Metings: Support of Student Participation in the 2011 North American Membrane Society Meeting and the 2011 International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes

会议：支持学生参加 2011 年北美膜学会会议和 2011 年国际膜与膜过程大会

• 批准号: 1133655
• 负责人: G. Glenn Lipscomb
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: University of Toledo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1133655&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Metings; Support; Student; Participation; 2011

CBET 1133655University of ToledoLipscombThis proposal seeks support for student participation in both the 21st Annual North American Membrane Society Meeting (NAMS 2011), held June 4- 8, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada and the 2011 International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM 2011), held July 23-29, 2011 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We anticipate providing financial assistance to ~50 students attending the meetings. The requested funding will be used to support graduate students from US universities. The availability of funding will be announced through the NAMS and annual meeting web sites. Awards will be coordinated with other student awards offered by NAMS to have the greatest impact on student support. The NAMS annual meeting and ICOM triennial meeting are two of the preeminent global membrane meetings. The latest developments in the membrane field from leading academic, governmental, and industrial research labs are presented for the first time for evaluation by the membrane community. Membranes have become a critical technology to address pressing national needs. Membrane technology offers the ability to dramatically reduce energy consumption in industrial separation processes. The reductions in energy consumption can be accompanied by significant reduction in manufacturing costs as found in seawater desalination. Such a combination offers the unique ability to reduce our reliance on energy imports and greenhouse gas emissions without adverse economic impacts. Membrane processes also are important to the emerging alternative energy industry. Membranes enable low cost, low energy consumption separations in biorefineries, hydrogen production, and electrochemical systems--the subject of sessions at the NAMS and ICOM meetings. In addition to reducing energy consumption, membranes can reduce requirements for land and raw materials through process intensification and thereby enhance the sustainability of human activity--another area of national interest. The requested funding will provide partial support for student participation in a professional meeting of the membrane industry. Attendance at a NAMS or ICOM meeting provides a unique opportunity for students to share their accomplishments with peers and more senior members of the community. The feedback they receive can help direct their work and provide encouragement. The involvement of students is vital to the membrane industry. Nearly double digit growth is expected in markets for membrane bioreactors and for gas and liquid separations through 2013. Such growth will require a pool of skilled workers. The support provided through this proposal will help attract the best students to the field and fill this pool by allowing them to participate in a meeting that offers an exciting environment for networking, education, and ultimate job placement. In addition to the development of human resources for the industry, the support provided by this proposal will allow presentation of the latest research results from the most innovative academic laboratories around the country. This showcase of new materials and technologies attracts significant industrial participation as it provides a unique environment to evaluate the commercialization potential of the research. The economic growth associated with such commercialization benefits the entire country.

CBET 1133655托莱多大学利普斯科姆本提案寻求支持学生参加 2011 年 6 月 4 日至 8 日在内华达州拉斯维加斯举行的第 21 届北美膜协会年度会议 (NAMS 2011) 和 2011 年国际膜与膜过程大会 (ICOM 2011) ），7月23日至29日举行， 2011 年在荷兰阿姆斯特丹。我们预计为参加会议的约 50 名学生提供经济援助。所申请的资金将用于支持美国大学的研究生。 资金的可用性将通过 NAMS 和年会网站公布。奖项将与 NAMS 提供的其他学生奖项相协调，以对学生支持产生最大的影响。 NAMS 年会和 ICOM 三年一次的会议是两个杰出的全球膜会议。首次展示领先学术、政府和工业研究实验室在膜领域的最新进展，供膜界评估。膜已成为满足紧迫的国家需求的关键技术。膜技术能够显着降低工业分离过程中的能耗。能源消耗的减少可以伴随着海水淡化中制造成本的显着降低。这种结合提供了独特的能力，可以减少我们对能源进口和温室气体排放的依赖，而不会对经济产生不利影响。膜工艺对于新兴的替代能源行业也很重要。膜可以在生物精炼厂、氢气生产和电化学系统中实现低成本、低能耗的分离——这是 NAMS 和 ICOM 会议的主题。除了减少能源消耗之外，膜还可以通过工艺强化减少对土地和原材料的需求，从而提高人类活动的可持续性——这是国家利益的另一个领域。所申请的资金将为学生参加膜行业专业会议提供部分支持。参加 NAMS 或 ICOM 会议为学生提供了一个独特的机会，可以与同龄人和社区中的更高级成员分享他们的成就。他们收到的反馈可以帮助指导他们的工作并提供鼓励。学生的参与对于膜行业至关重要。预计到 2013 年，膜生物反应器以及气体和液体分离市场将实现近两位数的增长。这种增长将需要一批熟练的工人。通过该提案提供的支持将有助于吸引最优秀的学生进入该领域，并通过允许他们参加为网络、教育和最终就业安置提供令人兴奋的环境的会议来填补这个人才库。除了为行业开发人力资源外，该提案提供的支持还将允许展示全国最具创新性的学术实验室的最新研究成果。这次新材料和新技术的展示吸引了重要的工业界参与，因为它提供了评估研究商业化潜力的独特环境。与这种商业化相关的经济增长使整个国家受益。