2017 Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (RE3) Workshop: Defining and Refining the Energy-Food-Water Nexus

第四届年度可再生能源和能源效率（RE 3）研讨会将于2017年3月在肯塔基州路易斯维尔举行。 该研讨会由路易斯维尔大学的康恩可再生能源研究中心（CCRER）协调。 研讨会的主题是定义和完善能源-粮食-水的关系。 在为期三天的研讨会上，20多位演讲者将重点介绍可再生能源技术的最新进展，特别关注快速发展的清洁空气-水-食品关系，这对可持续环境至关重要。 除了将可再生能源方面的国家专家作为演讲者带入肯塔基州，以加强区域研究工作并促进知识交流外，研讨会还将包括一个研究生海报会议，参加者来自200英里半径内的学校，一个本科生海报会议竞赛和一个劳动力培训会议。 该研讨会的目标是1）鼓励，加强和创建肯塔基州和区域大学和行业之间的伙伴关系; 2）使肯塔基州和周边多州地区能源相关领域和学科的学生、研究人员和工业界能够提高国家研究竞争力，3）增加可行的可再生能源技术转让，这一地区的创业和商业化努力。 该研讨会的特点是由来自大学，企业，国家实验室和资助机构的演讲者介绍了以下关键领域的可再生能源和效率的最新技术发现和主题优先事项：材料和工艺创新，清洁能源-食品-水的关系，以及材料和能源创业。 除了全体讲座和演讲外，还将为学生，教师和行业提供短期教育课程，包括材料发现和先进材料表征，增材制造，沼气生产，热电联产以及材料和能源领域的技术创业。 该研讨会还将为产品实现研究所提出可再生能源研究的优先事项，该研究所是路易斯维尔大学的一个独特的合作伙伴关系，旨在促进先进制造，物流，可再生能源以及分析和计算方面的研究和创新。 该研究所是先进工程劳动力发展的学习实验室，并将学术研究活动与实际应用相结合。

The 4th annual Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RE3) Workshop will be held in March 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky. The workshop is coordinated through the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research (CCRER) at the University of Louisville. The workshop theme is Defining and Refining the Energy-Food-Water Nexus. During the three day workshop, over 20 speakers will highlight recent advances in renewable energy technology, with particular focus on the rapidly evolving clean air-water-food nexus that is critical for a sustainable environment. In addition to bringing in national experts in renewable energy as speakers into the state of Kentucky to bolster regional research efforts and catalyze intellectual exchange, the workshop will include a graduate student poster session with participants from schools within a 200 mile radius, an undergraduate poster session competition, and a workforce training session. The goals of the workshop are to 1) encourage, strengthen, and create partnerships among the state of Kentucky and regional universities and industries; 2) enable students, researchers and industry in energy-related fields and disciplines in the state of Kentucky and the surrounding multi-state region to increase national research competitiveness, and 3) increase viable renewable energy technology transfer, entrepreneurship and commercialization efforts within this region. The workshop features presentations by speakers from universities, businesses, national laboratories, and funding agencies on the latest technical discoveries and thematic priorities for renewable energy and efficiency in the following key areas: Materials and Process Innovation, and Clean Energy-Food-Water Nexus, and Materials and Energy Entrepreneurship. In addition to plenary lectures and presentations, short educational courses for students, faculty, and industry will be offered, including Materials Discovery and Advanced Materials Characterization, Additive Manufacturing, Biogas Production, Combined Heat & Power, and Technical Entrepreneurship in the Materials and Energy Sector. The workshop will also suggest renewable energy research priorities for the Institute for Product Realization, a unique partnership at the University of Louisville that promotes research and innovation in advanced manufacturing, logistics, renewable energy, and analytics and computing. This institute serves as a learning laboratory for advanced engineering workforce development and connects academic research activity to practical application.