Support for the 7th International Forum on Sustainable Manufacturing on "Sustainable Manufacturing in the Industry 4.0 Era"

该赠款用于支付将于2020年春季在肯塔基州列克星敦市肯塔基大学举办的第七届可持续制造国际论坛的部分参与者支持费用。本次活动的主题是“工业4.0时代的可持续制造”。论坛旨在汇集国内外知名的学术专家、业界人士、政府机构代表以及新兴研究人员，如终身助理教授、博士后学者和研究生，以：(1)分享产品、工艺和系统领域的前沿研究和行业实践，以实现工业4.0时代基于全生命周期的可持续制造；(2)为促进可持续制造研究和实践的不同利益相关者提供一个对话和讨论的平台；(3)确定行业技术需求、研究方向和劳动力发展需求，以推进可持续制造能力。(4)提高所有利益相关者对可持续制造机遇和挑战的认识。活动的特色包括：(1)邀请工业4.0和可持续制造领域的专家发表演讲，(2)由早期职业研究人员发表演讲的“新兴研究人员展示”，(3)关于“工业4.0时代可持续制造的机遇和挑战”的小组讨论，(4)学生海报展示，以及(5)“可持续制造学生项目比赛”。本次论坛将为终身教职员工、博士后学者和研究生提供一个机会，与可持续制造及相关领域的杰出资深研究人员和行业领袖进行互动，促进有关主题的更多对话。这将有助于提高对彼此研究的认识，促进不同组织之间的更多合作。通过不同渠道和潜在的学术出版物传播报告将有助于更好地了解可持续制造和相关问题。该活动还将作为全球可持续制造会议（GSCM）的补充，以确定关键可持续制造利益相关者之间持续对话和思想交流的主题。当地公司通常无法获得有关新兴实践的信息，他们将有机会在自己的组织中学习可用于改善工业4.0时代产品、流程和系统级别可持续性的工具和技术。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This grant provides funding to cover in part participant support costs for the 7th International Forum on Sustainable Manufacturing to be held during spring 2020 at the University of Kentucky premises in Lexington, KY. The theme of the event is "Sustainable Manufacturing in the Industry 4.0 Era". The forum aims to bring together nationally and internationally recognized academic experts, industry practitioners, government agency representatives as well as emerging researchers such as tenure-track assistant professors and post-doctoral scholar and graduate students to: (1) share cutting-edge research and industry practices in product, process and systems domains to enable total lifecycle-based sustainable manufacturing in the Industry 4.0 era, (2) provide a platform for different stakeholders who can contribute to advancing research and practice of sustainable manufacturing to engage in dialogue and discussions, (3) identify industry technology needs, research directions and workforce development needs for advancing sustainable manufacturing capabilities, and (4) increase awareness of sustainable manufacturing opportunities and challenges among all stakeholders. Special features of the event include: (1) invited presentations by experts in Industry 4.0 and Sustainable Manufacturing, (2) an "Emerging Researcher Showcase" with presentations from early-career researchers, (3) a panel discussion on "Opportunities and Challenges to Sustainable Manufacturing in the Industry 4.0 Era," (4) a student poster showcase, and (5) a "Sustainable Manufacturing Student Project Competition." This forum will provide an opportunity for tenure-track faculty, post-doctoral scholars and graduate students to interact with the prominent senior researchers and industry leaders in sustainable manufacturing and related areas facilitating a greater dialogue on the topics. This will facilitate greater awareness of each other's research to foster more collaboration between different organizations. Dissemination of presentations through different channels and potential scholarly publications will help contribute to a better understanding of sustainable manufacturing and related issues. This event will also serves as a feeder to the Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GSCM) to identify topics for continued dialogue and exchange of ideas among key sustainable manufacturing stakeholders. Local companies, who often do not have access to information about emerging practices, will have the opportunity to learn tools and techniques that can be used to improve the product, process and system level sustainability in the Industry 4.0 era in their own organizations.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.