Title       : WORKSHOP: Reinventing The Use of Materials; July 2001, Princeton, NJ
Type        : Award
NSF Org     : DMI 
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Date        : June 8,  2001       
File        : a0120438

Award Number: 0120438
Award Instr.: Standard Grant                               
Prgm Manager: Julie Chen                              
	      DMI  DIV OF DESIGN,MANUFAC & INDUSTRIAL INNOV
	      ENG  DIRECTORATE FOR ENGINEERING             
Start Date  : June 15,  2001      
Expires     : May 31,  2003        (Estimated)
Expected
Total Amt.  : $96049              (Estimated)
Investigator: Valerie Thomas vmthomas@Princeton.edu  (Principal Investigator current)
Sponsor     : Princeton University
	      
	      Princeton, NJ  08544    609/452-3000

NSF Program : 1467      MATERIALS PROCESSING & MANUFCT
Fld Applictn: 0308000   Industrial Technology                   
Program Ref : 9102,9146,MANU,
Abstract    :

     The workshop will be convened to address the issues raised in the recent
     report from the National Research Council, Grand Challenges in the
     Environmental Sciences, concerning the use of materials.  The objective of the
     workshop is to recommend a research agenda needed to reinvent the use of
     materials. Topics will include material budgets and cycles, their resource and
     environmental implications, the next generation of products and materials,
     optimization of material cycles, and scenarios for the future use of materials.
     Participants will include research scientists in academia, industry, and
     relevant agencies.

     The expected outcomes will include a 5-year plan for
     the implementation of an initial detailed research program, a strategy for
     developing the necessary research integration across the disciplines, a program
     for training individuals in the topical area of materials use, and a strategy
     for coordinating the program results with those of the other grand challenge
     initiatives.