Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Center for Electrochemical Processes and Technology (CEProTech)

1265974俄亥俄州大学; Gerardine Botte 1266092华盛顿大学; Venkat Subramanian拟建中心将致力于利用新颖的电化学方法改进化学和生物过程。俄亥俄州大学和华盛顿正在合作建立拟议的中心，俄亥俄州大学作为牵头机构。拟建中心（CEProTech）将专注于经典的电化学工程应用（氯碱和铝工艺、电池、制氢等），以及开发更激进和变革性的应用：将电化学系统和方法用于通常放弃电化学方法的常规工艺（补救、高级合成、特种气体化学品的生产和血液透析等）。CEProTech设想，通过电化学科学的多样适用性，为中心汇集的资源的全面收集，以及其强大的行业支持者的帮助，该中心将在各个市场领域产生重大影响。在CEProTech进行的拟议研究有可能通过改善能源独立性，环境保护和创造就业机会来提高国家经济安全。在我们多样化的行业成员的支持下，该中心希望维持一个新颖，先进和工业适用的研究的整体组合。CEProTech打算拥有一个经验丰富的多学科团队，包括教师，研究科学家和众多本科生和研究生以及博士后的代表性不足的群体的显着百分比。拟建的中心还计划扩大一个已经很强大的教育活动平台（研究生课程，专题研讨会和推广计划），通过专业研讨会，国际会议，（在应用电化学杂志上发表的精选论文），面向行业的研讨会和会议，网络研讨会，远程教育和生产电化学设备的劳动力发展。该中心将鼓励通过继续教育活动广泛传播学习，以帮助工业工程师以及工程专业的学生获得电化学过程和系统的知识，以更好地为他们的职业生涯和职业发展做好准备。

1265974 Ohio University; Gerardine Botte 1266092 Washington University; Venkat Subramanian The proposed Center will be will be dedicated to the improvement of chemical and biological processes utilizing novel, electrochemically-focused approaches. Ohio University and Washington are collaborating to establish the proposed Center, with Ohio University as the lead institution. The proposed Center (CEProTech) will focus both on the classical electrochemical engineering applications (chloro-alkali and aluminum processes, batteries, hydrogen production, etc.), as well as the development of more radical and transformative applications: utilizing electrochemical systems and approaches for conventional processes that typically forego electrochemical methods (remediation, advanced synthesis, production of specialty gases & chemicals, and hemodialysis, among others). CEProTech envisions that through the diverse applicability of the electrochemical science, the comprehensive collection of resources assembled for the Center, and the aid of its strong assortment of industry supporters, the Center will have significant impact across a variety of market sectors. The proposed research conducted at CEProTech has the potential to increase national economic security through improved energy independence, environmental protection, and job creation. With the support of our diverse assortment of industry members, the Center hopes to sustain a holistic portfolio of novel, advanced and industrially applicable research. CEProTech intends to have an experienced multi-disciplinary team, including a significant percent of underrepresented groups of faculty, research scientists, and numerous undergraduate and graduate students, as well as post-docs. The proposed Center also plans to expand an already strong platform of educational activities (graduate courses, topical workshops, and outreach programs) to provide interdisciplinary education and training in the field of electrochemical engineering, through specialized workshops, international conferences (with selected papers published in the Journal of Applied Electrochemistry), industry oriented seminars and conferences, webinars, long-distance education and workforce development for manufacturing electrochemical devices. The Center will encourage a broad dissemination of learning through its continuing education activities to assist engineers in industry, as well as engineering students, in acquiring knowledge of electrochemical processes and systems to better prepare them for careers and career advancements in the industry.