Conference: Promoting Diversity and Visibility for Production Engineering Research at the CIRP 2009 General Assembly; Boston, Massachusetts; August 23-29, 2009

该奖项将鼓励美国研究人员参加2009年8月在波士顿举行的国际生产工程学会（CIRP）第59届大会。CIRP是促进生产或制造工程的国际研究讨论和合作的首要全球性组织。CIRP成立于1951年，涵盖了广泛的基本生产工程学科，包括制造过程的细节和生产组织的动态。在波士顿举行的大会上，来自约35个国家的约500名领导人将参加当前研究论文的介绍，对当前研究问题进行深入讨论，分享各自实验室的最新进展，并规划联合研究。该奖项为至少15名妇女和未被充分代表的少数族裔的参与以及来自美国机构的年轻学者和研究生出席和参加在波士顿举行的联合国大会提供支持。这些少数民族、妇女和年轻的研究人员将与世界上许多最好的制造业研究人员互动，使他们直接接触到一些最有趣和重要的生产工程研究项目和国际实验室。这将促进更广泛的少数民族、妇女和青年研究人员对生产工程研究的了解和参与。

This award will encourage the participation of U.S. researchers in the 59th General Assembly of the CIRP, the International Academy for Production Engineering, in Boston in August of 2009. The CIRP is the premier global organization for promoting international research discussion and collaboration for production, or manufacturing engineering. Founded in 1951, the CIRP covers a broad spectrum of essential production engineering disciplines, including details of manufacturing processes, and the dynamics of production organizations. At the General Assembly in Boston about 500 leaders from about 35 countries will participate in the presentation of papers on current research, in-depth discussion of current research issues, sharing recent developments in their laboratories, and planning for joint research. The award provides support for at least fifteen women and underrepresented minorities participation and young scholars and graduate students from U.S. institutions to attend and participate in the General Assembly in Boston. These minorities, women and young researchers will interact with many of the best manufacturing researchers in the world, giving them direct exposure to some of the most interesting and important production engineering research projects and laboratories internationally. This will promote the understanding of and participation in research in production engineering among a broader group of minorities, women and young researchers than would otherwise be possible.