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

该奖项支持促进美国和国际领先者在可持续产品开发领域的合作、知识共享和经验的努力。 资金将支持 12 名美国参与者前往参加题为“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，该会议于 2006 年 10 月 3 日至 6 日在巴西圣保罗圣卡洛斯举行。研讨会和会议的目标包括： 与之前 NSF 赞助的 WTEC 研究相比，评估环境友好设计和制造 (EBDM) 的最新技术；评估该领域研究与应用之间的差距；制定走向可持续产品和企业的建议；并确定来自亚洲、欧盟、南美洲和美国的研究团队之间的具体合作项目。该奖项的成果将是一份报告，该报告将构成最终 EBDM 路线图的基础的一部分、满足 EBDM 领域当前和未来需求的优先建议清单、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.