Sustainable Nanotechnology in the 2020's

2020年代的可持续纳米技术

• 批准号: 1936159
• 负责人: Paul Westerhoff
• 金额: $ 3.5万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-01 至 2020-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1936159&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sustainable; Nanotechnology; 2020

Nanotechnology is recognized as a transformative approach that will improve products and processes across numerous sectors of the economy, and holds promise to improve the sustainability of food, water and energy systems. However, these benefits have potential risks both actual and perceived - to living organisms and the environment, in part due to a general lack of public understanding regarding nanotechnology. This conference entitled Sustainable Nanotechnology in the 2020's, part of the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO) will be held from November 7-9, 2019 in San Diego, CA. The conference will strive to achieve equal gender representation, and at least 30% attendees being underrepresented minorities, and funding will be used in part to support student involvement and broaden participation. SNO is now a self-sustaining organization with the following mission: i) Support the development of sustainable nanotechnology for the improvement of society, the environment and human health; ii) Promote the advancement and application of scientific research related to nanotechnology, implementation of sustainable nanotechnology for environment, health, and safety, and the use of nanotechnology in policy and decision-making; and iii) Provide a forum where scientists, engineers, and other professionals exchange information and ideas for the development and use of nanotechnology leading to overall sustainability. The conference focuses on looking forward, instead of backward, to understand where nanotechnology is making the most significant environmental scientific breakthroughs and demonstrate how applications using nanotechnology can be sustainably developed between 2020 to 2030.This conference entitled Sustainable Nanotechnology in the 2020's, part of the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO) will be held from November 7-9, 2019 in San Diego, CA. Other recent scientific conferences including American Chemical Society, Gordon Conference, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and International Conference on the Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials have identified several issues concerning the use, safety, biological and environmental transformation of engineered nanostructured materials. Hence, the motivation for this conference is to (1) draw attention to the need to proactively manage the emergence of nanotechnology into society so as to avert such problems that arose with earlier products such as DDT, leaded gasoline, and PCBs and numerous other substances, and (2) advance sustainable technologies that utilize nanotechnology to solve wicked-problems where traditional approaches have significant drawbacks. Such-problems require a convergence of ideas, skillsets and people and the 2019 annual SNO conference will bring together these diverse people to share their vision for the nanotechnology impacts on sustainability in 2020 to 2030. The conference will be co-chaired by Profs. Vicki Grassian and Paul Westerhoff, both leaders in the field of sustainable nanotechnology. There are six accepted plenary speakers and a young group of dynamic experts have been recruited to assist in conference coordination. Anticipated session topics include: Emerging nanotechnologies for sustainable energy, education, Food and Agriculture, Water Treatment and Remediation, Fate and Transport, Measuring Nanomaterial Exposure & Effects in Environmental Health Research, Green Synthesis or Manufacturing, and Nanomaterials and Indoor Environments. The co-chairs are empowering the session chairs to progressively recruit abstracts with mentoring as needed from senior conference organizers. These topics are critical areas where nanotechnology can achieve major breakthroughs and this conference provides a forum for approximately 150 attendees to share ideas, develop collaborations and recognize accomplishments of leaders in the field. The conference provides awards for groundbreaking research, and is one of the few formats where such community recognition of environmental nanotechnology is provided. By focusing on food-water-energy topics, in addition to air, human health, and manufacturing, this conference supports critical research priorities and provides an opportunity to create new industries and high-tech jobs.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.

纳米技术被认为是一种变革性方法，将改善众多经济部门的产品和流程，并有望提高食品、水和能源系统的可持续性。然而，这些好处对生物体和环境存在实际和感知上的潜在风险，部分原因是公众普遍缺乏对纳米技术的了解。本次会议题为“2020 年代的可持续纳米技术”，是可持续纳米技术组织 (SNO) 的一部分，将于 2019 年 11 月 7 日至 9 日在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥举行。会议将努力实现性别平等，至少30%的与会者是代表性不足的少数族裔，资金将部分用于支持学生参与和扩大参与范围。 SNO 现在是一个自我维持的组织，其使命如下： i) 支持可持续纳米技术的发展，以改善社会、环境和人类健康； ii) 促进纳米技术相关科学研究的进步和应用，可持续纳米技术在环境、健康和安全方面的实施，以及纳米技术在政策和决策中的应用； iii) 提供一个论坛，让科学家、工程师和其他专业人士交流信息和想法，以开发和使用纳米技术，从而实现整体可持续性。此次会议的重点是向前看，而不是向后看，以了解纳米技术在哪些方面正在取得最重大的环境科学突破，并展示如何在 2020 年至 2030 年间可持续地开发使用纳米技术的应用。本次会议题为“2020 年代的可持续纳米技术”，是可持续纳米技术组织 (SNO) 将于 2019 年 11 月 7 日至 9 日在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥举行。 最近举行的其他科学会议，包括美国化学会、戈登会议、环境毒理学和化学学会以及纳米粒子和纳米材料环境影响国际会议，已经确定了有关工程纳米结构材料的使用、安全性、生物和环境转化的几个问题。因此，本次会议的动机是（1）提请人们注意积极管理纳米技术进入社会的必要性，以避免早期产品（如滴滴涕、含铅汽油、多氯联苯和许多其他物质）出现的问题，(2) 推进可持续技术，利用纳米技术解决传统方法存在重大缺陷的棘手问题。此类问题需要思想、技能和人员的融合，2019 年年度 SNO 会议将汇集这些不同的人士，分享他们对 2020 年至 2030 年纳米技术对可持续发展影响的愿景。该会议将由 2019 年 SNO 教授共同主持。 Vicki Grassian 和 Paul Westerhoff 都是可持续纳米技术领域的领导者。已接受六位全体会议发言人，并聘请了一批充满活力的年轻专家来协助会议协调。预期的会议主题包括：用于可持续能源、教育、粮食和农业、水处理和修复、归宿和运输、测量环境健康研究中纳米材料暴露和影响、绿色合成或制造以及纳米材料和室内环境的新兴纳米技术。联合主席授权会议主席在高级会议组织者的需要下逐步招募摘要。这些主题是纳米技术能够实现重大突破的关键领域，本次会议为大约 150 名与会者提供了一个分享想法、开展合作并认可该领域领导者成就的论坛。该会议为突破性研究提供奖项，并且是对环境纳米技术提供此类社区认可的少数形式之一。除了空气、人类健康和制造业之外，本次会议还重点关注食品-水-能源主题，支持关键的研究重点，并提供创造新产业和高科技就业机会的机会。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并已被通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。