International Travel: AIChE-SCEJ Co-sponsored Symposium on Biorecognition and Transport Phenomena in Bioseparation and Bio-nanotechnology in Tokyo, Japan, on March 14-17, 2012

Carta，Giorgio 1152403学术功绩：申请NSF资助，以帮助来自美国学术和非营利研究机构的美国化学工程师学会（AIChE）成员的参与者参加将于2012年3月14日至17日在日本东京举行的日本化学工程师学会（SCEJ）年会，以庆祝SCEJ成立75周年。 计划为这次会议举办一次题为“生物分离和生物纳米技术中的生物识别和运输现象”的特别会议，由科学和经济学委员会和AIChE共同主办。 在2010年AIChE年会上成功举办了类似的联合主办会议之后，本次会议的主要目标和智力价值是让美国和日本的科学家和工程师分享他们在这两个国家领导的一个至关重要的领域的最新研究成果，以加强他们的科学关系，为今后的合作奠定基础。 预计来自欧洲和亚洲及大洋洲其他地区的工程师和科学家也将参加，为广泛传播前沿知识提供真正的国际论坛。 更广泛的影响：拟议活动的更广泛的影响与生物技术、生物制药、生物材料和生物传感方面的潜在技术进步有关，这些技术进步是通过共享新的科学信息而实现的。 更广泛的影响将与美国教师参加日本会议和接触日本科学界，加强美国和日本领先的化学工程专业协会之间的关系以及进一步改善两国之间的科学联系有关。 众所周知，日本最近遭受了毁灭性地震的影响，造成了广泛的破坏和生命损失。 日本科学界也受到了严重的负面影响。 因此，美国科学家和工程师参加这次联合主办的会议也将有助于在日本同事面临严重困难的时候向他们表示声援。

Carta, Giorgio 1152403Intellectual Merit:Funding is requested from the NSF to help support travel expenses for participants from U.S. academic and nonprofit research institutions who are members of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) to attend the Annual Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineers of Japan (SCEJ) to be held in Tokyo, Japan, on March 14-17, 2012 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the foundation of SCEJ. A special session entitled "Biorecognition and Transport Phenomena in Bioseparation and Bio-nanotechnology" cosponsored by SCEJ and AIChE is planned for this meeting. Following the lead of a successful similarly co-sponsored session held at the 2010 Annual AIChE Meeting, the primary goals and, hence, the intellectual merit of this session is to allow scientists and engineers from the U.S. and Japan to share their most recent research efforts in a critically important area where these two countries lead, to strengthen their scientific relationships, and to establish a basis for future collaborations. Engineers and Scientists from Europe and other parts of Asia and Oceania are also expected to participate, providing a truly international forum for a broad dissemination of knowledge at the forefront. Broader Impacts:The broader impacts of the proposed activity are associated with the potential technological advances in biotechnology, biopharmaceuticals, biomaterials, and biosensing made possible by sharing new scientific information. Further broader impacts will be associated with the participation of U.S. faculty in a Japanese conference and their exposure to the Japanese scientific community, a strengthened relationship between the leading chemical engineering professional societies in U.S. and Japan, and further improved scientific ties between the two countries. As is well known, Japan was recently impacted by a devastating earthquake, which has caused widespread damage and loss of life. The Japanese scientific community has also been negatively impacted in a serious way. Thus, participation of U.S. scientists and engineers in this jointly sponsored session will also serve to show solidarity to our Japanese colleagues during a time of severe hardship.