Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on Manufacturing Innovation through Sustainable Design; Barranquilla, Colombia, July 2013

由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和美国能源部（DOE）联合支持的泛美高级研究所（PASI）奖将于2013年7月14日至27日在哥伦比亚巴兰基亚的北卡罗来纳大学举行。该研究所由韦恩州立大学工业与系统工程系教授Ratna Babu Chinnam博士组织，将重点关注可持续制造和设计的新方法。PASI将解决与可持续发展相关的许多不同主题的基础研究和整体培训需求，包括材料，产品设计，生产过程，供应链管理和可持续创新工具。讨论将以多学科的方式进行整合，以促进探索新的研究合作和工业应用的未来方向。通过在活动之前、期间和之后开展合作，以及通过资源共享，该研究所有望加强PASI主题的研究和教育基础设施。此外，它将促进国际参与者之间的未来关系，同时促进美洲的学生交流，并增加参与大学的其他国家访问学者的数量。PASI的性质也将促进代表性不足的群体参与工程。PASI的结果将通过研究所网站和期刊出版物进行传播。

This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place July 14-27, 2013 at the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. Organized by Dr. Ratna Babu Chinnam, Professor of the Industrial & Systems Engineering Department at Wayne State University, the institute will focus on novel approaches in sustainable manufacturing and design. The PASI will address the need for fundamental research and holistic training on many different topics related to sustainability, including materials, product design, production processes, supply chain management, and tools for sustainable innovation. The discussion will be integrated in a multidisciplinary fashion to nurture exploration of future directions for new research collaborations and industrial applications. The institute is expected to enhance the infrastructure for research and education on the PASI topics through collaborations developed before, during, and beyond the activity, and by sharing resources. Additionally, it will facilitate future relationships between international participants, while promoting student exchanges in the Americas and an increase in the number of visiting scholars from other countries at participating universities. The nature of the PASI will also facilitate the participation of underrepresented groups in engineering. Results from the PASI will be disseminated through an institute website and journal publications.