SusChEM: Focus on Sustainability-Integrated Approaches to Materials for Sustainable Development

材料科学将在解决我们社会面临的许多关键挑战方面发挥关键作用，为能源、水、产品、服务、交通、建筑和公共基础设施提供可持续的供应。用于这些应用的材料的开发将需要新的方法和具有技术专长并了解材料科学与其他学科之间复杂相互关系的研究人员。作为材料研究人员的首要专业协会，材料研究协会（MRS）有能力帮助其成员应对这些挑战，并且在材料研究部门的支持下，将在2016年亚利桑那州凤凰城举行的MRS春季会议和展览（2016年3月28日至4月1日）上举行特别的MRS规划和活动，重点关注可持续发展。在短期内，这一努力将为未来MRS会议上的活动和事件以及将材料和可持续性联系置于聚光灯下的出版物奠定基础，从而促进有意义的研究和开发工作的扩大。从长远来看，该项目将鼓励学生和年轻研究人员以及他们的教师将可持续性视为一项重要挑战。技术摘要：在材料研究部的支持下，2016年MRS春季会议和展览将在亚利桑那州凤凰城举行（2016年3月28日至4月1日），主题为“关注可持续发展”的项目和活动包括：(1)为期两天的题为“材料促进可持续发展——综合方法”的研讨会和海报会议，将为核心材料技术及其与可持续发展的社会、生态和经济驱动因素的联系提供一个基于技术的跨学科讨论媒介，其中包括一个专门的半天会议，重点讨论工业中的可持续性；(2)为期半天的关于如何教授材料在可持续发展中的作用的教程；(3)关于如何将跨学科的可持续性原则融入材料研究的90分钟专业发展研讨会；(4)举办一场特别的大学分会学生海报比赛，主题为“我的社区的可持续发展”；(5)公众宣传和与会者参与。“关注可持续发展”项目代表了一项投资，旨在建立一个围绕材料和可持续发展的强大实践社区。

Non-technical AbstractMaterials science will play a pivotal role in solving many of the key challenges facing our society by providing a sustainable supply of energy, water, products, services, transportation, buildings, and public infrastructure. The development of materials for these applications will require new approaches and researchers who have technical expertise and who understand the complex interrelationships between materials science and other disciplines. As the premier professional society for materials researchers, the Materials Research Society (MRS) is well positioned to help its members address these challenges, and with support from the Division of Materials research, special MRS programming and activities focused on sustainable development will be held at the 2016 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit in Phoenix, Arizona (March 28-April 1, 2016). In the near term, this effort will seed future activities and events at MRS Meetings as well as publications that put the materials and sustainability nexus in the spotlight, so as to promote expansion of meaningful research and development efforts. In the long term, the project will encourage students and young researchers, and their faculty, to view sustainability as an important challenge.Technical AbstractWith support from the Division of Materials Research, the 2016 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit in Phoenix, Arizona (March 28-April 1, 2016) will feature "Focus on Sustainability" programming and activities including: (1) a two-day symposium and poster session entitled "Materials for Sustainable Development-Integrated Approaches" that will provide a medium for technically based, interdisciplinary discussions of core materials technologies and their connection with societal, ecological, and economic drivers for sustainable development, and which includes a special half-day session focused on sustainability in industry; (2) a half-day tutorial on how to teach the role of materials in sustainable development; (3) a 90-minute professional development seminar on how to integrate interdisciplinary sustainability principles into materials research; (4) a special University Chapter student poster competition on "Sustainability in My Community;" and (5) public outreach and meeting attendee engagement. The "Focus on Sustainability" program represents an investment towards building a robust community of practice around materials and sustainability.