Food-Energy-Water Systems Challenging Chemists and Chemical Engineers in the 21st Century

21 世纪的食品-能源-水系统对化学家和化学工程师提出了挑战

• 批准号: 1541860
• 负责人: Timothy Long
• 金额: $ 7.45万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-08-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1541860&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Food; Energy; Water; Systems; Challenging

Division of Chemistry The Chemistry Division and the Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) Division are sponsoring this workshop entitled "Food-Energy-Water Systems Challenging Chemists and Chemical Engineers in the 21st Century" to be held on October 22-24, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. Population growth combined with a concomitant need for more food, energy, and clean fresh water necessitates technological innovations that address a myriad of complex global problems that center on fresh water. Professors Tim Long (Virginia Polytechnic Institute), Frank Bright (Buffalo), and Paul Edmiston (College of Wooster) bring leading scientists and engineers to identify the integrated challenges in water research at the water-energy-food nexus and to explore new opportunities in rapidly advancing area of water research, especially on the integration of water research with energy utilization and food production. The workshop includes lectures and breakout sessions designed to identify the critical research activities in water recycle and reuse. The proposed workshop provides: (1) a sociotechnical systems model for the integration of experimental research at emerging intersections of chemistry with food science, biology and plant science, crop and soil sciences, economists, entrepreneurs, and diverse engineering disciplines, (2) fundamental knowledge underpinning the more efficient use of food, energy and water resources with attention to safety, economics, and security, and (3) strategies to train the next generation workforce to address the global challenges in rapidly emerging food, energy and water systems.

化学部 化学部和化学、生物工程、环境和运输系统 (CBET) 部主办了本次研讨会，题为“挑战 21 世纪化学家和化学工程师的食品-能源-水系统”，将于 10 月 22 日举行2015 年 2 月 24 日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿。人口增长加上对更多食物、能源和清洁淡水的需求，需要技术创新来解决以淡水为中心的无数复杂的全球问题。蒂姆·朗（弗吉尼亚理工学院）、弗兰克·布莱特（布法罗）和保罗·埃德米斯顿（伍斯特学院）教授带领领先的科学家和工程师，确定水与能源食品关系中水研究的综合挑战，并探索水和能源食品关系中的新机遇。水研究领域的快速发展，特别是水研究与能源利用和粮食生产的整合。该研讨会包括讲座和分组会议，旨在确定水循环和再利用方面的关键研究活动。拟议的研讨会提供：(1) 一个社会技术系统模型，用于将化学与食品科学、生物学和植物科学、作物和土壤科学、经济学家、企业家和不同工程学科的新兴交叉领域的实验研究整合起来，(2) 基础理论支持更有效地利用粮食、能源和水资源的知识，同时关注安全、经济和保障；(3) 培训下一代劳动力以应对快速出现的粮食、能源和水系统的全球挑战的战略。