Conference: Early-Career Researcher Travel Support for the 30th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference May 15-17, 2023

这笔赠款提供资金，帮助早期职业研究人员参加2023年5月15日至17日在罗格斯大学举行的CIRP生命周期工程会议(LCE)。CIRP生命周期工程会议是由国际生产工程学会(CIRP，名义上是国际生产研究学院)组织的。会议的主题包括可持续设计、环保制造工艺、寿命终结管理和产品生命周期评估。它将来自世界各地的研究人员、从业者和政策制定者聚集在一起，分享他们对LCE的见解和发现。会议计划包括该领域知名专家的主旨演讲，以及以研究论文和海报为特色的技术会议。这次会议为研究人员和从业者提供了一个宝贵的论坛，让他们交流想法，就项目进行合作，并了解该领域的最新发展。对于任何参与可持续设计和制造的人，以及那些对减少产品和工艺对环境影响感兴趣的人来说，这都是一件重要的事情。2023年LCE的主题是“利用数据和洞察力实现绝对可持续发展和循环经济”。吸引职业早期研究人员(例如，学生、博士后和初级教员)展示、演示和开发具有创造性和影响力的工业可持续性解决方案，并与LCE领域的国际同行和领导者建立网络联系，这一点很重要。资金将帮助支持早期职业研究人员，特别是那些来自代表性不足群体的研究人员参加LCE 2023，并在全美范围内扩大参与。LCE 2023将涵盖广泛的主题，包括但不限于循环经济的使能技术、大数据、人工智能/机器学习支持的可持续制造、生命周期规划、管理、可持续性评估以及商业模式和政策制定。LCE会议旨在推动数据驱动的LCE的最新发展，促进新知识的发展，并促进行业和社会采用可持续的做法和技术。通过将来自不同领域的研究人员(包括来自美国的早期研究人员)、从业者和利益相关者聚集在一起，LCE会议可以提供一个交流想法、知识和最佳实践的论坛。会议还为与会者之间的网络、协作和知识转移提供了机会。LCE 2023致力于向世界知名专家展示在美国完成的尖端研究，特别是美国年轻研究人员的研究。预计270多名与会者将通过纸质和海报演示以及主题演讲和研讨会分享他们的工作。旅行支持将有助于将多达45名来自美国机构的早期研究人员带到会议上，来自代表性不足群体的研究人员将优先考虑。所有会议论文将在Procedia CIRP(Elsevier)上发表。会议将有关于教/学的会议，教育工作者和学生可以讨论愿景、方法和挑战。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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 funding to assist participation of early career researchers in the CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference (LCE) to be held at Rutgers University May 15-17, 2023. The CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference is organized by the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP, nominally College International for Research on Production). The conference features presentations and discussions on topics such as sustainable design, eco-friendly manufacturing processes, end-of- life management, and product life cycle assessment. It brings together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world to share their insights and findings on LCE. The conference program includes keynote speeches from prominent experts in the field, as well as technical sessions featuring research papers and posters. The conference provides a valuable forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas, collaborate on projects, and stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the field. It is an important event for anyone involved in sustainable design and manufacturing, as well as those interested in reducing the environmental impact of products and processes. The theme of LCE 2023 is “Enabling Absolute Sustainability and the Circular Economy using Data and Insight”. It is important to engage early-career researchers (e.g., students, postdocs, and junior faculty members) in presenting, demonstrating, and developing creative and influential solutions for industrial sustainability and networking with international peers and leaders in the area of LCE. Funding will help support travel of early career researchers, especially those from underrepresented groups, to attend LCE 2023 and broaden participation across the United States.LCE 2023 will cover a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to, enabling technologies for the circular economy, big data, artificial intelligence/machine learning supported sustainable manufacturing, life cycle planning, management, sustainability assessment, and business model and policy development. The LCE conference aims to advance the state-of-the-art in data-driven LCE, contribute to the development of new knowledge, and facilitate the adoption of sustainable practices and technologies in industry and society. By bringing together researchers (including early-career researchers from the US), practitioners, and stakeholders from different fields, the LCE conference can provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and best practices. The conference also provides opportunities for networking, collaboration, and knowledge transfer among participants. LCE 2023 strives to showcase cutting-edge research done in the U.S., especially that of young U.S. researchers, to world-renowned experts. It is expected that a diverse group of over 270 participants will share their work through both paper and poster presentations, as well as keynotes and workshops. Travel support will help to bring up to 45 early-career researchers from U.S. institutions to the conference with priority given to researchers from underrepresented groups. All the conference papers will be published in Procedia CIRP (Elsevier). The conference will have sessions on teaching/learning where educators and students can discuss visions, approaches, and challenges.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.