Analysis of Research Directions and Needs in United States Manufacturing

制造业研究委员会将设立一系列委员会来分析研究方向，并为具体与制造业有关的技术制定战略研究框架。为此，委员会将：(1)确定与制造相关的技术和学科，并对其进行优先排序，为美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和美国研究界制定全面的制造研究议程；(2)对研究议程中的技术和学科进行一系列分析，以确定当前的艺术状态、研究活动；并且需要未来的研究计划。最终的报告预计将为美国国家科学基金会以及学术和工业研究人员提供一个权威的基础，以集中他们的研究和资助活动。各委员会的活动旨在成为一个动态进程中的步骤，该进程将随着技术和竞争环境的变化而调整。

The Manufacturing Studies Board will establish a series of committees to analyze research directions and to develop a strategic research framework for technologies specifically related to manufacturing. To accomplish this, the committee will: (1) identify and prioritize manufacturing-related technologies and disciplines to produce a comprehensive manufacturing research agenda for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. research community, and (2) conduct a series of analyses of the technologies and disciplines in the research agenda to determine the current state of the art, research activities, and needed future research initiatives. The resulting reports are expected to provide the NSF, as well as academic and industrial researchers, with an authoritative basis for focusing their research and funding activities. The activities of the committees are intended to be steps in a dynamic process that will adapt as technologies and the competitive environment change.