Conference Support for Student Participation at the 2012 International Symposium on Flexible Automation; St. Louis, Missouri; June 18-20, 2012

该补助金为在美国学习的50名本科生和研究生提供资金，以参加2012年6月18日至20日在密苏里州圣路易斯举行的2012年柔性自动化国际研讨会（ISFA 2012）和/或提交他们的研究论文。 由美国机械工程师学会（ASME）和日本系统、控制和信息工程师学会（ISCIE）赞助的两年一度的ISFA研讨会于1986年发起。书名？灵活的自动化？被选为通用术语，指的是满足现代制造业日益增长的要求所必需的自动化技术。虽然这些要求中的许多，如灵活性，智能，缩短交货期和精益制造，多年来已经确定，但它们继续提出新的挑战。新的挑战，来自网络化计算机辅助制造，自由成型制造，企业资源规划，单元生产，emanufacturing，和绿色/能源制造，扩大了研究议程，从而本次研讨会的范围。ISFA 2012将在技术论文和小组讨论中突出相关的前沿柔性自动化研究。 50名学生将主要根据他们的研究报告被选为会议支持。还将考虑其他标准（如代表人数不足和论文作者）。 会议支持机会将通过ASME动态系统和控制部（DSCD）和制造工程部（MED）以及ISFA 2012会议组织者的电子邮件列表公布。ISFA 2012本科生和研究生参与者将通过主题演讲，全体会议和定期论文演示会议学习自动化和制造研究的最新技术。他们还将有机会与国内外的工业研究人员、教授和其他本科生和研究生进行交流。ISFA 2012将新培训的和经验丰富的研究人员混合在一起，创造了一个独特的智力环境，学生参与者将参加高水平的技术演示，接触最先进的柔性自动化研究，与同学互动，并与该领域的高级研究人员会面。这些经验有望塑造他们未来在自动化科学和工程领域的职业生涯。 50多名本科生和研究生将参加ISFA 2012，了解柔性自动化研究的最新进展和当前挑战。 与其他研究生的互动也将建立未来的国内和国际合作。 这次会议的经验将是非常宝贵的发展技能的学生，谁作为未来的自动化和制造业的专业人士和学者，将推动美国的努力，重新获得灵活的自动化技术的竞争优势。

This grant provides funding for 50 undergraduate and graduate students studying in the U.S. to attend and/or present their research papers at the 2012 International Symposium on Flexible Automation (ISFA 2012), June 18-20, 2012 in St. Louis, MO. The biennial ISFA symposium, which has been sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers (ISCIE) in Japan, was initiated in 1986. The title ?Flexible Automation? was selected as a general term referring to automation technologies essential to meet the increasing requirements of modern manufacturing. While many of these requirements, such as flexibility, intelligence, lead-time reduction, and lean manufacturing, have been identified over the years, they continue to pose new challenges. New challenges, coming from networked computer-aided manufacturing, freeform fabrication, enterprise resource planning, cell production, emanufacturing, and green/energy manufacturing, have broadened the research agenda and thus the scope of this symposium. ISFA 2012 will highlight related cutting edge flexible automation research in technical papers and panel sessions. Fifty students will be selected for conference support mainly based upon their research statements. Other criteria, (e.g. underrepresented status and paper authorship) will also be considered. The conference support opportunity will be announced through the email lists of ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) and Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) and ISFA 2012 session organizers. ISFA 2012 undergraduate and graduate participants will learn the state-of-the-art of automation and manufacturing research through keynote presentations, plenary sessions and regular paper presentation sessions. They will also have opportunities to interact with industrial researchers, professors, and other undergraduate and graduate students both here and abroad.The mixing of newly trained and experienced researchers at ISFA 2012 creates a unique intellectual environment in which student participants will attend high-caliber technical presentations and be exposed to the state-of-the-art flexible automation research, interact with peer students, and meet with senior leading researchers in the field. These experiences are expected to shape their future careers in automation science and engineering. More than 50 undergraduate and graduate students will attend ISFA 2012 to learn about the latest progress and current challenges in flexible automation research. Interactions with other graduate students will also establish future domestic and international collaborations. This conference experience will be invaluable for developing the skills of this highly talented group of students who, as future automation and manufacturing professionals and academics, will drive U.S. efforts to regain a competitive edge in flexible automation technology.