Workshop on Emerging Research in the Field of Ceramics, Carbon, Glasses and Composites (March 2012, DC area)

非技术描述：将举办研讨会，以确定陶瓷领域的新兴研究领域，包括玻璃，复合材料，氧化物和非氧化物陶瓷。该研讨会将于2012年3月举行，将有40至50名来自美国和国外广泛机构的研究人员参加。研讨会将确定该领域最令人兴奋的最新发现，并确定它们是否代表未来研究投资的重要领域，如果是，为什么。将优先考虑最有前途的研究领域。除了评估研究趋势外，还将研究维持和促进陶瓷领域领导地位的策略。研讨会的结果将会是一份报告，将会被同行评议并作为专题文章发表在美国陶瓷学会杂志上。技术细节：研讨会将按材料类型组织，并将有氧化物陶瓷，非氧化物，玻璃和复合材料的单独委员会。在这些主题领域中，将关注加速发现和部署材料的方法。研讨会将召开两天半。一天半的时间将专门用于识别、评估和优先考虑四个主题领域的新兴研究：氧化物、非氧化物、玻璃和复合材料。在接下来的半天中，讲习班将分为两个小组，分别审议国际背景和筹资机制。第二天会议结束时，国际委员会主席和资助委员会主席将提交报告草案。在最后半天，小组将分成四个专题小组委员会，起草报告的部分内容。在最后一届会议上，全体小组将再次召开会议，四个小组委员会将分别提出其草案。在第三天的下午，PI开始合并小组委员会的报告。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: A workshop will be held to identify emerging research areas in the field of ceramics, inclusive of glasses, composites, and oxide and non-oxide ceramics. The workshop will take place in March 2012, and it will involve 40 to 50 researchers representing a broad range institutions from the US and abroad. The workshop will identify the most exciting recent discoveries in the field and determine whether or not they represent important areas for future research investments and, if so, why. The most promising research areas will be prioritized. In addition to evaluating trends in research, strategies to sustain and promote leadership in the field of ceramics will be examined. The outcome of the workshop will be a report that will be peer-reviewed and published in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society as a feature article. TECHNICAL DETAILS: The workshop will be organized by materials type, and there will be separate committees on oxide ceramics, non-oxides, glasses, and composites. Cutting across these topical areas, attention will be given to methods to accelerate discovery and deployment of materials. The workshop will convene for two and one-half days. One and one-half days will be devoted to the identification, evaluation, and prioritization of emerging research in each of four topical areas: oxides, non-oxides, glasses, and composites. During the next half day, the workshop will divide into two groups to separately consider the international context and funding mechanisms. At the end of the second day, the chairs of the international and funding committees will present draft reports. In the final half day, the group will break into the four topical subcommittees and will draft sections of the report. In the final session, the entire group will reconvene and each of the four subcommittees will present their drafts. During the afternoon of the third day, the PI begin the process of merging the subcommittee reports.