Conference: NSF EPSCoR Workshop: Intelligent Manufacturing for Extreme Environments

会议：NSF EPSCoR 研讨会：极端环境下的智能制造

• 批准号: 2328585
• 负责人: Indrajit Charit
• 金额: $ 9.94万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Idaho
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2328585&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; NSF; EPSCoR; Workshop; Intelligent

This conference proposes to host a two-day conference at the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) in Idaho Falls, Idaho. This conference will feature keynotes, panels, and breakout sessions with an estimated sixty participants covering various aspects of intelligent manufacturing for extreme environments. The conference will convene world-class experts, researchers, educators, and students to identify gaps and envision solutions in relevant areas of great importance. The conference will promote exchange of ideas and knowledge during the proposed event and will catalyze new collaborations and research directions that will support the growth of carbon-free advanced nuclear energy research in Idaho, Wyoming, as well as other western states. The conference organizers will use funding for travel grants, recruiting women and persons from underrepresented groups to participate to achieve participation from a diverse section of the society. The outcomes of the conference will include an opportunity for researchers and educators to network and form collaborations and preparation of a full report to inform policy makers, industry, and the academic community of various challenges and opportunities of advanced manufacturing, specifically in the nuclear energy sector.The overarching goal of this conference proposal is to host a two-day conference on Intelligent Manufacturing for Extreme Environments. The conference will identify gaps and envision solutions for five inter-related challenges of intelligent manufacturing in extreme environments. These challenges are: (1) printable electronics that can survive extreme environments, (2) in situ manufacturing process monitoring and feedback control, (3) machine learning to optimize process variables in manufacturing and materials composition, (4) extreme temperature qualification and testing, and (5) workforce development and community college engagement. Nuclear reactors need to operate under extreme service conditions such as high temperatures, corrosive environment, and high radiation doses. Hence, reactor components must be able to withstand those conditions. Successful innovation would revolutionize the nuclear power sector, enable fast commercial development, create economic opportunities in the US, reduce carbon footprint and associated climate risks, and promote a skilled and highly competitive workforce. The novelty of the conference is the convergent integration of computational design, process control, materials discovery, materials characterization, and workforce development. The conference will provide an opportunity for the community to discuss new scientific research, the needs for future research, gaps in the scientific literature, and provide a conference of national interest that could drive scientific engagement with the broader community including involving researchers from the underrepresented groups, and industry collaborations. The conference will provide opportunities to engage with industry, provide opportunities for community college educators to learn about what is happening at the cutting-edge of manufacturing science, and increase public awareness through science engagement.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.

本次会议建议在爱达荷州爱达荷州福尔斯的高级能源研究中心（CAES）举办为期两天的会议。本次会议将以主题演讲、小组讨论和分组讨论为特色，预计将有60名与会者参加，涵盖极端环境下智能制造的各个方面。会议将召集世界级的专家、研究人员、教育工作者和学生，以找出差距，并设想在非常重要的相关领域的解决方案。会议将促进在拟议的活动期间交流思想和知识，并将促进新的合作和研究方向，以支持爱达荷州，怀俄明州以及其他西部各州的无碳先进核能研究的发展。会议组织者将利用资金提供赠款，招募妇女和代表性不足群体的人员参加会议，以实现社会各阶层的参与。会议的成果将包括为研究人员和教育工作者提供一个建立网络和形成合作的机会，并准备一份完整的报告，向政策制定者，工业界和学术界通报先进制造业的各种挑战和机遇，特别是在核能领域。本次会议提案的总体目标是举办为期两天的极端环境智能制造会议。会议将确定差距，并设想极端环境下智能制造的五个相互关联的挑战的解决方案。这些挑战是：（1）可在极端环境中生存的可印刷电子产品，（2）原位制造过程监控和反馈控制，（3）机器学习，以优化制造和材料成分中的过程变量，（4）极端温度认证和测试，以及（5）劳动力发展和社区学院参与。核反应堆需要在极端的工作条件下运行，如高温，腐蚀性环境和高辐射剂量。因此，反应堆组件必须能够承受这些条件。成功的创新将彻底改变核电行业，实现快速的商业发展，在美国创造经济机会，减少碳足迹和相关的气候风险，并促进熟练和高度竞争力的劳动力。会议的新奇在于计算设计、过程控制、材料发现、材料表征和劳动力开发的融合。该会议将为社区提供一个讨论新的科学研究，未来研究需求，科学文献空白的机会，并提供一个国家利益的会议，可以推动科学参与更广泛的社区，包括来自代表性不足的群体的研究人员，以及行业合作。该会议将提供与工业界接触的机会，为社区大学教育工作者提供了解制造科学前沿的机会，并通过科学参与提高公众意识。该奖项反映了NSF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。