Eleventh African Materials Research Society (A-MRS) Conference

授予材料研究学会(MRS)的这一奖项将主要用于资助目前在美国大学工作的学生和年轻科学家参加第11届非洲材料研究学会(A-MRS)会议的旅费和参会费。会议将于2022年12月在塞内加尔达喀尔的法赫德宫国王酒店和会议中心举行。会议由非洲--工作人员代表会议组织，并得到工作人员代表的大力支持，会议的核心是建立知识、促进关系和促进行动，以促进在与材料科学和技术相关的广泛领域中的理解。非洲-MRS会议在团结非洲迅速增长的材料研究社区，并帮助其与非洲以外更广泛的材料研究世界，特别是美国的联系方面发挥着至关重要的作用。着眼于提高对材料如何影响发展的理解和认识，会议的一个关键目标是将来自世界各地的领先科学家聚集在一起，与领先的非洲研究人员互动。会议还向非非洲与会者通报了非洲材料科学和教育的现状，包括研究需求和发展与合作的机会。今年的会议还将包括关于材料科学中的价值链和创业精神的会议。这次会议由非洲MRS和UCAD的一个当地团队在(美国)材料研究学会(MRS)的支持下组织，是整个非洲材料科学和工程界的中心枢纽。这次会议允许基础和应用研究社区建立知识，发展关系，并促进活动和交流，以进一步了解和合作与材料科学和技术相关的多学科领域。与会者将来自非洲和世界各地，并将自新冠病毒19大流行以来首次面对面会面，预计将有500人出席。会议的主题既反映了全球研究界的需求，如能源和卫生，也反映了非洲特有的需求，如适当的建筑材料和可持续的生物材料。这次会议聚集了国际领先的科学家和工程师，介绍和讨论了材料研究几个广泛领域的最新进展，并确定了未来的研究重点，从而增加了独特的价值。此次会议还为美国和非洲学生提供了一个直接互动以及与国家和国际领导人互动的独特平台，这证明了非洲裔MRS对教育和能力建设的深切承诺。今年会议的主题是：能源材料-光伏、电池、燃料电池、催化、二氧化碳减排生物材料和健康聚合物、纳米医学、成像、传感器农业-土壤化学、食品科学、材料加工纳米、量子和光子材料、纳米技术-纳米、石墨烯、纳米管、光学、材料物理、量子行为计算材料科学-从头算、分子动力学、有限元、统计力学、采矿和制造的多尺度模拟材料-采掘、铸造、冶金水和AMP；环境监测-过滤器、废水处理、海水淡化、传感器教育和材料科学与工程网络-课程开发、在线教育、学术和研究交流、暑期学校除了这些主题外，还计划举办一系列会议前研讨会和特别会议，包括妇女和女孩参与科学和创业。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award to the Materials Research Society (MRS) will be predominantly used to support travel and participating costs of students and young scientists currently working in American universities to attend the Eleventh African Materials Research Society (A-MRS) Conference. The Conference will be held at the King Fahd Palace Hotel and Conference Center in Dakar, Senegal, in December 2022. Organized by the African-MRS with strong support of the MRS, the heart of the Conference is to build knowledge, foster relationships and promote action to further the understanding in the broad fields associated with materials science and technology. The African-MRS Conferences plays a vital role to unify the rapidly growing materials research community in Africa and helping couple it to the broader materials research world outside of Africa, and to the US, in particular. With an eye toward increasing understanding and awareness of how materials impact development, a key goal of the Conference is to bring together leading scientists from around the world to interact with leading African researchers. The conference also informs non-African participants about the current state of materials science and education in Africa, including research needs and opportunities for development and collaboration. This year’s conference will also include sessions on value chain and entrepreneurship in materials science.This conference, organized by the African MRS and a local team at the Universite Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) with support of the (US-based) Materials Research Society (MRS), serves as a central hub for the materials science and engineering communities across Africa. The conference allows the basic and applied research communities to build knowledge, grow relationships, and promote activities and exchanges for further understanding and collaborations in the multidisciplinary fields associated with materials science and technology. Participants will come from across Africa and around the world, and meet in-person for the first time since the COVID 19 pandemic, with an anticipated attendance of 500. Themes of the conference reflect both the needs of the global research community such as energy and health, as well as needs specific to Africa such as appropriate construction materials and sustainable biomaterials. The conference adds unique value by bringing together leading international scientists and engineers to present and discuss recent advances in several broad areas of materials research and define future research priorities. This conference also provides a unique platform for US and African students to interact directly with each other as well as with national and international leaders, which is evidence of the African-MRS’s deep commitment to education and capacity building. The themes of the conference for this year are: Energy materials – photovoltaics, batteries, fuel cells, catalysis, CO2 abatement Biomaterials and Health – polymers, nanomedicine, imaging, sensors Agriculture– soil chemistry, food science, materials processing Nano, Quantum, and Photonic Materials, and Nanotechnologies – nanoparticles, graphene, nanotubes, optics, materials physics, quantum behavior Computational Materials Science – ab initio, molecular dynamics, finite element, statistical mechanics, multiscale modelling Materials for Mining and Manufacturing – extraction, foundry, metallurgy Water & Environmental Monitoring – filters, waste-water treatment, desalination, sensors Education and Networking in Materials Science and Engineering – curriculum development, online education, academic and research exchanges, summer schools In addition to these themes, a series of pre-conference workshops and special sessions are planned that will include women and girls in science, and entrepreneurship.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.