NSF-NextFlex Workshop on Accelerating Innovative Manufacturing Technology for Flexible Hybrid Electronics; San Jose, California; August 6-7, 2018

NSF-NextFlex 加速柔性混合电子创新制造技术研讨会；

• 批准号: 1840406
• 负责人: S. Sreenivasan
• 金额: $ 3.05万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-07-01 至 2020-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1840406&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; NextFlex; Workshop; Accelerating; Innovative

This award provides support for planning, organization and execution of the joint NSF-NextFlex Workshop on Accelerating Innovative Manufacturing Technology for Flexible Hybrid Electronics being held in San Jose, California on August 6-7, 2018. The workshop is designed to engage the NSF academic research community and the NextFlex industry community in discussions on emerging topics in nanomanufacturing, and flexible hybrid electronics, all of which are integral to sustainability of advanced manufacturing in America, an enduringly important sector in the nation's economy. An outcome of the workshop is to identify the needs for research and education in support of addressing technological and scientific challenges facing the flexible hybrid electronics industry spearheaded by the NextFlex Manufacturing USA Institute. The workshop encourages participation of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, early career faculty, and women and under-represented minorities in discussions on advanced manufacturing, nanomanufacturing and flexible hybrid electronics research and education, which is also important for the nation's prosperity. It stimulates ideas for future directions in research and career paths. Workshop outcomes are documented and disseminated as a workshop report and peer-reviewed publications. The workshop symbolizes the needed collaboration and cooperation between NSF and the Manufacturing USA institutes.The workshop's overarching objective is to foster partnerships and stimulate meaningful research collaborations between the NSF research community, especially, that formed by researchers in nanomanufacturing, flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) and related fields, and the NextFlex institute members, comprising of academia, government laboratories and industry. The workshop informs NextFlex partners of important advancements generating from NSF-funded research in flexible electronics and nanomanufacturing, giving them an opportunity to adopt novel technologies into their industrial-scale FHE systems. At the same time, the workshop informs NSF investigators of technological gaps in the FHE road-map and challenges and opportunities ensuing form NextFlex TRL 4-7 research efforts, both of which could be addressed through fundamental TRL 1-3 research, a task that NSF can fulfill. Additionally, the NSF researchers are made aware of NextFlex's capabilities, which may lead to opportunities for future research and student internships. Flexible hybrid electronics is a critical technology for the nation with applications in electronics, healthcare, communication, internet of things, military and security. To meet these demands, NextFlex has identified the need for new nanomaterials, device designs, integrated systems, process models and metrology as areas requiring fundamental understanding. Engaging industrial and academic researchers in discussing their work, sharing best practices, revealing gaps in research and practice is important in developing new research directions.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该奖项为2018年8月6日至7日在加州圣何塞举行的NSF-NextFlex联合研讨会的规划、组织和执行提供支持。该研讨会旨在让NSF学术研究社区和NextFlex行业社区参与讨论纳米制造和柔性混合电子产品的新兴主题，所有这些都是美国先进制造业可持续发展不可或缺的一部分，这是国家经济中非常重要的部门。研讨会的一个成果是确定研究和教育的需求，以支持解决由NextFlex制造美国研究所牵头的柔性混合电子行业面临的技术和科学挑战。该研讨会鼓励研究生，博士后研究员，早期职业教师，妇女和代表性不足的少数民族参与关于先进制造，纳米制造和柔性混合电子研究和教育的讨论，这对国家的繁荣也很重要。它激发了研究和职业道路未来方向的想法。讲习班的成果作为讲习班报告和同行审查出版物加以记录和传播。该研讨会象征着NSF和美国制造研究所之间的必要协作与合作。研讨会的总体目标是促进合作伙伴关系，并刺激NSF研究界之间有意义的研究合作，特别是由纳米制造，柔性混合电子（FHE）和相关领域的研究人员组成的研究团体，以及NextFlex研究所成员，包括学术界，政府实验室和工业界。该研讨会向NextFlex合作伙伴介绍了NSF资助的柔性电子和纳米制造研究所取得的重要进展，使他们有机会将新技术应用到工业规模的FHE系统中。与此同时，研讨会向NSF调查人员通报了FHE路线图中的技术差距以及NextFlex TRL 4-7研究工作带来的挑战和机遇，这两者都可以通过基础TRL 1-3研究来解决，NSF可以完成这项任务。此外，NSF的研究人员了解NextFlex的能力，这可能会为未来的研究和学生实习带来机会。柔性混合电子是国家的关键技术，应用于电子，医疗保健，通信，物联网，军事和安全。为了满足这些需求，NextFlex已经确定了对新纳米材料、器件设计、集成系统、工艺模型和计量学的需求，这些都是需要基本理解的领域。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。