First Africa-USA International Conference on Manufacturing Technology - Nigeria - Science in Developing Countries

这项会议补助金支持将于1993年1月在尼日利亚拉各斯举行的为期四天的非洲-美国制造技术国际会议关于设计和制造一体化主题的会议。会议的主题是：电子制造技术中的设计和集成问题；大规模制造中的工艺技术规划、设计和集成，制造控制的专家系统设计，以及捕获设计和制造信息的产品建模系统。要解决的主题包括：并发或同步工程；设计理论;设计制造、装配和检验的可行性；以及现代制造业中的计划和控制问题。会议将汇集来自非洲和美国工业、国家机构和大学的设计和自动化制造领域的主要研究人员，就新的先进设计和制造技术的实用性交流意见。会议承诺通过向与会者展示工业发展中问题和解决方案的新视角，为美国和非洲工程师带来互利。本项目与发展中国家科学（SDC）计划关于加强发展中国家科学和工程基础设施的目标有关。提高美国科学家和工程师与发展中国家同行之间的合作水平。

This conference grant supports sessions on the theme of design and manufacturing integration in a four-day Africa-USA International Conference on Manufacturing Technology, to be held in Lagos, Nigeria, in January, 1993. The sessions are entitled: Design and Integration Issues in Electronics Manufacturing Technology; Process Technology Planning, Design, and Integration in Large Scale Manufacturing, Expert System Design for Manufacturing Control, and Product Modeling Systems that Capture Design and Manufacturing Information. Subjects to be addressed include: concurrent or simultaneous engineering; design theory; design for feasibility in manufacture, assembly, and inspection; and planning and control issues in modern manufacturing. The meeting will bring together key researchers in design and automated manufacturing from industry, national agencies and universities in Africa and the U.S., to share ideas on the practicalities of the new advanced design and manufacturing technologies. The conference promises mutual benefit to the U.S. and African engineers by exposing the participants to new perspectives on both problems and solutions in industrial development. This project is relevant to the objectives of the Science in Developing Countries (SDC) Program with regard to strengthening the scientific and engineering infrastructure in developing countries, and increasing the level of cooperation between U.S. scientists and engineers and their counterparts in developing countries.