NSF 2008 Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference: Building for the Future; Knoxville, Tennessee; January 7-10, 2008

这笔拨款将用于主办2008年1月7日至10日在田纳西州诺克斯维尔举行的NSF设计、服务和制造受助者和研究会议。该会议每18个月举行一次，为来自设计和制造创新部门的所有受资助者提供了一个场所。在会议期间，受资助者可以与他们的项目官员会面，回顾他们的研究成果，并获得即将到来的NSF项目和倡议的信息。会议还安排了关于及时主题的全体发言者和关于该司受资助者所关心的主题的许多讲习班。其中包括一个研究项目开发研讨会和一个学生研讨会。一般出席人数超过500人。这次会议为国家科学基金会项目主任提供了一个高成本效益和时间效益的方式，以会见他们所有的受资助者并审查他们的研究。它还允许受资助者彼此见面，互动，并为未来的研究形成合作。会议的主要目标是提高由设计和制造创新部资助的研究质量，并改善技术转让以造福国家。

This grant provides funds to host the 2008 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, to be held in Knoxville, Tennessee, January 7-10, 2008. This conference is held every 18 months and provides a venue for bringing together all grantees from the Design and Manufacturing Innovation Division. During the conference, grantees can meet with their program officers, review their research accomplishments, and get information on upcoming NSF programs and initiatives. The conference also features plenary speakers on timely subjects and numerous workshops on topics of concern to the Division's grantees. These include a research program development workshop and a workshop for students. Typical attendance exceeds 500 persons. This conference provides a highly cost-effective and time-effective means for NSF program directors to meet essentially all of their grantees and review their research. It also allows grantees to meet each other, to interact, and to form collaborations for future research. Key goals of the conference are to improve the quality of the research funded by the Division of Design and Manufacturing Innovation, and to improve technology transfer to the benefit of the nation.