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年固体自由曲面制造研讨会的参与度。会议主题是增材制造的研究。增材制造，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产业和随之而来的国内就业机会。2015固体自由曲面制造研讨会将于2015年8月10日至12日在德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的at&t高管教育和会议中心举行。预计将有220次报告，192次口头报告和28次海报报告。学生将有充分的机会参加一般有组织的口头报告以及海报活动。强大的国际参与将为国内参与者提供获得该领域研究的宝贵信息的绝佳机会。有充足的时间分配给世界级的研究人员和学生在正式会议环境中的非正式互动，以及在会议期间的非正式社交活动。关于固体自由曲面制造研讨会的信息，以及完整的会议记录，将通过全球网站http://sffsymposium.engr.utexas.edu/提供。学生将有机会在世界一流的环境中展示他们的工作，并将与国际领先的高级研究人员和其他学生在他们的领域建立联系。本国家科学基金会奖将提供部分参与者支持，最多80名国内学生参加会议。会议组委会主席将根据以下标准选择学生：国内学生身份、代表性不足的群体、参与增材制造、口头报告或海报的合著者或演讲者。每位获奖学生将支付减少的注册费，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，将申请为期一年的免费延期，目的是使用剩余资金为2016年固体自由成形制造研讨会提供相同的学生支持。

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.