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名学生参加将于7月14-16日在日本神户举行的2014年柔性自动化国际研讨会提供旅费。研讨会将包括为期三天的技术报告、小组讨论和主题演讲，然后在研讨会后参观日本主要的大学研究实验室和工业生产设施。小组讨论的焦点将是柔性自动化中的绿色创新。举办的课程包括：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、数字设计与数字制造、机床与切割、精密机械系统与微/纳米技术、机械与机器人控制、医疗/护理应用与生物制造、添加剂制造、模拟与计算机辅助工程、农业机械与植物工厂。这笔资助将促进来自美国机构的学生与世界知名研究人员在柔性自动化领域的技术讨论，使学生有机会与其他国家的研究人员和学生建立网络，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获得的其他好处包括：从柔性自动化的各种流程、系统和基本原则的技术演示和讨论中获得的知识，以及专注于柔性自动化中的绿色创新的小组会议。研讨会结束后，学生们将通过参观各大学研究实验室和工业生产设施，获得日本灵活自动化技术研究、开发和实施方面的最先进的第一手知识。

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.