Workshop: SFF Symposium Student Support 2008, Austin, Texas, August 4-6, 2008

这笔赠款的目的是抵消与第十九届实体自由形状制造(SFF)年度研讨会相关的学生费用，该研讨会将于2008年8月4日至6日在得克萨斯州奥斯汀举行，是快速成型领域的一次研究交流的专题会议。SFF研讨会是一个传递和传播添加剂、自由形式制造领域的知识和理解的机制。这次会议吸引了来自世界各地的大学、公司和国家实验室的100多名研究人员。SFF研讨会也吸引了世界各地的研究生。2007年，整个会议的参与者中有近一半是学生。参与者代表27所大学，其中10所是国际大学。强大的国际参与为国内参与者提供了一个极好的机会，可以获得有关该领域研究的宝贵信息。今年将举行一次特别会议，专门讨论自由形式教育。主题包括但不限于本科教育和研究生课程、实验室经验、非传统教育和K-12活动。本次会议的一个主要目标是鼓励教师在教育过程中增加自由形式技术的覆盖面。SFF研讨会是在促进教学、培训和学习的同时促进发现和理解的一个极好的模式。世界一流的研究人员与学生之间的联系很强，因为会议通过其定价结构鼓励学生参与。这次会议是研究人员和信息联网的研究基础设施的一个齿轮。通过大量被引用的会议过程，信息被广泛传播给世界各地的研究人员和学生的广泛网络。其社会影响是确定商业前技术和共享与自由形式制造有关的信息，这些技术最终将被开发并应用到机器和工艺中，从而提高国内生产率。

The purpose of this grant is to offset student costs associated with the Nineteenth Annual Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) Symposium to be held in Austin, Texas, August 4-6, 2008, is a topical meeting that is a research exchange in the area of rapid prototyping. The SFF Symposium is a mechanism for transfer and dissemination of knowledge and understanding in the field of additive, freeform manufacturing. The meeting draws over 100 researchers from universities, companies and national laboratories from all over the world. The SFF Symposium also attracts graduate students worldwide. In 2007, nearly half the entire meeting participants were students. Participants represented 27 universities, 10 of which were international. The strong international participation gives domestic participants an excellent opportunity to gain valuable information on research in the field. A special session this year will be devoted to freeform education. Topics include, but are not limited to, undergraduate education and graduate curricula, laboratory experiences, non-traditional education and K-12 activities. A major goal of this session is to encourage faculty to increase coverage of freeform technologies in the educational process.The SFF Symposium is an excellent model for advancing discovery and understanding while promoting teaching, training and learning. The networking of world-class researchers with students is strong since the meeting encourages through its pricing structure the involvement of students. The meeting is a pinion for research infrastructure by the networking of research personnel and information. Through the heavily cited proceedings, information is widely disseminated to an extensive network of researchers and students around the world. The societal impact is identification of pre-commercial technologies and sharing of information pertaining to freeform fabrication that will eventually be developed and implemented into machines and processes that will enhance domestic productivity.