Support for Student and Postdoc Participation in the 19th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering (LCE 2012); Berkeley, California; 23-25 May 2012

该奖项提供支持，以抵消26名学生和博士后参加第19届CIRP生命周期工程会议（LCE 2012）在加州大学伯克利分校，加州，2012年5月23日至25日的费用。 该会议是一个论坛，分享有关生命周期工程的不同方面的想法，因为它适用于制造工艺和系统，并讨论在这些领域的最近和未来的趋势。通过该提案获得资助的学生和博士后将参加由国际领先专家提供的技术演示。在休息和用餐期间，将有更多的机会与同行和高级研究人员进行更非正式的互动和网络。本次会议的强烈国际性和跨学科性将促进新的想法，并更好地了解可持续发展，制造科学和工程未来发展的全球挑战。 来自生命周期工程科学委员会的选拔委员会将根据以下标准确定学生和博士后获得资助：提交论文，他或她的研究声明，代表性不足的状态和学位。 参加LCE 2012的学生和博士后将有机会展示，讨论，交流和开发生命周期工程领域的研究思路和合作项目。通过这种经验，他们将提高他们的技术技能和沟通能力，这将是他们未来的职业生涯，国际或跨学科项目的宝贵。参加学生和博士后获得的新观点将有助于他们利用自己的才能和知识，推动美国努力实现有竞争力和可持续的制造业。此外，由于大部分研究都以行业为重点，美国工业最终将受益于学生和博士后获得的新知识和专业知识;因此，促进国家繁荣和福利。

This award provides support to offset the costs for 26 students and postdocs to attend the 19th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering (LCE 2012) at the University of California, Berkeley, California, May 23-25, 2012. The conference is a forum to share ideas about different aspects of life cycle engineering as it applies to manufacturing processes and systems and to discuss recent and future trends in these areas. The students and postdocs who are provided with funding through this proposal will attend technical presentations given by leading international experts. There will be additional opportunities to interact and network more informally with peers and senior researchers during breaks and meals. The strong international character and interdisciplinary of this conference will foster new ideas and better understanding of worldwide challenges in the future development of sustainability, manufacturing science and engineering. A selection committee from the Life Cycle Engineering Scientific Committee will identify students and postdocs to receive funding based upon the following criteria: presenting a paper, his or her research statement, underrepresented status, and degree sought. The students and postdocs that attend LCE 2012 will have the opportunity to display, discuss, exchange, and develop research ideas and collaborative projects in the area of Life Cycle Engineering. Through this experience they will sharpen both their technical skills and their communication skills, which will be valuable in their future careers, international or interdisciplinary projects. The new perspectives attending students and postdocs gain will help enable them to employ their talents and knowledge to drive U.S. efforts for competitive and sustainable manufacturing. Additionally, because much of the research is industry-focused, American industry will ultimately benefit from the new knowledge and the expertise gained by the students and postdocs; therefore, advancing the national prosperity and welfare.