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导人在可持续产品开发领域的合作和知识共享以及经验的努力。资金将为12名美国与会者提供旅费，并参加2006年10月3日至6日在巴西圣保罗圣卡洛斯举行的题为可持续制造：第四次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：与之前由NSF赞助的WTEC研究相比，评估环境无害设计和制造(EBDM)的最新水平；评估该领域研究和应用之间的差距；制定迈向可持续产品和企业的建议；以及确定来自亚洲、欧盟、南美和美国的研究团队之间的具体合作项目。这一奖项的结果将是一份报告，该报告将构成最终的EBDM路线图、解决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的一部分。

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.