Conference: Student Support to attend the Thirty-Fourth Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) Symposium; Austin, Texas; 14-16 August 2023

该基金为学生参加第三十四届国际固体自由曲面制造（SFF）年度研讨会提供支持；得克萨斯州奥斯汀市;2023年8月14-16日。SFF研讨会是一个在增材制造、自由形式制造和混合制造领域传递和传播知识和理解的论坛。2022年，共有93所大学上榜，其中68所是国内大学。超过43%的与会者是学生，共有693名与会者。学生将有机会与来自学术界、研究实验室、工业界的研究人员以及来自国内外大学的学生进行互动和交流。为了使会议负担得起，从而使学生能够参加会议，旅费奖将用于支付合格获奖者的会议注册费、住宿费和旅费。学生支持申请将通过以下方式发布：(1)向提交摘要的通讯作者发送电子邮件（截止日期为2023年4月），(2)向最近SFF会议的参与者发送电子邮件（2017-2022年），(3)SFF网站和(4)社交媒体（时事通讯和LinkedIn帖子）。提交的申请将由会议委员会通过选择标准进行筛选，选择标准包括(1)学生必须来自美国机构；(2)学生必须通过提交论文或海报或参加竞赛积极参与会议，优先考虑来自代表性不足的少数民族的学生。获奖学生将被邀请参加午餐会，讨论增材制造的研究和未来的职业机会。该奖项将为下一代领导人提供全球视野，接触最新的前沿思想，以及对未来挑战的见解。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 support for student participation at the Thirty-Fourth Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) Symposium; Austin, Texas; 14-16 August 2023. The SFF Symposium is a forum for transfer and dissemination of knowledge and understanding in the field of additive, freeform and hybrid manufacturing. In 2022, 93 universities were represented, 68 of which were domestic. More than 43 percent of the meeting attendees were students with a total participation of 693 attendees. Students will have opportunities to interact and share ideas with researchers from academia, research laboratories, industry, and students from both domestic and international universities.In an effort to make the conference affordable, and therefore accessible to students, the travel award will contribute towards conference registration fees, accommodation and travel expenses of qualified awardees. The call for student support applications will be disseminated through: (1) emails to corresponding authors of submitted abstracts (due in April 2023), (2) emails to participants of recent SFF meetings (2017-2022), (3) SFF website and (4) social media (newsletter and LinkedIn posts). Submitted applications will go through a selection process by the conference committee using selection criteria that include (1) students must be from US institutions and (2) students must be actively participating in the conference through presenting a paper or poster, or participating in a competition, with preference given to students from underrepresented minorities. Student awardees will be invited to a luncheon panel discussing research and future career opportunities in additive manufacturing. This award will afford the next generation of leaders a global perspective, exposure to the latest cutting-edge ideas, and insights on future 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.