Student Travel Support for 2014 International Symposium on Flexible Automation; Kobe, Japan; 14-16 July 2014

这笔赠款将为来自美国的大约20名学生提供旅费支持，他们将参加7月14日至16日在日本神户举行的2014年柔性自动化国际研讨会。研讨会将包括为期三天的技术介绍、小组讨论和主题演讲，随后是研讨会后对日本主要大学研究实验室和工业生产设施的技术参观。小组讨论的重点将是柔性自动化中的绿色创新。部分会议包括可持续绿色工程、电动汽车设计与控制、制造系统、生产计划与调度、数字化设计与数字化制造、机床与切削、精密机械系统与微/纳米技术、机器与机器人控制、医疗/护理应用与生物制造、增材制造、仿真与计算机辅助工程、农业机械与植物工厂。这项资助将促进美国机构的学生与世界知名研究人员在灵活自动化领域的技术讨论，使学生有机会与来自其他国家的研究人员和学生建立联系，以建立未来的国际合作。参加2014年柔性自动化国际研讨会的美国学生的其他好处包括从技术演示和讨论中获得的知识，以及关于柔性自动化的各种过程、系统和基本原则，以及专注于柔性自动化绿色创新的小组会议。在研讨会结束后，学生们将通过参观各大学的研究实验室和工业生产设施，获得有关日本柔性自动化技术的研究、开发和实施的第一手知识。

This grant will provide travel support for a group of approximately 20 students from the United States to attend the 2014 International Symposium on Flexible Automation to be held in Kobe, Japan on July 14-16. The Symposium will consist of three days of technical presentations, panel discussions, and keynote speeches, followed by post-symposium technical tours of major university research laboratories and industry production facilities in Japan. The focus of panel discussions will be on Green Innovation in Flexible Automation. Some of the organized sessions include Sustainable Green Engineering, Design and Control for Electrified Vehicles, Manufacturing Systems, Production Planning and Scheduling, Digital Design and Digital Manufacturing, Machine Tools and Cutting, Precision Machinery System and Micro/Nano Technologies, Machine and Robot Control, Medical/Nursing Applications and Bio-manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Simulation and Computer aided engineering, and Agricultural Machine and Plant Factory.This grant will stimulate technical discussions between students from US institutions and world-renowned researchers in the field of flexible automation, allowing the students the opportunity to network with researchers and students from other countries to forge future international collaborations. Other benefits to the U.S. students attending the 2014 International Symposium on Flexible Automation include the knowledge gained from the technical presentations and discussions on the various processes, systems, and underlying principles of flexible automation, as well as the panel sessions focusing on green innovation in flexible automation. The students will gain first-hand knowledge of the current state-of-the-art in the research, development, and implementation of flexible automation technologies in Japan via tours to various university research laboratories and industry production facilities following the Symposium.