Conference Support: Participation of US Students and Junior Faculty to the 6th World Congress on Micro and Nano Manufacturing (WCMNM 2023); Evanston, Illinois; 18-21 September 2023

这笔赠款为来自美国机构的30名学生和初级教师提供支持，让他们参加2023年9月18日至21日在伊利诺伊州埃文斯顿举行的第六届世界微纳制造大会(WCMNM 2023)。WCMNM是关于微纳制造的全球首要会议，每年吸引来自北美、欧洲和亚洲的150-300人参加。WCMNM是学术界和产业界交流研究思想和促进合作的重要平台。预计将有80多个技术演示和海报在会议上展示。课程内容广泛，包括微纳尺度过程行为的力学和动力学；机器和设备的微型化；微型工厂范例；微尺度计量学；材料处理；多尺度建模和模拟；微尺度制造设计；微米和纳米添加剂制造技术等。参与这项资助的学生将通过参加国际领先的微米/纳米制造专家的技术演示和与来自世界各地的同行研究人员的互动来学习独特的知识环境。他们将有机会与来自世界各地的研究人员和工程师以及在制造业领域工作的研究生建立联系。这段经历将对研究生获得关于未来职业道路和新兴研究前沿的新见解很有价值。此外，加入专业协会将通过建立一个专业联系网络来激发他们的求知欲。通过邀请来自三个联合组织的主旨发言人和特邀演讲者，本次会议将为研究生和初级教师提供一个促进国际合作和研究交流的平台。具体的推广工作将致力于向代表不足的少数民族宣传会议和学生旅行奖励计划。这一奖励反映了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。

The grant provides support for 30 students and junior faculty from US institutions to participate in the 6th World Congress on Micro and Nano Manufacturing (WCMNM 2023) in Evanston, Illinois, 18-21 September 2023. WCMNM is a premier global conference on micro-nano manufacturing and draws attendance of 150-300 people each year from North America, Europe, and Asia. WCMNM serves as an important platform for exchanging research ideas and fostering collaborations for both academia and industry. Over 80 technical presentations and posters are expected to be presented at the conference. A wide range of topics, including mechanics and dynamics of process behaviors at the micro and nanoscale; miniaturization of machines and equipment; micro-factory paradigms; microscale metrology; materials handling; multi-scale modeling and simulation; design for micro-scale manufacturing; micro and nano additive manufacturing technologies, etc., will be covered.Participating students receiving travel funds from this grant will learn from the unique intellectual environment by attending technical presentations by leading international experts in micro/nano manufacturing, and by interacting with peer researchers from around the world. They will have opportunities to network with researchers and engineers from around the world as well as graduate students working in the manufacturing field. This experience will be valuable for graduate students to gain new insights about future career paths and emerging research frontiers. In addition, becoming involved with professional societies will motivate their intellectual curiosity through developing a network of professional contacts. By involving keynote and invited speakers from the three co-organizing societies, this conference will provide graduate students and junior faculty a platform to facilitate international collaboration and research exchange. Specific outreach efforts will be devoted to advertising the conference and the student travel award program to underrepresented minorities.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.