NSF Workshop on Frontiers of Additive Manufacturing Research and Education; Arlington, Virginia; 11-12 July 2013

这笔拨款用于支持增材制造研究和教育前沿研讨会。本次研讨会的目的是提供一个论坛，传播有关增材制造研究、教育和技术转让前沿的信息和分享想法。增材制造，也被称为3D打印，是一套计算机自动化技术，用于从金属，塑料，陶瓷，生物和复合材料中制造三维结构和功能部件。研讨会将讨论增材制造的当前技术水平和未来潜力，分析未来潜力与现状之间的差距，并确定在研究、教育和技术转让领域需要做些什么，以缩小差距。本次研讨会在目标和形式上不同于以往的增材制造相关研讨会。除了讨论未来增材制造研究和技术转移工作的需求以及激发这一领域的教育创新之外，研讨会本身在很大程度上是教育性的。该研讨会将有助于实现增材制造技术的全部潜力。来自研讨会的想法将有助于决策者在政府机构、学术机构和工业公司制定研究和教育的优先事项和战略。确定的研究和教育需求将有助于缩小未来潜力与当前最先进的增材制造技术之间的差距。该研讨会将提高对制造研究的兴趣水平，特别是增材制造。它将促进科学、技术、工程和数学教育以及技术转移模式的转型方法的发展。讲习班的联网功能将允许在讲习班参与者之间建立新的合作关系。

This grant provides funding to support a workshop on Frontiers of Additive Manufacturing Research and Education. The objective of this workshop is to provide a forum for disseminating information and sharing ideas about the frontiers of additive manufacturing research, education, and technology transfer. Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is a suite of computer automated technologies to fabricate three-dimensional structural and functional parts from metallic, plastic, ceramic, biological, and composite materials. The workshop will discuss the current state-of-the-art and future potential of additive manufacturing, analyze the gaps between the future potential and the current status, and identify what needs to be done in the areas of research, education, and technology transfer in order to close the gaps. This workshop is distinct from previous additive manufacturing related workshops in its objective and format. Besides the planned agenda to discuss the need for future additive manufacturing research and technology transfer efforts and to inspire educational innovations in this area, the workshop itself is largely educational in nature.The workshop will help realize the full potential of additive manufacturing technology. The ideas coming from the workshop will be helpful to decision makers in setting priorities and strategies of research and education at government agencies, academic institutions, and industrial companies. The identified research and education needs will help close the gaps between the future potential and the current state-of-the-art of additive manufacturing technology. The workshop will increase the level of interest in manufacturing research in general and additive manufacturing in particular. It will foster the development of transformational approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education and in technology transfer models. The networking function of the workshop will allow establishing new collaborations among workshop participants.