Travel Support for Broadening Participation of Researchers in the REMADE Institute Circular Economy Tech Summit and Conference; Washington, DC; 20-21 March 2023

该奖项为STEM教育中代表性不足或服务不足群体的学生和年轻教师提供旅行支持，以参加REMADE研究所循环经济技术峰会和会议。REMADE的使命是促进制造技术，减少隐含能源和减少排放。会议旨在提供一个论坛，分享有关加速美国向循环经济过渡的技术的前沿研究。此外，会议为与会者提供了一个展示他们的科学成就的机会，与来自学术界、政府实验室和工业界的同行和同事互动，扩展他们的网络，并在更广泛的先进制造社区内促进新的合作。与NSF扩大在科学和工程领域未被充分代表的群体参与的目标一致，REMADE研究所优先将旅行资金分配给未被充分代表的少数民族、妇女和残疾人。这种方法促进了STEM领域的更大多样性，并通过教育和培训熟练的劳动力，使国家受益，更好地准备提供变革性的解决方案，以克服所选领域的挑战。会议符合提高环境质量和实现多样性、公平和包容的国家优先事项。REMADE研究所希望参加会议有利于学生和年轻教师的专业、科学和技术发展。会议为与会者提供了一个更广泛的材料生命周期视图，并讨论了不同的产品生命周期阶段-设计，制造，再制造，回收和升级回收-这对于理解循环经济的成就至关重要。与会者还获得了识别交叉研究机会所必需的系统级视角。会议分为不同的技术主题，包括由国内外领先的演讲者讨论他们的最新研究课题，如建立可持续循环经济，系统分析，循环设计，在制造和材料生产中实现净零排放的途径，再制造和回收。此外，学生和年轻教师可以通过口头和海报展示以及与同龄人深入讨论他们的工作来提高他们的沟通技巧。这种互动体验大大拓宽了来自代表性不足群体的学生和年轻教师的教育和培训，增加了他们对研究主题的热情，使他们熟悉对科学事业的期望，并使他们接触到创新研究的新方法和机会。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 award provides students and young faculty from underrepresented or underserved groups in STEM education with travel support to attend and participate in the REMADE Institute Circular Economy Tech Summit and Conference. REMADE’s mission is to foster manufacturing technologies that reduce embodied energy and decrease emissions. The conference aims to provide a forum to share leading-edge research on technologies that accelerate the US's transition to a Circular Economy. In addition, the conference offers participants an opportunity to showcase their scientific accomplishments, interact with peers and colleagues from academia, government labs, and industry, extend their network, and foster new collaborations within the broader advanced manufacturing community. Consistent with NSF's goal to broaden the participation of groups underrepresented in science and engineering, the REMADE Institute preferentially allocates travel funds to underrepresented minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. This approach promotes greater diversity in STEM fields and benefits the nation by educating and training a skilled workforce better prepared to provide transformative solutions to overcome challenges in their chosen fields. The conference meets the national priorities of advancing environmental quality and achieving diversity, equity and inclusion.The REMADE Institute anticipates conference attendance benefits the students and young faculty's professional, scientific and technical development. The conference provides attendees with a broader view of the material lifecycle and discusses the different product lifecycle stages - design, manufacturing, remanufacturing, recycling and upcycling - that are critical to understanding the achievement of a circular economy. Attendees also gain a system-level perspective necessary to identify cross-cutting research opportunities. The conference, organized into different technology tracks, includes talks by leading domestic and international speakers discussing their latest research on topics such as building a sustainable circular economy, systems analysis, design for circularity, pathways to achieve net-zero emissions in manufacturing and materials production, remanufacturing, and recycling. In addition, students and young faculty are able to enhance their communication skills through oral and poster presentations and in-depth discussions of their work with their peers. This interactive experience significantly broadens the education and training of students and young faculty from underrepresented groups, increase their enthusiasm for the research topic, acquaint them with expectations for scientific careers, and expose them to new approaches and opportunities for innovative research.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.