Conference: 2024 Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference and 52nd North American Manufacturing Research Conference; Knoxville, Tennessee; 17-21 June 2024

该奖项将支持来自STEM学科代表性不足的群体在美国机构学习的约60名学生和应届毕业生，参加2024年合办的国际先进制造大会(NAMRC/MSEC/LEM&AMP)，包括由制造工程师协会北美制造研究所主办的第52届北美制造业研究会议(NAMRC52)，由美国机械工程师学会赞助的国际制造科学与工程大会(MSEC 2024)，以及由日本机械工程师协会赞助的尖端制造/材料与加工国际会议(LEM&AMP；2024)；2024年6月17日至21日。这些会议是美国和全球先进制造业的首屈一指的研究论坛，主题包括传统和新兴制造技术、添加剂制造、纳米/微/介观制造、生物制造、制造设备和自动化、制造系统、质量控制和可靠性、先进材料加工、机器学习和人工智能的应用、可持续制造、生命周期工程、工程教育和许多其他交叉研究。因此，这次国际先进制造大会是产业、政府实验室和学术机构之间的全球桥梁。本科生和研究生以及美国院校的应届毕业生，特别是来自STEM学科代表性不足的群体、经济困难背景和第一代家庭，参加全国制造业大会对扩大美国的制造业研究基地至关重要。这一奖项将通过支付注册和住宿费用，帮助降低选定学生参加会议的门槛。这将使他们能够与来自世界各地工业和政府机构的顶尖研究人员和工程师，以及来自国内外大学的学生和教职员工交流思想。邀请获奖申请将通过主要会议网站上的帖子和会议组织者、轨道主席和研讨会组织者等直接发布。提交的申请将经过会议委员会的遴选过程，会议委员会将根据申请者先前的会议参与情况、教育机构和个人背景对申请者进行优先排序，以扩大参与者的多样性。在大会期间，获奖者将在会议计划中公布。该奖项将使选定的参与者能够提高他们在先进制造研究方面的知识，并帮助他们成为工程师和研究人员，以领导下一代美国制造业。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 award will support about 60 selected students and recent graduates studying in US institutions from groups underrepresented in STEM disciplines to participate in the 2024 co-located International Advanced Manufacturing Conference (NAMRC/MSEC/LEM&P), including the 52nd North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC52) sponsored by the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, the International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2024) sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the International Conference on Leading Edge Manufacturing/Materials & Processing (LEM&P 2024) sponsored by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, to be held at Knoxville, Tennessee; 17-21 June 2024. These co-located conferences represent the premiere research forum for advanced manufacturing in the US and globe, with topics including conventional and emerging manufacturing technologies, additive manufacturing, nano-/micro-/meso- manufacturing, biomanufacturing, manufacturing equipment and automation, manufacturing systems, quality control and reliability, advanced materials processing, applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence, sustainable manufacturing, life cycle engineering, and engineering education and many other cross-cutting research. As such, this International Advanced Manufacturing Conference acts as a global bridge between industry, government laboratories, and academic institutions.Participation of undergraduate and graduate students as well as recent graduates from US institutions, especially from groups underrepresented in STEM disciplines, economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and first-generation families, at national manufacturing conferences is crucial to expanding the manufacturing research base in the United States. This award will help lower the barrier for conference participation for selected students by defraying the costs of registration and accommodation. This will enable them to exchange ideas with leading researchers and engineers from industrial and governmental facilities around the world, as well as with students and faculty from both domestic and international universities. The call-for-award applications will be disseminated through postings on main conference websites and directly by conference organizers, track chairs, and symposium organizers, etc. Submitted applications will go through a selection process by the conference committee, who will prioritize applicants to broaden diversity of participants according to their prior conference involvement, educational institution, and personal background. During the conference, the awardees will be announced in the conference program. This award will enable selected participants to improve their knowledge of advanced manufacturing research and help them become engineers and researchers to lead the next generation of U.S. manufacturing.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.