Support for Student and Postdoc Participation in the 19th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering (LCE 2012); Berkeley, California; 23-25 May 2012

本奖学金资助26名学生和博士后参加2012年5月23日至25日在加州大学伯克利分校举行的第19届CIRP生命周期工程会议（LCE 2012）。会议是一个分享生命周期工程不同方面的想法的论坛，因为它适用于制造过程和系统，并讨论这些领域的最新和未来趋势。通过本计划获得资助的学生和博士后将参加国际领先专家的技术报告。在休息和用餐期间，将有更多的机会与同行和高级研究人员进行更非正式的互动和交流。本次会议具有很强的国际性和跨学科的特点，将促进对可持续发展、制造科学和工程的未来发展的全球挑战的新想法和更好的理解。生命周期工程科学委员会的遴选委员会将根据以下标准确定获得资助的学生和博士后：提交论文，他或她的研究声明，未被充分代表的地位和所寻求的学位。参加LCE 2012的学生和博士后将有机会展示、讨论、交流和发展生命周期工程领域的研究想法和合作项目。通过这些经历，他们将提高他们的技术技能和沟通技巧，这对他们未来的职业生涯、国际或跨学科项目都很有价值。学生和博士后获得的新视角将有助于他们运用自己的才能和知识，推动美国为具有竞争力和可持续发展的制造业所做的努力。此外，由于大部分研究都以工业为重点，美国工业最终将从学生和博士后获得的新知识和专业知识中受益；因此，推进国家的繁荣和福利。

This award provides support to offset the costs for 26 students and postdocs to attend the 19th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering (LCE 2012) at the University of California, Berkeley, California, May 23-25, 2012. The conference is a forum to share ideas about different aspects of life cycle engineering as it applies to manufacturing processes and systems and to discuss recent and future trends in these areas. The students and postdocs who are provided with funding through this proposal will attend technical presentations given by leading international experts. There will be additional opportunities to interact and network more informally with peers and senior researchers during breaks and meals. The strong international character and interdisciplinary of this conference will foster new ideas and better understanding of worldwide challenges in the future development of sustainability, manufacturing science and engineering. A selection committee from the Life Cycle Engineering Scientific Committee will identify students and postdocs to receive funding based upon the following criteria: presenting a paper, his or her research statement, underrepresented status, and degree sought. The students and postdocs that attend LCE 2012 will have the opportunity to display, discuss, exchange, and develop research ideas and collaborative projects in the area of Life Cycle Engineering. Through this experience they will sharpen both their technical skills and their communication skills, which will be valuable in their future careers, international or interdisciplinary projects. The new perspectives attending students and postdocs gain will help enable them to employ their talents and knowledge to drive U.S. efforts for competitive and sustainable manufacturing. Additionally, because much of the research is industry-focused, American industry will ultimately benefit from the new knowledge and the expertise gained by the students and postdocs; therefore, advancing the national prosperity and welfare.