Participant Support for 2022 Gordon Research Conference on Additive Manufacturing of Soft Materials; Ventura, California; 7-12 August 2022

该奖项将为选定的学生和博士后学者提供注册帮助，帮助他们参加2022年8月7日至12日在加利福尼亚州文图拉举行的关于软材料添加剂制造的戈登研究会议(GRC)。会议将包括来自设计、工程和化学领域的不同背景的演讲者，他们开展与合成和天然聚合物、生物大分子、水凝胶和复合材料等材料的添加剂制造相关的研究。本次GRC会议将为拥有数字设计、多尺度模拟、制造方法、材料合成和性能工程专业知识的研究人员提供独特的机会，交流科学成果，促进跨学科的讨论和合作。会议将纳入已建立的GRC项目，如Power Hour，这是一个由代表不足的群体的演讲者在会议上主持的讨论，旨在帮助具有相似背景的学生和博士后学者学习如何应对他们职业生涯中的挑战，并让所有与会者讨论如何为科学研究人员创造一个更具包容性的环境。GRC会议的目标是使研究软材料添加剂制造不同基础领域的科学家和工程师之间能够进行合作，不仅促进与添加剂制造兼容的新材料的开发，而且还建立全面的结构-性能-加工关系。会议将吸引广泛而多样的与会者，以强调好奇心驱动的研究在创造新的添加剂制造技术和材料方面的重要性。该项目将优先支持来自代表性不足群体的研究生和博士后学者参加这次GRC会议，并通过使这些与会者能够与潜在的雇主或研究顾问建立网络，帮助建立添加剂制造社区，从而促进他们的学术或工业职业生涯。被支持的参与者将有机会在没有其他竞争活动的专门会议上展示海报，让他们有机会与所有其他参与者讨论他们的研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will provide registration aids to selected students and post-doctoral scholars to attend a Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Additive Manufacturing of Soft Materials at Ventura, California, 7-12 August 2022. The meeting will include speakers from a variety of backgrounds in design, engineering, and chemistry who carry out research related to additive manufacturing of such materials as synthetic and natural polymers, biomacromolecules, hydrogels and composites, etc. This GRC meeting will provide unique opportunities for researchers with expertise in digital design, multiscale simulations, manufacturing methods, materials synthesis, and performance engineering to exchange scientific results and foster interdisciplinary discussions and collaborations. The conference will incorporate established GRC programs such as the Power Hour, which is a discussion hosted by speakers at the meeting from underrepresented groups, aimed at helping students and post-doctoral scholars of similar backgrounds learn how to cope with challenges in their careers, and for all attendees to discuss ways to create a more inclusive environment for scientific researchers.The goal of this GRC meeting is to enable collaborations between scientists and engineers who study different fundamental areas in additive manufacturing of soft materials, fostering not only the development of new materials that are compatible with additive manufacturing, but also the establishment of comprehensive structure-property-processing relationships. The conference will attract a broad and diverse audience of attendees to highlight the importance of curiosity-driven research in the creation of new additive manufacturing technologies and materials. The project will prioritize the support to graduate students and post-doctoral scholars from underrepresented groups to attend this GRC meeting and help build the additive manufacturing community by enabling these attendees to network with potential employers or research advisors that will further their academic or industrial careers. Supported participants will have an opportunity to present posters in dedicated sessions where there are no other competing events, giving them a chance to discuss their research with all other attendees.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.