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约20名学生提供旅行支持，以参加将于7月14日至16日在日本科比举行的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报告、小组讨论和主题演讲，然后是对日本主要大学研究实验室和工业生产设施的技术图尔斯参观。小组讨论的重点将是灵活自动化中的绿色创新。一些有组织的会议包括可持续的绿色工程，电动汽车的设计和控制，制造系统，生产规划和调度，数字设计和数字制造，机床和切割，精密机械系统和微/纳米技术，机器和机器人控制，医疗/护理应用和生物制造，增材制造，仿真和计算机辅助工程，该奖学金将促进美国大学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关于各种流程，系统和柔性自动化基本原理的知识，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，学生们将通过对各大学研究实验室和工业生产设施的图尔斯参观，获得日本柔性自动化技术研究、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.