US-Japan Workshop on Bioinspired Sensing and Bioinspired Actuation (BSBA) Technologies; Hawaii; March 18 and 19, 2011

这笔赠款为将于2011年3月18日和19日在日本举行的美日生物启发传感和生物启发驱动（BSBA）技术联合研讨会提供部分资金。 社会依赖于传感器和执行器的使用来监测和控制其工程系统，迫切需要新的设计范例，以确保传感器和执行器继续改善功能，降低成本并缩小尺寸。设计下一代传感器和致动器的一种全新方法是通过模仿在自然界中发现的高效传感和致动机制。为此，组织了一个美日联合研讨会，以确定传感器和执行器的生物启发工程的研究和教育路线图。美日生物启发传感和生物启发驱动研讨会（BSBA）的目标是：（a）评估美国和日本在该主题领域的研究和教育现状，（B）确定共同感兴趣的关键性和战略性研究和教育问题，（c）确定联合研究项目和潜在的研究团队，以开展合作研究活动，及（d）制订策略，为这些计划在美国及日本争取资金。该研讨会将由NSF和日本技术机构（JST）共同支持。BSBA的研究是新兴的和多学科的，并开始在各个学科，包括航空航天/民用/电气/机械工程，生物工程，生物和化学进行积极的研究工作。预计它将为许多工程系统的设计带来革命性的变化。由于美国和日本是世界上两个技术巨头，BSBA的联合研究有望创造突破，从而产生新的生物启发技术，影响我们生活社会的各个方面。 研讨会将邀请学生、博士后研究人员和其他初级研究人员以及代表性不足的研究人员群体参加，以加强多样性和广泛的贡献。研讨会还将促进国际合作，以利用资源，分享技术数据和研究思路，为两国的共同利益。研讨会的成果将指出并指导美国和日本未来传感器技术研究的主要合作方向。

This grant provides partial funding for a joint US-Japan Workshop on Bioinspired Sensing and Bioinspired Actuation (BSBA) Technologies, to be held in Japan on March 18 and 19, 2011. Society is reliant on the use of sensors and actuators to monitor and control its engineering systems, and new paradigms to their design are urgently needed to ensure sensors and actuators continue to improve in functionality, reduce in cost and shrink in size. An entirely new approach to design next-generation sensors and actuators is through the mimicking of the highly efficient sensing and actuation mechanisms found throughout nature. Toward this end, a joint US-Japan Workshop is organized to identify a research and education roadmap for bio-inspired engineering of sensors and actuators. The objectives of the US-Japan Workshop on Bio-inspired Sensing and Bio-inspired Actuation (BSBA) are to: (a) evaluate the current status of research and education in the topic area in the United States and Japan, (b) identify critical and strategic research and educational issues of mutual interest, (c) identify joint research projects and potential research teams for collaborative research activities, and (d) formulate a strategy for securing funding for them in both the US and Japan. The workshop will be jointly supported by NSF and Japan Technological Agency (JST).The research of BSBA is newly emerging and multi-disciplinary, and vigorous research efforts are beginning to be undertaken in various disciplines including aerospace/civil/electrical/mechanical engineering, bioengineering, biology and chemistry. It is expected to bring transformative changes to the design of many engineering systems. As USA and Japan are two technological giants in the world, joint BSBA research can be expected to create breakthroughs that will lead to novel bio-inspired technologies that could impact every facets of our living society. The workshop will invite and include the participation of students, post doctoral researchers and other junior researchers as well as underrepresented groups of researchers to enhance diversity and broad contribution. The workshop will also promote the international collaboration to leverage resources, and share technical data and research ideas for the mutual benefit of the two countries. The outcomes of the workshop will point to and guide the major collaborative directions of future sensor technology research between US and Japan.