Support for the 2014 Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis: From Art to Science

标题：支持2014年戈登催化研究会议：从艺术到科学摘要：该奖项将用于2014年戈登催化研究会议（GRC）与会者的注册费，优先考虑博士后和研究生。今年的主题是什么？S会议是什么？从艺术到科学？会议将于2014年6月22日至27日在新罕布什尔州新伦敦的科尔比-索耶学院举行。该奖项的个人负责人是南卡罗来纳大学的约翰·雷加布托教授。该奖项的目标是支持来自催化研究界的18名杰出的早期职业科学家和工程师参加。特别强调提高妇女的知名度和参与。催化领域在全国发挥着关键作用。美国的经济和生活水平。催化的基础研究产生的材料（即催化剂）显著改善了许多产品的制造过程。这些产品中有许多应用于提高人类生活质量，减少人类活动对环境的不利影响，并确保国家的能源供应。催化领域的研究也具有重大的经济影响，因为现代社会使用的大多数产品在制造过程中都需要催化剂。戈登研究会议有一个悠久的传统，它汇集了来自世界各地的顶尖专家，讨论他们在催化方面最新、最令人兴奋的工作和该领域的未来方向。会议的议程允许来自学术界、工业界和国家实验室的参与者之间进行广泛的讨论。至少三分之一的参与者是研究生和早期职业科学家。会议为早期职业参与者提供了一个独特的学习环境，因为其形式结合了非正式的演讲和讨论、小组聚餐和外部活动，以鼓励来自学术界、工业界和国家实验室的早期职业和高级职业催化科学家之间的合作讨论。2014年催化GRC将继续汇集来自世界各地的领先研究人员的传统，讨论他们在催化方面最新，最令人兴奋的工作和该领域的未来方向。来自学术、工业和国家实验室研究领域的杰出思想家（包括博士后助理和研究生）的广泛讨论，为早期职业参与者提供了独特的学习环境，也为科学家和工程师社区在研究方面的协同进步提供了绝佳的机会。这次会议有材料综合的倾向。会议内容包括：(1)催化剂发展的科学；(2)理解和设计氧化物和碳；(3)负载金属纳米颗粒的合理合成；(4)机制理解和催化剂设计的计算；(5)表征方法的最新进展；(6)表面科学的艺术；(7)理解催化反应性；(8)继续将催化艺术转化为科学。下午晚些时候为研究生和博士后举办的海报讨论会是会议中不可或缺的、充满智力活力的一部分。这些海报环节是由一个由行业参与者组成的小组评判的最佳海报竞赛提供的。此外，今年的一个显著的多样性影响是，50%的演讲者是女性。

ABSTRACT TITLESupport for the 2014 Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis: From Art to ScienceABSTRACTThis award will be applied to the registration costs for participants of the 2014 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Catalysis, with preference given to post-doctoral associates and graduate students. The theme of this year?s conference is ?From Art to Science?. The conference will be held June 22-27, 2014, at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire. The PI for the award is Prof. John Regalbuto of the University of South Carolina. The goal of this award is to support the attendance of up to 18 exceptional early career scientists and engineers from the catalysis research community. Special emphasis has been taken to increase the visibility and participation of women. The field of catalysis plays a key role in the nation?s economy and standard of living. Fundamental research in catalysis produces materials (i.e., catalysts) that significantly improve the manufacturing process for many products. Many of these products find application in improving the quality of human life, reducing the adverse impact of human activities on the environment, and securing the nation's energy supply. Research in the field of catalysis also has major economic impact since a majority of the products used by a modern society requires catalysts at some point in their manufacture. The Gordon Research Conferences have a long tradition of bringing together leading experts from around the world to discuss their latest, most exciting work in catalysis and future directions for the field. The agenda for the conference allows for extended discussions amongst the participants from academia, industry, and the national laboratories. At least a third of the participants are graduate students and early career scientists. The conference is a unique learning environment for early career participants because the format combines informal presentations and discussions, group meals, and external activities to encourage collaborative discussions between early career and advanced-career catalytic scientists from academia, industry, and national labs. The 2014 GRC on Catalysis will continue the tradition of bringing together leading researchers from around the world to discuss their latest, most exciting work in catalysis and future directions for the field. The extended discussions that arise in this collection of outstanding thinkers from academic, industrial, and national laboratory research, including post-doctoral associates and graduate students, is a unique learning environment for early career participants and a great opportunity for synergistic advances in research by the established community of scientists and engineers. The conference has a materials synthesis bias. The conferences sessions cover: (1) Science in Catalyst Development, (2) Understanding and Designing Oxides and Carbon, (3) Rational Synthesis of Supported Metal Nanoparticles, (4) Computations for Mechanistic Understanding and Catalyst Design, (5) State of the Art Characterization Methods, (6) The Art of Surface Science, (7) Understanding Catalytic Reactivity, (8) Continuing the Transformation of Catalysis Art into Science. Late-afternoon poster sessions for graduate students and post-doctoral associates are an integral and intellectually vigorous part of the meeting. These poster sessions are given substance by a best-poster competition judged by a panel of industrial participants. Additionally, a significant diversity impact this year is that 50% of the speakers are women.