Sustainable Manufacturing: IV Global Conference on Sustainable Product Development and Life Cycle Engineering; held in Sao Carolos, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Oct. 3-6, 2006

该奖项支持在可持续产品开发领域促进美国和国际领导者之间的合作和知识共享以及经验。这笔资金将为12名美国与会者提供旅行支持，并参加于2006年10月3日至6日在巴西圣保罗的圣卡洛斯举行的题为“可持续制造：第四届可持续产品开发和生命周期工程全球会议”的研讨会和会议。研讨会和会议的目标包括：与以前的国家科学基金会赞助的WTEC研究相比，评估无害环境设计和制造（EBDM）的最新技术；评估该领域的研究与应用之间的差距；为实现可持续的产品和企业提出建议；并确定来自亚洲、欧盟、南美和美国的研究团队之间的具体合作项目。该奖项的结果将形成一份报告，该报告将构成最终EBDM路线图的一部分，该路线图将列出解决EBDM领域当前和未来需求的优先建议清单，以及国际研究团队之间合作项目的具体主题和机会清单。

This award supports an effort to facilitate cooperation and knowledge sharing, and experiences between US and international leaders in the field of sustainable product development. Funding will provide support for 12 US participants to travel and take part in a workshop and conference titled Sustainable Manufacturing: IV Global Conference on Sustainable Product Development and Life Cycle Engineering, held in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 3rd - 6th, 2006. The objectives of the workshop and conference include: assess the state-of-the art of Environmentally Benign Design and Manufacturing (EBDM) as compare to the previous NSF sponsored WTEC study; assess the gap between research and applications in this field; develop a recommendations for moving towards sustainable products and enterprises; and identify specific collaborative projects between research teams from Asia, EU, South America and US. The outcome of this award will be a report that will form part of the basis for a final EBDM roadmap, a prioritized list of recommendations to address current and future needs in the EBDM area, a list of specific topics and opportunities for collaborative projects between international research teams.