Student Support: 2022 Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials Conference and Additive Manufacturing with Powder Metallurgy Conference; Portland, Oregon; June 12-15, 2022

粉末冶金（PM）是一个在美国经济制造业的每个部分都有应用的主题，因此，直接影响到经济福利和国家安全。因此，重要的是要确保粉末冶金行业的劳动力需求得到满足，以及该行业当前本科生和研究生的招聘符合这种需求。该奖项支持40名在美国院校学习的研究生和本科生参加2022年粉末冶金和颗粒材料（PowderMet2022）会议，以及于2022年6月12日至15日在俄勒冈州波特兰举行的增材制造与粉末冶金（AMPM2022）会议。这些年度会议是粉末冶金技术转移的主要来源，也是北美最大的年度展览的主要东道主，展示了粉末冶金、颗粒材料和金属增材制造（AM）工艺设备、粉末和产品等的领先供应商。PowderMet/AMPM被认为是该领域的首要会议，吸引了来自行业，政府实验室和学术机构的参与者，因此，非常适合学生接触该领域，并以多样化的方式为PM行业招聘劳动力。该奖项为学生参与者提供了独特的机会，与来自世界各地工业和政府机构的领先研究人员和工程师，以及来自国内和国际大学的学生和教师交流思想。这不仅可以促进学生的学习和训练，还可以让他们接触到新的研究概念，并与那些取得新进展的研究人员互动。除了获得知识和对PM和金属AM的广度的欣赏之外，通过发展专业联系和资源网络，参与专业协会将激发学生的求知欲。这些机会不仅将提高参与者在该领域的知识，而且还将培养科学家和工程师，他们非常适合在PM和AM中创建下一代设计，这将进一步提高国家的制造能力。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。

Powder metallurgy (PM) is a topic with applications in literally every portion of the manufacturing sector in the U.S. economy, and therefore, directly impacts economic welfare and national security. It is, thus, important to ensure that the workforce need of powder metallurgy is met as well as the recruitment of current undergraduate and graduate students for this industry matches such a need. This award supports 40 selected graduate and undergraduate students studying at US institutions to participate in the 2022 Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials (PowderMet2022) conference, and co-located Additive Manufacturing with Powder Metallurgy (AMPM2022) conference in Portland, Oregon, June 12 - 15, 2022. These annual conferences are the primary source for PM technology transfer and the major host to the largest annual North American exhibit showcasing leading suppliers of PM, particulate materials, and metal additive manufacturing (AM) process equipment, powders, and products, etc. PowderMet/AMPM are considered the premier conferences in this field and draw participants from industry, government laboratories and academic institutions, and thus, ideal for student exposures to this field and the workforce recruitment in a diverse manner for the PM industry.The award provides student participants with unique opportunities to exchange ideas with leading researchers and engineers from worldwide industrial and governmental facilities, as well as with students and faculty from both domestic and international universities. This will not only stimulate learning and training for the students, but also allows them to be exposed to new research concepts and interact with those researchers who have made new advancements. In addition to acquiring knowledge and an appreciation of the breadth of PM and metal AM, becoming involved with professional societies will motivate students’ intellectual curiosity through developing a network of professional contacts and resources. These opportunities will not only improve participants’ knowledge in the field but also develop scientists and engineers who are ideally suited to create the next generation of designs in PM and AM that will further advance the nation’s manufacturing capabilities.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.