Workshop: Advanced Manufacturing Workshop; Arlington, VA; Spring 2006

世界技术评估中心（WTEC）将组织一项先进制造业的元研究，包括一个研讨会，为综合制造、服务和设计研究社区制定研究议程。这个元研讨会的结果可以被描述为基于一系列十多项先进制造主题研究的发现、建议和总体结论的综合。这项研究将由国家科学基金会和其他机构进行。研讨会的主要目标是为研究界提供指导，了解先进制造研究的最高优先需求是什么，建立一个多学科的研究人员社区，以解决这些需求，并提供社区指导，以帮助塑造未来NSF在这一领域的规划方向。WTEC将从以前的讲习班和研究中招募杰出的专家来开展这项活动。讲习班主席将负责对公开讲习班进行实质性指导和领导。技术中心将支助讲习班的后勤工作（例如，参加者的旅费支助、会议设施、讲习班讲义等）和讲习班最后报告的编辑、制作和散发。智力优势：许多研讨会演讲者曾担任WTEC国际先进制造评估小组的主席或专家。他们被认为是这个领域的领导者。该领域的其他专家也将应邀发表论文或以其他方式参加讲习班。WTEC成功地组织了60多个这样的评价项目，显示了它的智力价值。更广泛的影响：研讨会制定的研究议程将有助于指导美国在这一具有全球竞争力的美国制造业的国家利益主题方面的研究计划。

The World Technologies Evaluation Center (WTEC) will organize a meta-study for advanced manufacturing including a workshop to develop a research agenda for the comprehensive manufacturing, service and design research communities. This outcomes from this meta-workshop can be characterized as a synthesis of findings, recommendations, and overarching conclusions based on a series of more than ten studies of advanced manufacturing topics. This study will be conducted for the National Science Foundation and other agencies. The main objectives of the workshop are to provide guidance to the research community on what the highest priority needs are for research in advanced manufacturing, to build a multidisciplinary community of researchers who will address those needs, and to provide community guidance to help shape future NSF programmatic directions in this area. WTEC will recruit distinguished experts from the previous workshops and studies to conduct this activity. The workshop chair(s) will be responsible for substantive guidance and leadership of the public workshop. WTEC will provide support for workshop logistics (e.g., travel support for participants, meetings facilities, workshop handouts, etc.) and for editing, production, and dissemination of the workshop final report. Intellectual merit: Many of the workshop speakers have served as chairs or experts of WTEC international assessment panels in various aspects of advanced manufacturing. They are recognized as leaders in the field. Other experts in the field will also be invited to present papers and otherwise participate in the workshop. WTEC has demonstrated its intellectual merit by successfully organizing over 60 such evaluation projects.Broader impacts: The research agenda developed by the workshop will contribute to guiding the nation's research program in this topic of national interest for globally competitive US manufacturing.