Conference: 3rd US - Africa Conference Nanotechnology Convergence for Sustainable Energy, Environment, Climate Change and Health

会议：第三届美国-非洲会议纳米技术融合促进可持续能源、环境、气候变化和健康

• 批准号: 2309183
• 负责人: Ahmed El-Gendy
• 金额: $ 12万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2309183&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; 3rd; US; Africa; Nanotechnology

Following the success of the first and second US-Africa conferences, which were in-person 2019 and virtual 2022, convening a third US-North Africa conference in-person in Egypt 2023 will result in solidifying established connections. This conference will further stimulate international collaboration, and contribute to advancing US-STEM science, Technology, Engineering, and Math graduate education, training, and research. The overarching goal of this conference is to bring scientists and engineers including undergraduate, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty together from the United States and North Africa countries to encourage future collaborations through this conference focused on nanotechnology convergence for sustainable energy, environment, climate change and health. During the conference, state-of-the-art research, recent achievements, and global trends in nanotechnology will be presented to promote cross-disciplinary interactions that can spur the development of this exciting research field. The conference will stimulate engaged group discussions among diverse participants including students, postdocs, and early career faculty to create new ideas that serve applications in energy, health, and environment in both countries. This will include convergence of researchers from many countries in North Africa including Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Angola, Ghana, and others who will meet and build collaboration channels with researchers and scientists from USA. The conference will be held on August 6-11, 2023, in Cairo, Egypt. The hotel venue will be determined in the next few months; the first suggestions include Grand Nile Tower Hotel, or, Tolip Algalaa Hotel, or, Hotel of Electronic research center, Cairo, EgyptThis US-North Africa conference will stimulate and encourage international research collaborations which will advance science and promote diversity. This will be achieved by the increase in diversity, equity, and inclusion, generated by fostering these connections, which will subsequently improve STEM fields. A significant number of US- students, young and senior scientists including those from under-represented groups in STEM will be supported to participate in this conference. This will include researchers from many countries in North Africa including Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Angola, Ghana, and others who will meet and build collaboration channels with researchers and scientists from USA. The conference will be held on August 6-11, 2023, in Cairo, Egypt. The conference will stimulate engaged group discussions with diverse participants including students, postdocs, and early career faculty to create innovative ideas that serve applications in energy, health, and the environment. The conference will encourage communication and dialogue between North African and US researchers which can address complex and critical challenges facing our society. To address research convergence, the PIs will invite researchers from different fields within nano, including theoretical and modeling, education, societal impacts, economic analyses, applications, sustainability, and others, to participate in the Scientific Organizing Committee. Members of this committee will be tasked with recruiting attendees through their societies and networks. The PIs’ instructive approach will immerse young scientists in a learning intensive environment with established investigators. The conference will advance research via international increasing collaborations with diverse and interdisciplinary collaborators. The conference will provide new ideas to improve and revolutionize many technology and industry sectors in USA such as quantum information technology, nanomedicine for cancer therapy and diagnosis, energy harvesting, climate change and environmental science. The agenda of the conference will include opening talks followed by keynote presentations and breakout sessions for energy, health, climate change and environment. Students will present their current research in poster sessions as well as short talks. There will be daily open discussions among attendees through short group meetings that includes students, postdocs, and keynote speakers. The PIs anticipate a successful conference which will contribute to the advancement of convergence research and education in the USA and African countries using nanotechnology as a convergence platform and a transdisciplinary perspective that integrates fundamental science, engineering, and medical applications to address global challenges in sustainable energy, environment, and health. The event is also expected to serve as a catalyst to facilitate research collaborations and broader networking among participants and their home institutionsThis 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.

继 2019 年现场召开和 2022 年虚拟召开的第一届和第二届美国-非洲会议取得成功后，2023 年在埃及召开第三届美国-北非现场会议将巩固已建立的联系，本次会议将进一步促进国际联系。合作，并为推进 US-STEM 科学、技术、工程和数学研究生教育、培训和研究做出贡献 本次会议的总体目标是汇聚包括本科生、研究生、博士后在内的科学家和工程师。来自美国和北非国家的研究员和教师齐聚一堂，通过这次会议鼓励未来的合作，重点关注可持续能源、环境、气候变化和健康的纳米技术融合。 ，并将介绍纳米技术的全球趋势，以促进跨学科互动，从而促进这一令人兴奋的研究领域的发展。会议将激发包括学生、博士后和早期职业教师在内的不同参与者之间的积极小组讨论，以创造新的想法。服务于能源、健康和环境领域的应用这将包括来自北非许多国家的研究人员的汇聚，包括埃及、突尼斯、阿尔及利亚、摩洛哥、安哥拉、加纳等，他们将与美国的研究人员和科学家会面并建立合作渠道。 2023年8月6日至11日，埃及开罗，酒店地点将在未来几个月内确定；首批建议包括Grand Nile Tower Hotel，或Tolip Algalaa Hotel，或Electronic Research Hotel。中心，埃及开罗这次美国-北非会议将刺激和鼓励国际研究合作，从而推动科学发展并促进多样性。这将通过促进这些联系而增加多样性、公平性和包容性来实现，而这些联系随后将得到改善。 STEM 领域的大量美国学生、年轻和资深科学家，包括来自 STEM 领域代表性不足的群体的科学家，将被支持参加本次会议，其中包括来自埃及、突尼斯、阿尔及利亚等许多北非国家的研究人员。摩洛哥,安哥拉、加纳和其他国家将与来自美国的研究人员和科学家会面并建立合作渠道。会议将于 2023 年 8 月 6 日至 11 日在埃及开罗举行。会议将激发包括学生在内的不同参与者的积极小组讨论。会议将鼓励北非和美国研究人员之间的交流和对话，以解决我们社会面临的复杂而关键的挑战。收敛，即PI 将邀请来自纳米领域不同领域的研究人员，包括理论和建模、教育、社会影响、经济分析、应用、可持续性等，该委员会的成员将负责通过其招募与会者。 PI 的指导性方法将使年轻科学家与成熟的研究人员一起沉浸在学习密集的环境中，会议将通过与多元化和跨学科合作者的国际合作来推进研究。美国的工业部门会议议程包括开幕演讲以及能源、健康、气候变化和环境方面的主题演讲和分组会议。 PI 们将通过海报会议和简短的演讲在与会者之间进行每日的公开讨论，其中包括学生、博士后和主讲人，他们预计会议将会取得成功，这将有助于推动融合研究的发展。和教育美国和非洲国家利用纳米技术作为融合平台和跨学科视角，整合基础科学、工程和医学应用，以应对可持续能源、环境和健康方面的全球挑战。该活动也有望成为促进这一进程的催化剂。参与者及其所在机构之间的研究合作和更广泛的网络该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。