Gordon Research Conference: Membranes: Materials and Processes 2020

本项目为参加戈登膜研究会议（GRC）：材料和工艺以及相关的戈登研究研讨会（GRS）的研究生和年轻博士后研究员提供旅费和注册费。协调的活动将于2020年8月1日至2日（GRS）和2020年8月2日至7日（GRC）在新罕布什尔州新伦敦的科尔比-索耶学院连续举行。研讨会和会议的重点是广泛的分离技术，这些技术对美国技术竞争力至关重要的工业和环境过程至关重要。此外，GRS和GRC为学生和早期职业研究人员提供了宝贵的教育、职业发展和交流机会。在过去的20年里，随着人们对分子尺度现象如何在膜和最终系统尺度上表现出来的理解的加深，膜科学和技术的活动和创新水平很高。此外，能源、水、生物处理和环境领域的关键社会需求为膜技术提供了令人兴奋的新机会。其中包括开发用于氢/氧、直接甲醇和碱性燃料电池的新膜，用于纯化纤维素生物质产生的乙醇的膜分离，以及用于从气流中去除二氧化碳的膜系统。戈登膜研究会议将有关于分子、膜和膜系统及其在当代能源生产和储存、能源效率膜技术、纳米制造和水净化膜等主题中的应用的专门会议。演讲者和听众之间的讨论将为当前的研究工作提供宝贵的反馈，并使参与者能够进一步发展和完善自己的研究和/或发起新的膜项目。戈登研究会议为研究人员提供了一个展示他们最新的，有时也是最具争议的结果的场所。这些会议还促进了正式讲座之外的非正式讨论和交流。这种相互作用促进了新思想和新合作的产生，有助于推动膜科学领域的发展。组织者还特别努力让妇女和代表性不足的少数民族参加会议。值得注意的是，这次会议将包括一个“Power Hour”非正式聚会，供所有与会者讨论妇女和少数族裔在科学领域面临的挑战。这次活动有助于在更广泛的社区中建立对这些重要问题的认识，以便整个社区可以采取行动支持女性在科学领域的专业发展。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。

The project provides funds for travel and registration expenses for graduate student and young postdoctoral research fellow attendees of the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Membranes: Materials and Processes, and associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). The coordinated events will be held serially at Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH on the dates of August 1-2, 2020 (GRS) and August 2-7, 2020 (GRC). The seminar and conference focus on a broad range of separations technologies critical to a wide range of industrial and environmental processes of critical importance to U.S. technology competitiveness. Additionally, the GRS and GRC provide valuable educational, career development, and networking opportunity for students and early career researchers. Over the past 20 years, there has been high level of activity and innovation in membrane science and technology with growing understanding of how molecular scale phenomena manifest themselves at the membrane and eventually the system scale. Additionally, critical societal needs in the areas of energy, water, bioprocessing, and the environment are prviding exciting new opportunities for membrane technologies. These include the development of new membrane for hydrogen/oxygen, direct methanol and alkaline fuel cells, membrane separations for the purification of ethanol produced from cellulosic biomass, and membrane systems for carbon dioxide removal from gas streams. The Gordon ResearchConference on membranes will have specific sessions on molecules, membranes and membrane systems and their application to contemporary topics dealing with energy production and storage, membrane technologies for energy efficiency, nanomanufacturing, and membranes for water purification. The discussions between the speakers and audience will provide valuable feedback on current research efforts and will enable the participants to further develop and refine new ideas for their own research and/or to initiate new membrane projects. Gordon Research Conferences provide a setting where researchers can present their most recent and, at times, most controversial results. The conferences also foster informal discussions and networking that occur outside of the formal lecture sessions. Such interactions promote the generation of new ideas and new collaborations that assist in moving forward the field of membrane science. The organizers have also made special efforts to include women and underrepresented minorities in the conference. Notably the conference will include a "Power Hour" informal gathering for all meeting participants to discuss the challenges that women and minorities face in science. This event helps to create an awareness of these important issues among the broader community such that the whole community can take actions to support the professional growth of women in science.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.