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

第十七届实体自由曲面制造(SFF)年会将于2006年8月14日至16日在得克萨斯州奥斯汀举行，这是一次专题会议，是快速成型领域的研究交流。SFF研讨会是一个传递和传播添加剂、自由形式制造领域的知识和理解的机制。这次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，整个会议中大约41%的人是学生。参与者代表31所大学，其中13所是国际大学。强大的国际参与为国内与会者提供了一个极好的机会，获得该领域研究的宝贵信息。SFF研讨会是促进发现和理解，同时促进教学、培训和学习的极好模式。世界一流的研究人员与学生之间的联系很强，因为会议通过其定价结构鼓励学生参与。这次会议是研究人员和信息联网的研究基础设施的一个齿轮。通过大量被引用的会议过程，信息被广泛传播给世界各地的研究人员和学生的广泛网络。其社会影响是确定商业前技术和共享与自由形式制造有关的信息，这些技术最终将被开发并应用到机器和工艺中，从而提高国内生产率。欲了解更多信息，请访问论坛研讨会网页，网址：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/