Metings: Support of Student Participation in the 2011 North American Membrane Society Meeting and the 2011 International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes

CBET 1133655托莱多利普斯大学本提案寻求支持学生参加2011年6月4日至8日在内华达州拉斯维加斯举行的第21届北美膜学会年会(NAMS 2011)和2011年7月23至29日在荷兰阿姆斯特丹举行的2011年国际膜和膜工艺大会(ICO2011)。我们预计将为参加会议的约50名学生提供经济援助。申请的资金将用于支持美国大学的研究生。将通过NAMS和年会网站宣布提供资金的情况。奖项将与NAMS提供的其他学生奖项相协调，以对学生支持产生最大影响。NAMS年会和国际博协三年一度的会议是两个卓越的全球膜会议。来自领先的学术、政府和工业研究实验室的膜领域的最新发展首次被提出，供膜社区评估。膜已成为满足国家迫切需求的一项关键技术。膜技术能够显著降低工业分离过程中的能耗。能源消耗的减少可能伴随着制造成本的显著降低，正如海水淡化所发现的那样。这种结合提供了独特的能力，可以减少我们对能源进口和温室气体排放的依赖，而不会对经济造成不利影响。膜工艺对新兴的替代能源行业也很重要。膜可以在生物精炼、制氢和电化学系统中实现低成本、低能耗的分离--这是NAMS和国际博协会议的主题。除了减少能源消耗外，膜还可以通过强化工艺来减少对土地和原材料的需求，从而增强人类活动的可持续性--这是另一个国家利益领域。申请的资金将为学生参加膜行业的专业会议提供部分支持。参加NAMS或国际博协会议为学生提供了一个独特的机会，让他们与同龄人和社区更资深的成员分享他们的成就。他们收到的反馈可以帮助指导他们的工作，并提供鼓励。学生的参与对膜产业至关重要。预计到2013年，膜生物反应器和气体和液体分离市场将实现近两位数的增长。这样的增长将需要一批熟练工人。通过这项建议提供的支持将有助于吸引最优秀的学生到该领域，并通过允许他们参加会议，为网络、教育和最终就业安排提供令人兴奋的环境，从而填补这一人才库。除了为该行业开发人力资源外，该提案提供的支持还将允许展示来自全国最具创新精神的学术实验室的最新研究成果。这种新材料和新技术的展示吸引了大量的业界参与，因为它提供了一个独特的环境来评估研究的商业化潜力。与这种商业化相关的经济增长使整个国家受益。

CBET 1133655University of ToledoLipscombThis proposal seeks support for student participation in both the 21st Annual North American Membrane Society Meeting (NAMS 2011), held June 4- 8, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada and the 2011 International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM 2011), held July 23-29, 2011 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We anticipate providing financial assistance to ~50 students attending the meetings. The requested funding will be used to support graduate students from US universities. The availability of funding will be announced through the NAMS and annual meeting web sites. Awards will be coordinated with other student awards offered by NAMS to have the greatest impact on student support. The NAMS annual meeting and ICOM triennial meeting are two of the preeminent global membrane meetings. The latest developments in the membrane field from leading academic, governmental, and industrial research labs are presented for the first time for evaluation by the membrane community. Membranes have become a critical technology to address pressing national needs. Membrane technology offers the ability to dramatically reduce energy consumption in industrial separation processes. The reductions in energy consumption can be accompanied by significant reduction in manufacturing costs as found in seawater desalination. Such a combination offers the unique ability to reduce our reliance on energy imports and greenhouse gas emissions without adverse economic impacts. Membrane processes also are important to the emerging alternative energy industry. Membranes enable low cost, low energy consumption separations in biorefineries, hydrogen production, and electrochemical systems--the subject of sessions at the NAMS and ICOM meetings. In addition to reducing energy consumption, membranes can reduce requirements for land and raw materials through process intensification and thereby enhance the sustainability of human activity--another area of national interest. The requested funding will provide partial support for student participation in a professional meeting of the membrane industry. Attendance at a NAMS or ICOM meeting provides a unique opportunity for students to share their accomplishments with peers and more senior members of the community. The feedback they receive can help direct their work and provide encouragement. The involvement of students is vital to the membrane industry. Nearly double digit growth is expected in markets for membrane bioreactors and for gas and liquid separations through 2013. Such growth will require a pool of skilled workers. The support provided through this proposal will help attract the best students to the field and fill this pool by allowing them to participate in a meeting that offers an exciting environment for networking, education, and ultimate job placement. In addition to the development of human resources for the industry, the support provided by this proposal will allow presentation of the latest research results from the most innovative academic laboratories around the country. This showcase of new materials and technologies attracts significant industrial participation as it provides a unique environment to evaluate the commercialization potential of the research. The economic growth associated with such commercialization benefits the entire country.