U.S.-Japan Workshop on Bio-Inspired Engineering of Next-Generation Sensors and Actuators; Spring 2011

这笔资金用于支持美日下一代传感器和执行器生物启发工程研讨会，来自不同学科背景的美国和日本参与者可以在该研讨会上开始发展跨太平洋的生物启发传感和生物启发执行器(BSBA)研究社区。研讨会的目标是了解美国和日本BSBA研究和教育的现状，目的是确定最适合美日合作的战略性BSBA研究课题。BSBA确定的研究课题将基于它们提高土木和机械系统的性能和弹性的能力，同时试图改善两国的安全。研讨会的主要目的是确定BSBA研究中的机遇和挑战。为美日合作量身定做的新研究路线图将被创建，以定义未来几年的BSBA研究。研讨会的参与者将来自高度多样化的研究社区，以确保为美日BSBA研究制定一个多学科的研究议程。研讨会的议程将包括：i)从日本和美国的角度就潜在的研究重点进行初步介绍，ii)密集的工作组会议，以确定和完善要追求的关键研究方向，以及iii)工作组介绍其建议，并与所有研讨会参与者进行讨论。该研讨会旨在通过创造下一代传感和驱动技术来产生更广泛的影响，这些技术是通过生物灵感为航空航天、民用和机械系统设计的。讲习班将邀请并尽一切努力邀请学生和青年研究人员参与，以培养一支处于职业生涯早期阶段的BSBA专家队伍。此外，将寻求提高BSBA研究界的多样性，以避免同质研究团队常见的群体思维问题。研讨会还将通过共享资源、技术数据和研究想法来促进国际合作，为两国(美国和日本)的共同利益服务。研讨会的主要成果将是BSBA关键研究领域的排名，这些领域将最大限度地受益于由美国和日本成员组成的协作、多学科研究团队所创造的技术和文化视角的多样性。确定的研究主题还将被选为从根本上提高美国和日本社会中流行的民用和机械系统的性能和弹性，同时试图改善两国的安全。研讨会的最终报告将通过专门为美日研讨会开发的网站广泛分发给更广泛的国际传感器和执行器社区。

This grant provides funding to support a U.S.-Japan Workshop on Bio-inspired Engineering of Next-Generation Sensors and Actuators in which U.S. and Japanese participants from various disciplinary backgrounds can begin to grow a trans-Pacific Bio-Inspired Sensing and Bio-Inspired Actuation (BSBA) research community. The workshop objectives are to understand the current state of BSBA research and education in the U.S. and Japan with the aim of identifying strategic BSBA research topics ideally suited for U.S.-Japan teaming. BSBA research topics identified will be based on their ability to enhance the performance and resiliency of civil and mechanical systems while attempting to improve the security of both nations. The primary purpose of the workshop is to identify opportunities and challenges in BSBA research. A new research roadmap tailored for U.S.-Japan collaboration will be created to define BSBA research for years to come. The workshop participants will be invited from a highly diverse set of research communities to ensure a multi-disciplinary research agenda is formulated for U.S.-Japan BSBA research. The workshop agenda will consist of: i) initial presentations on potential research thrusts from both the Japanese and US perspective, ii) intense working group sessions to define and refine key research directions to be pursued, and iii) presentations from the working groups on their recommendations with discussion from all workshop participants. The workshop is designed to have a broader impact by creating next generation sensing and actuation technologies designed through bio-inspiration for aerospace, civil and mechanical systems. The workshop will invite, and make every effort to include, the participation of students and young researchers to create a cadre of BSBA experts at the early stages of their careers. Furthermore, underrepresented groups of researchers will be sought to enhance the diversity of the BSBA research community leading to the avoidance of group-think issues common to homogenous research teams. The workshop will also promote international collaborations by sharing resources, technical data and research ideas for the mutual benefit of the two countries (U.S. and Japan).The major outcome of the workshop will be a ranked list of critical BSBA research areas that would most benefit from the diversity of technical and cultural perspectives that would be created by collaborative, multidisciplinary research teams consisting of U.S. and Japanese members. The identified research topics would also be selected to fundamentally enhance the performance and resiliency of civil and mechanical systems prevalent in U.S. and Japanese society while attempting to improve the security of both nations. The final report originating from the workshop would be widely distributed to the broader international sensor and actuator communities via a website developed specifically for the U.S.-Japan workshop.