Workshop/Collaborative Research: Accelerating NSF Research in Additive Manufacturing toward Industrial Applications; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; August 17-18, 2017

该奖项支持一个研讨会，以提供一个将添加剂制造研究人员和工业合作伙伴聚集在一起的网络平台。研讨会参与者之间的讨论将加速技术进步，从而在各种商业企业中进一步扩大市场。研讨会将通过加强不同利益攸关方之间的联系，帮助弥合基础研究和工业应用之间的差距。这将有助于通过确定需要更深入的基础调查的技术和实际挑战，进一步推进添加剂制造技术。研讨会的成果将为从基础研究到工业应用的简化过渡铺平道路。该研讨会将惠及许多工业部门，包括航空航天、汽车、生物医学、国防、能源、环境、制造、材料等。匹兹堡大学将于2017年8月17日至18日与德克萨斯农工大学合作主办研讨会，以促进NSF资助的研究人员与与美国制造相关的行业专业人士之间的互动。美国国家添加剂制造创新研究所。研讨会将包括三个环节，约20名NSF资助的研究人员将通过演示和海报突出他们在添加剂制造方面的研究进展，并提供充足的网络机会。研讨会将在与美国的协调下组织，以促进业界的广泛参与。它最终将导致确定学术界和产业界利益攸关方之间的协同活动，并促进富有成效的学术界-产业界伙伴关系。

This award supports a workshop to provide a networking platform bringing additive manufacturing researchers and industrial partners together. Discussions among workshop participants will accelerate technology advancement leading to further market expansion in a large variety of business ventures. The workshop will help bridge the gap between fundamental research and industrial applications through strengthening connections between different stakeholders. This will serve to further advance additive manufacturing techniques through identifying technical and practical challenges that require more in-depth fundamental investigations. The outcomes of the workshop will pave the path forward for a streamlined transition from fundamental research to industrial applications. This workshop will benefit many industrial sectors, including aerospace, automotive, biomedical, defense, energy, environmental, manufacturing, materials, etc.The University of Pittsburgh will host the workshop on August 17-18, 2017 in collaboration with Texas A&M University, to foster the interaction between NSF-funded researchers and industrial professionals associated with America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute. The workshop will consist of three sessions, in which about 20 NSF-funded researchers will highlight their additive manufacturing research progress through presentations and posters, along with ample opportunity for networking. The workshop will be organized in coordination with America Makes for broad industrial participation. It will ultimately lead to the identification of synergistic activities between academic and industrial stakeholders and facilitate productive academic-industrial partnerships.