Student Travel Support for the North American Membrane Society 2014 Annual Conference

1439342请提供部分旅行基金以资助约25名研究生参加2014年5月31日至6月4日在得克萨斯州糖地举行的北美膜学会(NAMS 2014)年会。NAMS年会是全球杰出的膜会议之一。来自领先的学术、政府和工业研究实验室的膜领域的最新发展首次被提出，供膜社区评估。会议将有19个单独的技术会议(有些会议延长到两个时段，取决于选定作介绍的摘要的数量)，涵盖膜科学和技术的所有方面。为这次会议制定了广泛的学生计划，包括青年膜科学家论坛、与传奇人物共进午餐、关于职业规划的学生工作坊和学生海报比赛。会议将有两位全体演讲者出席，一位来自学术界(安德鲁·齐德尼教授)，另一位来自工业界(拉里·科斯塔博士)。此外，乔治·贝尔福特教授将发表艾伦·S·迈克尔斯的演讲。还将举办五个技术讲习班。这些研讨会是学生学习关键领域的基础知识和高级研究课题的绝佳场所，这些领域包括气体分离膜、新兴膜材料和制造方法、水处理膜、水力压裂膜以及聚合物和无机膜材料和膜的形成。组织者预计将有大约400名来自世界各地的膜研究人员，代表行业、政府和学术界。除了人力资源的开发，这项提案提供的支持还将允许展示来自全国最具创新精神的学术实验室的最新研究成果。这种新材料和新技术的展示吸引了大量的业界参与，因为它提供了一个独特的环境来评估研究的商业化潜力。与这种商业化相关的经济增长使整个国家受益。

1439342University of HoustonChellam, SankarTravel funds are requested to partially support approximately 25 graduate students to attend the 2014 Annual Meeting of the North American Membrane Society (NAMS 2014) Conference in Sugar Land, Texas from May 31 - June 4, 2014. The NAMS annual meeting is one of the preeminent global membrane meetings. The latest developments in the membrane field from leading academic, governmental, and industrial research labs are presented for the first time for evaluation by the membrane community. The meeting will have 19 separate technical sessions (some extending to two time slots depending on the number of abstracts selected for presentation) covering all aspects of membrane science and technology. An extensive student program has been developed for the meeting, including the Young Membrane Scientist Forum, Lunch with the Legends, student workshop on career planning, and a student poster competition. The meeting will feature two plenary speakers, one from academia (Prof. Andrew Zydney) and another from industry (Dr. Larry Costa). Additionally, Prof. Georges Belfort will deliver the Alan S. Michaels lecture. Five technical workshops will also be offered. These workshops are excellent venues for students to learn about fundamentals and advanced research topics in key areas such as Membranes for Gas Separations, Emerging Membrane Materials and Manufacturing Methods, Membranes for Water Treatment, Membranes for Fracking Applications, and Polymeric and Inorganic Membrane Materials and Membrane Formation. The organizers anticipate a total of approximately 400 membrane researchers from all over the world representing industry, government, and academia. In addition to the development of human resources, the support provided by this proposal will allow presentation of the latest research results from the most innovative academic laboratories around the country. This showcase of new materials and technologies attracts significant industrial participation as it provides a unique environment to evaluate the commercialization potential of the research. The economic growth associated with such commercialization benefits the entire country.