FOCAPD 2004 Conference: Discovery through Product and Process Design

智力价值：这笔赠款用于资助将于2004年7月11日至16日在普林斯顿大学举行的FOCAPD-2004计算机辅助工艺设计基础国际会议上的研究生、博士后助理和美国学术演讲者的部分支持。会议的主要主题是“通过产品和工艺设计发现”，反映了过去十年中工业部门的转变。会议的主要目标是建立学术和工业对话，对现有使能技术进行批判性评估，讨论研究、教育、工业需求，并建立一个论坛，探讨产品和工艺设计的新方向、新挑战和新机遇。2004年论坛将包括一次主旨讲座、21次全体讲座和一次投稿的论文会议。这次会议的目标是吸引150多名国际与会者和75多篇投稿论文。特别强调增加研究生和博士后的参与。更广泛的影响：更好的产品和工艺设计应该导致更快的响应时间和更有效地利用化学、石化、制药、制造和服务/软件行业的产品和加工设施，这将使美国经济受益。会议计划举行一场会议，讨论教育、培训和工业需求--确定将重点从“工艺设计”转移到“产品和工艺设计”的前景和挑战。

Intellectual Merit:This grant is for partial support for graduate students, postdoctoral associates and US academic speakers at an international conference on Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Design, FOCAPD-2004, which will be held at Princeton University, July 11-16, 2004. The major theme of the conference, "Discovery Through Product and Process Design," reflects the shift in the industrial sector during the last decade. The primary goal of the conference is to create an academic and industrial dialogue, a critical assessment of existing enabling technologies, a discussion on research, education, industrial needs, and a forum for new directions, challenges and opportunities in product and process design. FOCAPD-2004 will feature a keynote lecture, 21 plenary lectures and a contributed paper session. The conference aims at attracting over 150 international participants and over 75 contributed papers. A particular emphasis has been placed on increasing the participation of graduate students and postdoctoral associates.Broader Impact:Better product and process design should lead to faster response times and more efficient utilization of the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and services/software industries' product and processing facilities, which should benefit the US economy. A session at the conference is scheduled to address education, training and industrial needs - to identify the prospects and challenges of shifting the focus from "process design" to "product and process design."