Student Support: 2015 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium; 2015 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium; Austin, Texas; August 10-12, 2015

该奖项的目的是通过为会议提供学生支持，提高学生对2015年实体自由形状制造研讨会的参与度。会议的主题是添加剂制造的研究。添加剂制造，俗称“3D打印”，在过去的几年里已经成为国内外感兴趣的话题。它已被公认为一项重要的先进制造技术，将为受过教育的劳动力创造新的行业和随之而来的国内就业机会。2015年固体自由制造研讨会将于2015年8月10日至12日在德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的AT&amp；T高管教育和会议中心举行。预计将作220次陈述、192次口头陈述和28次海报陈述。学生将有充分的机会参加一般组织的口头陈述和海报活动。强大的国际参与将为国内参与者提供一个极好的机会，获得有关该领域研究的宝贵信息。在正式会议场合和会议期间的非正式社交活动中，有充足的时间供世界级研究人员和学生进行非正式互动。有关固体自由形式制造研讨会的信息以及完整的会议记录将通过http://sffsymposium.engr.utexas.edu/.的万维网提供学生将有机会在世界级的环境中展示他们的工作，并将与国际领先的资深研究人员和所在领域的其他学生建立网络。该NSF奖旨在为最多80名国内学生提供部分参与者支持。会议组委会主席将根据以下标准挑选学生：国内学生身份、代表性不足的群体、从事添加剂制造、口头演示或海报的合著者或演讲者。每个学生获奖者将支付较低的注册费，大约比参加费用少300美元。如果2015年参加会议的国内学生少于80人，将要求免费延长一年，目的是将剩余资金用于2016年实体自由曲面制造研讨会的相同学生支持。

The objective of this award is to enhance student participation in the 2015 Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium by providing student support for the meeting. The conference theme is research in additive manufacturing. Additive manufacturing, known colloquially as "3D Printing", has in the last few years become a topic of interest nationally and internationally. It has become recognized as a significant advanced manufacturing technology that will create new industries and concomitant domestic jobs for an educated workforce. The 2015 Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium will be held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin from August 10 to12, 2015. It is anticipated that 220 presentations will be made, 192 oral presentations and 28 poster presentations. Students will have full access to participation in the general organized oral presentations as well as the poster event. The strong international participation will provide domestic participants an excellent opportunity to gain valuable information on research in the field. There is ample time allotted for informal interactions of world-class researchers and students in formal meeting settings and also in informal social events during the meeting. Information on the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, as well as the full conference proceedings, will be made available through the worldwide web at http://sffsymposium.engr.utexas.edu/. Students will have the opportunity to present their work in a world-class setting and will network with international leading senior researchers and other students in their field.This NSF award is to provide partial participant support for up to 80 domestic students to attend the meeting. Selection of students will be made by the chair of the conference organizing committee based on the following criteria: domestic student status, underrepresented groups, engagement in additive manufacturing, co-author or presenter on an oral presentation or poster. Each student awardee will pay a reduced registration fee, approximately $300 less than the cost of participation. If fewer than 80 domestic students attend the meeting in 2015, a one-year, no-cost extension will be requested with the intent to use the residual funds for identical student support for the 2016 Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium.