuum approaches to the modeling of nanostructured polymer electrolyte materials used in energy conversion and storage devices. The meeting features invited talks by leading researchers, as well as formal directed discussion sessions and a session of presentations contributed by junior participants.The workshop brings together mathematicians, computational chemists, computational materials scientists, and experimentalists to facilitate research progress in areas that address the pressing need for a more efficient energy infrastructure to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Funding is directed to ensure broad participation by students, postdocs, junior faculty, and members of groups underrepresented in mathematics.Conference web site: http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2010/404/info.php3?wsid=404