Clay Minerals Society Conference Support for U.S. Graduate Student Attendance at a Joint Meeting with European-clay Conference in 2019

这笔资金是为了支持美国的STEM学生前往并参加粘土矿物协会（CMS）与欧洲粘土会议联合举办的国际会议。对社会的好处包括让美国学生接触到不同的科学家群体，在正式的技术项目之外，通过研讨会和实地考察进行互动。这次联合会议的目的是扩大美国粘土科学家（主要由美国国家科学基金会资助）与其他国家的互动，并了解由欧洲和亚洲科学基金会资助的粘土科学家取得的进展。这个国际会议召集了世界各地的粘土科学家来分享研究进展，并在有利于美国公众的粘土科学研究的前沿问题上提出质疑、争论、辩护和合作。这个国际会议以促进美国研究人员的科学而闻名，他们在展示研究进展的同时学习国际科学家的研究。其目标是使美国学生的科学和教育受益，并在此过程中促进世界范围内成功的粘土科学研究，通过培养了解国际同事和研究进展的未来科学家，使美国公众受益。这笔资金将帮助美国学生支付参加在法国巴黎举行的2019年欧洲粘土会议的旅费。本次国际会议将促进学生与低温地球化学和地球生物学领域的全球领导者的互动，特别强调涉及粘土和粘土矿物的科学研究。协助学生参加会议、研讨会和实地考察的旅费、住宿费和注册费将通过各种教学场所在技术上推进STEM教育，包括：实地考察：1)研究与能源资源相关的布龙纳地区基默里纪和梯通纪泥岩的经典野外区域，2)参观下一代矿物研究设施，包括ANDREA地下高水平核废料深层地质储存库，以及SOLEIL，一个最先进的同步加速器设施，利用从红外到x射线的波长的电磁辐射，3)参加玛丽·居里夫人的历史之旅？他的一生和对现代粘土科学赖以发展的科学方法的贡献。研讨会包括：1)膨润土研究进展：从矿山到蒙脱石表征；2)粘土矿物与催化。超过25场技术会议将在5天内举行，重点关注现代粘土科学的进展，从能源资源到矿物学，纳米颗粒建模，环境污染物，关键区域研究，粘土和生命的起源，成岩作用，岩土材料工程，光化学和粘土对人类健康的功能化。所有这些主题都是NSF资助研究的重点，并为学生提供了在国际舞台上展示研究进展的机会。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。

This funding is to support U.S. based STEM students to travel to, and participate in, an international conference of the Clay Minerals Society (CMS), joint with the European Clay Conference. The benefits to society include exposure of U.S. students to diverse groups of scientists, interacting via Workshops and Field Trips in additional to the formal technical program. The reason for this joint meeting is to expand the interactions of U.S. clay scientists, largely funded by the National Science Foundation, with other nations, and to be aware of advances made by clay scientists funded by European and Asian Science Foundations. This international conference convenes clay scientists worldwide to share research progress, and to question, dispute, defend, and collaborate on research questions at the forefront of clay science research that benefits the U.S. public. This international conference is well-known for promoting the science of U.S. based researchers, who learn from the research of international scientists as they present their research progress. The goal is to benefit the science and education of U.S. students, and in doing so to promote successful clay science research worldwide, which benefits the U.S. public by producing future scientists that are knowledgeable of international colleagues and research advances.The support will assist U.S. based students with travel expenses to attend the Euroclay 2019 conference held in Paris, France. This international conference will promote student interaction with worldwide leaders in the field of low-temperature geochemistry and geobiology, with specific emphasis on scientific research involving clays and clay minerals. Assistance with the student travel, accommodation and registration fees for the Conference, Workshops and Field trips will technologically advance STEM education via a variety of instructional venues including: Field Trips to: 1) study a classical field area of the Kimmeridgian and Tithonian mudrocks in the Boulonnais related to energy resources, 2) visit research facilities for next generation mineral research including the ANDREA underground Deep Geological Repository for High-Level nuclear Waste in a claystone, and to the SOLEIL, a state-of-the-art synchrotron facility employing electromagnetic radiation over wavelengths from infrared to X-rays, 3) attend historical tours of Marie Curie?s life and contributions to scientific methods upon which modern clay science was developed. Workshops include 1) Advances in bentonite research: from the mine to smectite characterization and 2) Clay minerals and catalysis. Over 25 technical sessions will be presented over 5 days focusing on modern clay science advances from energy resources to mineralogy, modeling of nanoparticles, environmental pollutants, critical zone research, clays and the origins of life, diagenesis, geomaterials engineering, photochemistry and functionalization of clays for human health. All of these topics are a focus of NSF funded research and provide students a showcase for research advances on an international stage.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.