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

该助学金用于资助学生参加2023年8月14日至16日在得克萨斯州奥斯汀举行的第三十四届国际立体自由曲面制造(SFF)研讨会。SFF研讨会是一个传递和传播添加剂、自由形式和混合制造领域的知识和理解的论坛。2022年，93所大学参加了会议，其中68所是国内大学。超过43%的与会者是学生，共有693人参加。学生将有机会与来自学术界、研究实验室、产业界的研究人员以及来自国内外大学的学生交流和交流想法。为了让学生负担得起这次会议，因此学生可以参加，旅行奖将用于支付合格获奖者的会议注册费、住宿费和旅费。对学生资助申请的呼吁将通过以下方式传播：(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(2017-2022年)的参与者发送电子邮件，(3)SFF网站和(4)社交媒体(时事通讯和LinkedIn帖子)。提交的申请将经过会议委员会的遴选过程，标准包括(1)学生必须来自美国院校，(2)学生必须通过提交论文或海报或参加比赛积极参加会议，优先考虑来自代表性不足的少数族裔的学生。获奖学生将被邀请参加一个午餐会，讨论添加剂制造领域的研究和未来的职业机会。该奖项将为下一代领导者提供全球视野，接触最新的尖端思想，并洞察未来的挑战。该奖项反映了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 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.