Conference: Financial Support of the First Joint FOCAPO/CPC Conference, Savannah, Georgia, January 2012

提案编号：1135625 PI：B。韦恩Bequette计算机辅助过程操作（FOCAPO）和化学过程控制（CPC）的基础上的第一次联合会议将在萨凡纳，格鲁吉亚在2012年1月的第二个星期举行。会议将按顺序举行，FOCAPO将于周日晚上开始，周三晚上结束。CPC从周二晚上开始，周五晚上结束。星期二晚上和星期三将举行联合单轨会议，星期三晚上将举行联合会议晚宴。财政支持是为了支付15名年轻教师和30名研究生参加这两个会议的注册费用。智力MeritFOCAPO和CPC分别是计算机辅助过程操作和化学过程控制各自领域的首要会议。认识到，特别是从工业制造的角度来看，这些领域有很大的重叠，这个拟议的联席会议的目标是增加每个单独会议的参与。理想情况下，将有大量的参与者将注册参加这两个会议，引发有趣的互动和合作。更广泛的影响这些资金将用于支持15名年轻教师和30名研究生，他们将被鼓励参加这两个会议。大多数参加的研究生将作为共同作者参与贡献论文会议。组织者还将鼓励妇女和少数民族研究生的参与，并将联系活跃在过程操作和控制领域的美国教师，鼓励他们让更先进的学生参加这次会议。

Proposal Number: 1135625PI: B. Wayne BequetteThe first joint conference on the Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Operations (FOCAPO) and Chemical Process Control (CPC) will be held in Savannah, Georgia during the second week of January, 2012. The conferences will be held sequentially, with FOCAPO beginning on Sunday evening and ending on Wednesday evening. CPC begins on Tuesday evening and ends on Friday evening. Joint, single-track sessions will be held on Tuesday evening, and Wednesday, with a joint conference dinner on Wednesday evening. Financial support is to cover the registration expenses for 15 young faculty members and 30 graduate students to participate in both conferences.Intellectual MeritFOCAPO and CPC have individually been the premier conferences in their respective areas of computer-aided process operations and chemical process control. Recognizing that, particularly from an industrial manufacturing perspective, these areas have a tremendous overlap, a goal of this proposed joint conference is to increase the participation in each individual conference. Ideally, there will be a substantial number of participants that will register for both conferences, sparking interesting interactions and collaborations.Broader ImpactsThe funds will be used to support 15 young faculty members, and 30 graduate students, who will be encouraged to participate in both conferences. Most of the graduate students attending will be involved as co-authors in the contributed papers session. The organizers will also encourage participation by women and minority graduate students, and will contact U.S. faculty who are active in the area of process operations and control and encourage them to have their more advanced students attend this conference.