Conference: Early-Career Researcher Travel Support for the 30th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference May 15-17, 2023

该补助金提供资金，以协助早期职业研究人员参加将于2023年5月15日至17日在罗格斯大学举行的CIRP生命周期工程会议（LCE）。CIRP生命周期工程会议由国际生产工程学院（CIRP，名义上是国际生产研究学院）组织。会议将围绕可持续设计、生态友好型制造工艺、寿命终止管理和产品生命周期评估等主题进行演讲和讨论。它汇集了来自世界各地的研究人员，从业者和政策制定者，分享他们对LCE的见解和发现。会议计划包括该领域著名专家的主题演讲，以及以研究论文和海报为特色的技术会议。该会议为研究人员和从业人员提供了一个宝贵的论坛，以交流思想，合作项目，并随时了解该领域的最新发展。对于任何参与可持续设计和制造的人，以及那些有兴趣减少产品和工艺对环境影响的人来说，这都是一个重要的事件。LCE 2023的主题是“利用数据和洞察力实现绝对可持续发展和循环经济”。让早期职业研究人员参与进来是很重要的（例如，学生，博士后和初级教师）在展示，展示和开发创造性和有影响力的解决方案，为工业可持续发展和网络与国际同行和领导人在LCE领域。资金将帮助支持早期职业研究人员的旅行，特别是那些来自代表性不足的群体的研究人员，参加LCE 2023，并扩大美国各地的参与。LCE 2023将涵盖广泛的主题，包括但不限于循环经济，大数据，人工智能/机器学习支持的可持续制造，生命周期规划，管理，可持续性评估以及商业模式和政策制定。LCE会议旨在推进数据驱动的LCE的最新发展，促进新知识的发展，并促进工业和社会采用可持续实践和技术。通过汇集来自不同领域的研究人员（包括来自美国的早期职业研究人员），从业人员和利益相关者，LCE会议可以为交流思想，知识和最佳实践提供一个论坛。会议还为与会者之间的网络，协作和知识转移提供了机会。LCE 2023致力于展示在美国完成的尖端研究，尤其是美国的年轻研究人员，以及世界知名的专家。预计270多名与会者将通过论文和海报介绍以及主旨发言和研讨会分享他们的工作。旅行支持将有助于从美国机构带来多达45名早期职业研究人员参加会议，优先考虑来自代表性不足群体的研究人员。所有会议论文将在Procedia CIRP（Elsevier）上发表。会议将举办有关教学/学习的会议，教育工作者和学生可以讨论愿景、方法和挑战。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并且通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响力进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。

This grant provides funding to assist participation of early career researchers in the CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference (LCE) to be held at Rutgers University May 15-17, 2023. The CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference is organized by the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP, nominally College International for Research on Production). The conference features presentations and discussions on topics such as sustainable design, eco-friendly manufacturing processes, end-of- life management, and product life cycle assessment. It brings together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world to share their insights and findings on LCE. The conference program includes keynote speeches from prominent experts in the field, as well as technical sessions featuring research papers and posters. The conference provides a valuable forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas, collaborate on projects, and stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the field. It is an important event for anyone involved in sustainable design and manufacturing, as well as those interested in reducing the environmental impact of products and processes. The theme of LCE 2023 is “Enabling Absolute Sustainability and the Circular Economy using Data and Insight”. It is important to engage early-career researchers (e.g., students, postdocs, and junior faculty members) in presenting, demonstrating, and developing creative and influential solutions for industrial sustainability and networking with international peers and leaders in the area of LCE. Funding will help support travel of early career researchers, especially those from underrepresented groups, to attend LCE 2023 and broaden participation across the United States.LCE 2023 will cover a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to, enabling technologies for the circular economy, big data, artificial intelligence/machine learning supported sustainable manufacturing, life cycle planning, management, sustainability assessment, and business model and policy development. The LCE conference aims to advance the state-of-the-art in data-driven LCE, contribute to the development of new knowledge, and facilitate the adoption of sustainable practices and technologies in industry and society. By bringing together researchers (including early-career researchers from the US), practitioners, and stakeholders from different fields, the LCE conference can provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and best practices. The conference also provides opportunities for networking, collaboration, and knowledge transfer among participants. LCE 2023 strives to showcase cutting-edge research done in the U.S., especially that of young U.S. researchers, to world-renowned experts. It is expected that a diverse group of over 270 participants will share their work through both paper and poster presentations, as well as keynotes and workshops. Travel support will help to bring up to 45 early-career researchers from U.S. institutions to the conference with priority given to researchers from underrepresented groups. All the conference papers will be published in Procedia CIRP (Elsevier). The conference will have sessions on teaching/learning where educators and students can discuss visions, approaches, and challenges.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.