2018 Solid State Chemistry Gordon Research Conference: Designing, Discovering, and Understanding the Functional Materials of the Future

2018年戈登研究会议（GRC）和戈登研究研讨会（GRS）题为“设计，发现和理解未来的功能材料”，由固态和材料化学计划部分资助。它将在新罕布什尔州新伦敦的科尔比-索耶学院举行，从7月21日至22日的GRS开始，紧接着是7月21日至27日的GRC。GRC的包容和学院氛围，以及强调分享以前未发表的信息，有助于培养创新方法，以应对我们世界面临的最重要挑战。通过包括学生、博士后、早期职业研究者和杰出的资深科学家的混合，会议将探索令人兴奋的领域新方向，利用那些具有数十年经验的专业知识，并激励和教育未来的领导者。会议旨在促进来自学术界、工业界和政府实验室的研究人员之间的思想交流和伙伴关系的建立。GRS是专门为研究生和博士后举办的会议，它将营造一种让新研究生进入会议氛围的环境，让所有学生和研究员在低压力的环境中展示自己的研究成果，并促进同龄人之间的联系。组织者致力于推动会议的多样性，特别注重鼓励妇女、代表性不足的少数民族和残疾人的参与。固态化学在设计、发现和优化新功能材料方面发挥着关键作用，以满足社会对更小、更快、更清洁和更可持续技术不断增长的需求。戈登固态化学研究会议是一个独特的会议，汇集了不同群体的科学家研究固态材料及其应用。本次会议将提供来自世界各地的工业、国家实验室和大学对固态和材料化学最有前途的研究方向的观点。重点将放在探索计算与理论、合成和先进表征方法之间的协同作用，以发现和开发未来的材料。这些材料的应用跨越许多领域，包括能量转换和存储、电子、量子计算等。明确鼓励演讲者和海报展示者强调进展、未发表的结果和新想法。组织者强烈鼓励积极参与讨论和海报会议，这为展示和学习新的令人兴奋的研究提供了一个极好的机会。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

NON TECHNICAL The 2018 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) entitled Designing, Discovering, and Understanding the Functional Materials of the Future, is funded in-part by the Solid State and Materials Chemistry Program. It will be held at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire, beginning with the GRS on July 21-22, immediately followed by the GRC which runs from July 21-27, 2018. The inclusive, collegial atmosphere of the GRC, and the emphasis on sharing previously unpublished information, enables the cultivation of innovative approaches to address the most important challenges facing our world. By including a mixture of students, postdocs, early career investigators, and distinguished veteran scientists the meeting will explore exciting new directions in the field, leverage the expertise of those with decades of experience, and inspire and educate future leaders. The meeting is structured to promote the exchange of ideas and the building of partnerships between researchers from academics, industry, and government laboratories. The GRS, which is a meeting solely for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, will promote an environment to introduce new graduate students into a conference atmosphere, allow all students and fellows to present their work in a low stress environment, and promote networking among peers. The organizers are committed to a meeting that promotes diversity, with particular attention placed on encouraging participation of women, underrepresented minorities, and people with disabilities.TECHNICAL Solid state chemistry plays a key role in the design, discovery, and optimization of new functional materials to meet ever-growing societal demands for smaller, faster, cleaner, and more sustainable technologies. The Gordon Research Conference on Solid State Chemistry is a unique meeting that brings together a diverse group of scientists investigating solid state materials and their applications. This conference will provide perspectives from industry, national laboratories, and universities throughout the world on the most promising research directions in solid state and materials chemistry. An emphasis will be placed on exploring the synergies between computations and theory, synthesis, and advanced characterization methods to discover and develop the materials of the future. Applications of these materials span many fields including energy conversion and storage, electronics, and quantum computing, among others. Speakers and poster presenters are explicitly encouraged to emphasize advances, unpublished results, and new ideas. The organizers strongly encourage active contribution to discussions and participation in poster sessions, which offer an excellent opportunity for presenting and learning about new and exciting research.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.