Challenges in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

将举行一次为期一天半的特别研讨会，以确定可能对材料加工领域的工业技术发展产生重大影响的学术研究领域。约30名材料加工领域的领导人将应邀参加研讨会。他们将包括来自学术界、工业界和风险投资界的代表，并被要求为材料加工研究建立一套基于行业的优先事项。讲习班结束时将提交一份最后报告，就材料加工和制造中可分配资源影响最大的技术挑战提出具体建议。查明这种机会将使努力和资源能够有效地应用于材料加工领域。这将有助于减缓甚至扭转美国在这一领域的国际竞争力逐渐下降的趋势。

A special one and a half day workshop will be held, to identify areas of academic research that can significantly impact the future of industrial technology development in the field of materials processing. About 30 leaders, in the area of materials processing, will be invited to the workshop. They will include representatives from the academia, industry and the venture capital community and be required to establish a set of industry- based priorities for materials processing research. The workshop, at its conclusion, will submit a final report which will make specific recommendations on those technical challenges in materials processing and manufacturing to which resources can be allocated with the highest impact. The identification of such opportunities will enable efforts and resources to be effectively applied in the area of materials processing. This will help in slowing and even reversing the gradual erosion of the United States' international competitiveness in this field.