NSF Workshop: New Vistas in Molecular Thermodynamics: Experimentation, Modeling and Inverse Design

NSF 研讨会：分子热力学新前景：实验、建模和逆向设计

• 批准号: 1807368
• 负责人: Jianzhong Wu
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1807368&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Workshop; New; Vistas; Molecular

The project will support a workshop on Molecular Thermodynamics that will be held on the campus of the University of California-Berkeley, from January 7 to 9, 2018. The workshop will bring together technology leaders and junior researchers to develop a roadmap for basic research in response to emerging opportunities and challenges in the Chemical Process Industries. The workshop will foster debate and discussion among scholars from different areas of the Molecular Thermodynamics community to uncover fundamental research questions whose answers will enable overcoming current technological challenges. It will also will also cover topics related to modernizing Engineering Education. Successful development and implementation of new tools for process design and optimization will ensure sustained competitiveness of the U.S. chemical industry while also addressing environmental challenges and promoting energy efficiency.Recent trends emphasizing environmental sustainability and improved energy efficiency in the chemical process industries have created new research opportunities in the field of Molecular Thermodynamics. By connecting the physicochemical properties of matter at all length scales, Molecular Thermodynamics has been an enabling tool to accelerate scientific innovations, catalyze emerging technologies, and provide core knowledge for design and optimization of diverse industrial systems, ranging from energy production, materials synthesis, and chemical processing to pharmaceutical and environmental applications. The rapid emergence of new methods in computational algorithms, data science and artificial intelligence provide a unique opportunity for innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration by integrating experimental and computational methods into powerful tools for process design and optimization. In addition to defining new research frontiers in the field of Molecular Thermodynamics, the workshop will also address curriculum development and workforce training issues to ensure continued world-wide competitiveness of the U.S. chemical industry.

该项目将支持将于 2018 年 1 月 7 日至 9 日在加州大学伯克利分校校园举行的分子热力学研讨会。该研讨会将汇集技术领导者和初级研究人员，共同制定分子热力学基础研究路线图。应对化学加工工业中新出现的机遇和挑战。该研讨会将促进来自分子热力学界不同领域的学者之间的辩论和讨论，以揭示基础研究问题，其答案将有助于克服当前的技术挑战。它还将涵盖与现代化工程教育相关的主题。成功开发和实施用于工艺设计和优化的新工具将确保美国化学工业的持续竞争力，同时解决环境挑战并提高能源效率。最近强调化学加工行业环境可持续性和提高能源效率的趋势创造了新的研究机会在分子热力学领域。通过连接所有长度尺度上物质的物理化学性质，分子热力学已成为加速科学创新、催化新兴技术并为各种工业系统的设计和优化提供核心知识的有利工具，这些工业系统包括能源生产、材料合成和化学加工到制药和环境应用。计算算法、数据科学和人工智能领域新方法的迅速出现，通过将实验和计算方法集成到流程设计和优化的强大工具中，为创新和跨学科合作提供了独特的机会。除了确定分子热力学领域的新研究前沿外，研讨会还将解决课程开发和劳动力培训问题，以确保美国化学工业在全球范围内持续保持竞争力。