US-Morocco Workshop on Nano-Materials and Renewable Energies, Fez, Morocco, November 17-20, 2011

1132940该项目支持美国科学家参加2011年11月17日至20日在摩洛哥非兹举行的美国-摩洛哥纳米材料和可再生能源研讨会。摩洛哥的组织者是摩洛哥菲斯Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah大学的Mimouna Baitul博士和Anouar Jorio博士。研讨会的目标是：为促进美国和北非特别是摩洛哥的研究人员在纳米材料方面的科学合作提供一个平台，并促进美国和北非的学生与欧洲的研究人员之间的互动。研讨会计划作为一个更大的国际会议的卫星，第一届欧洲-地中海材料和可再生能源会议将在摩洛哥马拉喀什举行。智力优势：研讨会将包括来自欧洲、美国和北非的世界纳米材料专家的演讲。它们潜在使用的重点将是可再生能源。这些演讲将在介绍性的水平上进行，随后将概述纳米材料的最新进展，以及它们在可再生能源方面的可能应用。来自美国的学生和博士后将展示他们的作品。美国科学家和摩洛哥科学家将举行讨论，探讨可能的合作项目。随着摩洛哥在未来十年内启动一项耗资数十亿美元的大型太阳能计划，到2020年生产2千兆瓦，太阳能应用材料将受到特别关注。主题将包括如何利用半导体和硅，特别是纳米结构，包括颗粒和电线以及有机材料来增强太阳能光伏电池和照明设备。这也包括计算和模拟。NSF的资金将支持三名美国资深科学家和五名美国学生和博士后的旅行。更广泛的影响：讲习班应建立更好的科学基础，支持北非的太阳能和其他能源技术，从而帮助发展全世界使用的可再生能源。因为纳米技术的某些方面是低成本的，它允许发展中国家的科学家和工业发达国家的科学家一起参与科学和技术的前沿研究。选择摩洛哥作为讲习班的地点是适当的，因为摩洛哥政府一直注重这一领域，并为发展太阳能拨出了大量资金。伊斯兰教育、科学及文化组织也有它？S的总部设在拉巴特，因此研讨会将对北非和中东的其他国家产生影响。该研讨会旨在为美国科学家、博士后和学生提供一个接触科学和北非人民的机会。它有可能在三大洲的国家之间产生长期的合作，并使致力于可再生能源的国家参与进来。非洲区是举办拟议活动的最佳选择，因为它被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产。

1132940This project supports the participation of U.S. scientists in the ?US-Morocco Workshop on Nano-Materials and Renewable Energies?, Fez, Morocco, November 17-20, 2011.? The Moroccan organizers are Drs. Mimouna Baitoul and Anouar Jorio at University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah, Fez, Morocco. The objectives of the workshop are: to provide a platform for promoting scientific collaborations on nano-materials between researchers from the U.S. and those from the North Africa, and Morocco in particular, and to facilitate interaction between students from the U.S. and from North Africa with researchers from Europe. The workshop is planned as a satellite to a larger international meeting, the 1st Euro-Med Conference on Materials and Renewable Energies, to be held in Marrakesh, Morocco.Intellectual Merit: The workshop will include presentations from world experts on nano-materials in Europe, the US and North Africa. The focus of their potential use will be on renewable energies. These presentations will be delivered at an introductory level, followed by an overview of the recent advances on nano-materials, and their possible applications for renewable energies. Students and postdocs from the US will present their work. Discussions between US scientists and those in Morocco will be held to explore possible collaborative projects. Special attention will be paid to materials for solar energy applications as Morocco is embarking on a major solar program of multi-billion dollars over the next ten years to produce 2 GW by 2020. The topics will include how semiconductor and silicon in particular nanostructures including particles and wires as well as organic material are used to enhance solar photovoltaic cells and lighting devices. This is also to include computation and simulations. The NSF funding is to support the travel of three US senior scientists and five US students and post-docs. Broader impacts: The workshop should foster a better scientific foundation to support solar energy, and other energy technologies, in North Africa and thus help in the development of renewable energy for worldwide use. Because some aspects of nanotechnology are low cost it allows participation by scientists from developing countries with scientists from industrially advanced countries, in research at the forefront of science and technology. The choice of Morocco for the site of the workshop is appropriate since the government of Morocco has been focusing on this area and has allocated significant funding to developing solar energy. Also the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) has it?s headquarter in Rabat, and thus the workshop would have an impact on other countries of North Africa and the Middle East. The workshop is to provide an opportunity for the US scientists, post-docs, and students to get involved with the science and with people of North Africa. It has the potential to produce long lasting collaborations between countries from three continents, and involve countries that have committed themselves to renewable energy. Fez is an excellent choice to hold the proposed activity since it is classified as a UNESCO world heritage site.