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

该奖项为来自STEM教育中代表性不足或服务不足的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。该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，会议还为与会者提供了一个展示其科学成就的机会，与来自学术界、政府实验室和工业界的同行和同事互动，扩大他们的网络，并在更广泛的先进制造业社区内促进新的合作。与NSF扩大科学和工程领域代表性不足的群体的参与的目标相一致，REMADE研究所优先向代表性不足的少数民族，妇女和残疾人分配旅行资金。这种方法促进了STEM领域的更大多样性，并通过教育和培训技术熟练的劳动力，使其更好地准备提供变革性的解决方案，以克服其所选领域的挑战，从而使国家受益。该会议符合国家提高环境质量和实现多样性，公平和包容的优先事项。REMADE研究所预计参加会议将有利于学生和年轻教师的专业，科学和技术发展。该会议为与会者提供了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-这对于理解循环经济的实现至关重要。与会者还获得了必要的系统级的角度来确定跨领域的研究机会。该会议分为不同的技术轨道，包括国内和国际领先的演讲者讨论他们的最新研究主题，如建立可持续的循环经济，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，学生和年轻的教师能够通过口头和海报介绍，并与他们的同龄人深入讨论他们的工作，提高他们的沟通技巧。这种互动的经验显着扩大了教育和培训的学生和年轻教师从代表性不足的群体，提高他们的热情的研究课题，熟悉他们的期望科学职业，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的评估来支持。影响审查标准。

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.