Workshop: Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) Symposium; Summer 2006; Austin, TX

第十七届固体自由曲面制造（SFF）年会将于2006年8月14日至16日在德克萨斯州奥斯汀举行，这是一个主题会议，是快速原型领域的研究交流。SFF研讨会是一个传递和传播增材制造领域知识和理解的机制。会议吸引了来自世界各地的大学、公司和国家实验室的100多名研究人员。SFF研讨会也吸引了世界各地的研究生。2005年，大约41%的与会者是学生。与会者代表31所大学，其中13所是国际大学。强大的国际参与为国内参与者提供了获得该领域研究的宝贵信息的绝佳机会。SFF研讨会是在促进教学、培训和学习的同时促进发现和理解的优秀模式。世界级研究人员与学生之间的联系非常紧密，因为会议通过其定价结构鼓励学生参与。该会议是通过研究人员和信息的联网为研究基础设施提供的一个建议。通过大量引用的论文集，信息被广泛传播到世界各地的研究人员和学生的广泛网络。社会影响是确定商业化前的技术，并分享与自由形状制造有关的信息，这些信息最终将被开发并实施到将提高国内生产力的机器和工艺中。更多信息请访问SFF研讨会的网页http://utwired.engr.utexas.edu/lff/

The Seventeenth Annual Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) Symposium to be held in Austin, Texas, August 14-16, 2006, is a topical meeting that is a research exchange in the area of rapid prototyping. The SFF Symposium is a mechanism for transfer and dissemination of knowledge and understanding in the field of additive, freeform manufacturing. The meeting draws over 100 researchers from universities, companies and national laboratories from all over the world. The SFF Symposium also attracts graduate students worldwide. In 2005, approximately 41 percent of the entire meeting was students. Participants represented 31 universities, 13 of which were international. The strong international participation gives domestic participants an excellent opportunity to gain valuable information on research in the field.The SFF Symposium is an excellent model for advancing discovery and understanding while promoting teaching, training and learning. The networking of world-class researchers with students is strong since the meeting encourages through its pricing structure the involvement of students. The meeting is a pinion for research infrastructure by the networking of research personnel and information. Through the heavily cited proceedings, information is widely disseminated to an extensive network of researchers and students around the world. The societal impact is identification of pre-commercial technologies and sharing of information pertaining to freeform fabrication that will eventually be developed and implemented into machines and processes that will enhance domestic productivity. More information is available at the SFF Symposium web page, http://utwired.engr.utexas.edu/lff/