Early-Career Participant Support: The 13th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes (NUMIFORM); Portsmouth, New Hampshire; June 23-27, 2019

该基金为26名美国早期职业科学家参加2019年第13届工业成形过程数值方法国际会议（NUMIFORM）提供部分支持，该会议将于2019年6月23日至27日在新罕布什尔州朴茨茅斯举行。NUMIFORM是一个著名的国际会议，专注于“成形”（及相关）先进制造工艺的数值方法的开发和应用。它大约每三年在欧洲、北美和亚洲举行一次，历史上受到了工业界、学术界和国家实验室的主要研究人员的积极参与。近年来，它吸引了来自学术机构的200-350名参与者。目前，材料成形是最普遍和最经济的大规模制造工艺之一，计算技术在其分析中起着核心作用。因此，早期职业科学家在NUMIFORM的存在对国家的经济福利和国家安全产生了持久的积极影响。将作出特别努力，向多元化和代表性不足的学生群体提供支持；从而瞄准他们的参与，参与和最终保留在制造业的职业生涯。NUMIFORM 2019预计将包括6场全体会议和200场技术演讲（每场约20分钟，安排在14场专题讨论会中）。此外，还计划举办一个由参展商、软件公司提供的短期课程和海报组成的平行项目。会议将包括3天的技术演示和1天的技术和/或社会参观，并将涵盖材料行为数值模拟的最新趋势，过程建模；金属、聚合物和复合材料模拟；优化和高性能计算。所有这些都是对美国制造业成功和竞争力至关重要的现代技术。随着计算技术在成形（及相关）过程的建模、仿真和预测方面变得越来越普遍，参加NUMIFORM将成为下一代美国工程师领导这一重要制造技术研究的踏脚石。这将促进研究人员的学术发展，并使他们掌握最先进的方法知识。会议还将为知名学术和工业研究人员提供充足的专业和个人接触机会，以确定新的/未来的合作。总的来说，这次会议将通过参加会议对年轻研究人员的教育，自下而上地加强美国制造业。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并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。

This grant provides partial support to 26 US-based early-career scientists for attending the 13th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes (NUMIFORM), 2019, to be held in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, June 23-27, 2019. NUMIFORM is a renowned international conference focusing on development and applications of numerical methods for "forming" (and related) advanced manufacturing processes. It occurs approximately every 3 years in Europe, North America, and Asia, and historically has received vibrant participation from leading researchers in industry, academia and national laboratories. In recent years it has attracted up to 200-350 participants from academic institutions. Currently, material forming is one of the most prevalent and economical family of large-scale manufacturing processes available, and computational techniques play a central role in their analyses. As such, the presence of early career scientists at NUMIFORM has a lasting positive impact on the nation's economic welfare and national security. Special effort will be made to extend the support to diverse and underrepresented student communities; thereby targeting their involvement, engagement and ultimate retention in manufacturing careers. NUMIFORM 2019 is expected to include 6 plenary talks and 200 technical presentations (approximately 20 minutes each, arranged in over 14 symposia). A parallel program of exhibitors, short courses offered by software companies, and posters is also planned. The conference will consist of 3 full-days of technical presentations and 1 day of technical and/or social tours and will cover the latest trends in numerical modeling of material behavior, process modeling; metal, polymer and composite simulations; optimization and high-performance computing. All are modern technologies critical to US success and competitiveness in manufacturing. As computational techniques continue to become more pervasive for modeling, simulation and prediction of forming (and related) processes, participation in NUMIFORM will serve as a stepping-stone for next generation US-based engineers in leading the research on this important class of manufacturing technologies. This will catalyze the academic development of research personnel and equip them with knowledge of state-of-the-art methodologies. The conference will also provide ample opportunities for professional and personal contacts with renowned academic and industrial researchers, to identify new/future collaborations. Overall, the conference will strengthen the US manufacturing from the bottom-up, via education of young researchers through conference participation.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.