NSF Workshop on Micro, Nano, Bio Systems: Building on the Past and Planning for the Future,March 30-31,2012, Arlington, VA

目的：本次研讨会的目的是讨论过去15-20年微纳米技术领域的主要成就和未来面临的重大挑战。重点将放在生物和医疗保健系统的发展，这将有助于快速增长的世界人口和提高生活质量。这一目标将通过被邀请的杰出演讲者的演讲，以及在过去15-20年中获得职业资助的NSF初级和中期职业研究人员的演讲来实现。NSF CAREER受助者还将通过两次海报会议介绍他们的成就和想法。此外，会议结束时还将举行由杰出演讲者和受资助者组成的小组会议。知识价值：研讨会的成果将帮助参与者开发新的系统程序，并鼓励他们提交主动提出的建议。研究结果也将对NSF的成员非常有用，有助于他们决定未来在生物和健康领域为微/纳米系统提供资金。它还将为未来工程理事会的EFRI项目、网络物理系统、国家科学基金会的STC和ERC项目提供有用的信息。希望这次研讨会的成果将弥合纳米技术和生物学研究领域之间的差距。预计本次研讨会将为包括靶向给药和植入式装置在内的纳米医学新兴领域奠定基础。更广泛的影响：全体会议发言人？得奖者的演讲、得奖者的演讲、他们的海报会议和小组讨论的结果将被录影和记录。讲习班的成果和讨论将通过网络广泛传播。预计讲习班将对物理科学、生物学和健康科学领域更广泛的研究人员和教育工作者产生长期影响。对于那些考虑进入用于健康和纳米医学的微/纳米系统的新跨学科研究领域的人来说，它也将是有用的。这也将鼓励为本科生和研究生开发新的跨学科课程和课程。

Objective: The objective of this workshop is to discuss the major accomplishments in the last 15-20 years and the grand challenges that lie ahead in the field of micro/nanotechnology. An emphasis will be on the development of bio-and healthcare systems that will help the rapidly increasing world population and improve quality of life. This objective will be accomplished through presentations by the invited distinguished speakers, as well as, presentations by the NSF junior and mid-career researchers, who were CAREER Grantees in the last 15-20 years. The NSF CAREER Grantees will also present their accomplishments and thoughts via two Poster sessions. Furthermore, a panel session consisting of the distinguished speakers and grantees will be held at the conclusion. Intellectual Merit: The outcome of the workshop will help the participants to develop new system programs and encourage them to submit unsolicited proposals. The outcome will also be very useful to the members of the NSF, in making decisions for future funding for micro/nano-systems in Bio and Health areas. It would also provide useful information for the future EFRI Programs in the Directorate for Engineering, Cyber-Physical Systems, the STC and the ERC programs in the NSF. It is hoped that the outcome of this workshop will bridge the gap between the areas of research in nanotechnology and biology. It is expected that this workshop will lay the foundations for the emerging areas of nano-medicine including targeted drug delivery and implantable devices. Broader Impact: The plenary speakers? presentations, the Grantees presentation, their poster sessions and the outcome of the panel discussions will be videotaped and documented. The outcome and the discussions at the workshop will be widely disseminated through the web. It is anticipated that the workshop will have a long term impact on a broader group of researchers and educators in the physical science, biology, and health sciences. It will also be useful to those who consider entering into the new interdisciplinary areas of research in micro/nanosystems for health and nanomedicine. This will also encourage the development of new interdisciplinary courses and curriculum for undergraduate and graduate students.