Support for 2016 Workshop on EFRI-ODISSEI Research

美国国家科学基金会颁发了一个奖项，支持学生和教职员工参加一个以折纸设计为主题的会议，该会议的主题是用于工程创新的自组装系统集成(ODISSEI)。会议将于2016年2月11日至12日在佛罗里达国际大学(FIU)举行。会议的目的是将ODISSEI的研究人员和已经得到新兴前沿研究与创新(EFRI)计划资助的学生聚集在一起，以便在致力于将折纸与工程和/或科学相结合的不同研究小组之间建立丰富的互动。研究人员将提供他们的最新进展，学生们将在海报会议上展示和讨论他们的研究。根据背景(如艺术家、机械工程师、生物工程师、材料工程师和电气工程师)和研究经验(如知名/知名研究人员、初级教员、学生和代表性不足的少数族裔)，与会者的多学科/多经验构成预计将对该领域产生积极影响。计划中的网络会议将使年轻研究人员和高级研究人员与将互动和交换信息的政府与会者之间进行有机互动。

NSF has made an award in support of students and faculty to participate in a conference on the topic of Origami Design for Integration of Self-assembling Systems for Engineering Innovation (ODISSEI). The conference will be held at Florida International University (FIU), Feb 11-12, 2016. The objective of the conference is to bring together ODISSEI researchers and students who have already been funded by the Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) program, in order to create fertile interactions between the different research groups that are working to couple origami with engineering and/or science. The researchers will provide updates on their progress and students will present and discuss their research during a poster session. The multidisciplinary/multi-experience makeup of attendees relative to backgrounds (e.g., artists, mechanical engineers, bioengineers, materials engineers, and electrical engineers) and research experience (e.g., well-known/well-established investigators, junior faculty members, students and underrepresented minorities) is expected to positively impact the field. Planned networking sessions will enable organic interactions between young researchers and senior investigators, and government attendees who will interact and exchange information.