Conference: 2024 Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference and 52nd North American Manufacturing Research Conference; Knoxville, Tennessee; 17-21 June 2024

该奖项将支持约60名来自STEM学科代表性不足的美国院校的学生和应届毕业生参加2024年同地举办的国际先进制造会议（NAMRC/MSEC/LEM&amp；P），包括由北美制造工程师学会的北美制造研究所主办的第52届北美制造研究会议（NAMRC52）。由美国机械工程师学会主办的国际制造科学与工程会议（MSEC 2024），以及由日本机械工程师学会主办的尖端制造/材料与加工国际会议（LEM&P 2024），将在田纳西州诺克斯维尔举行；2024年6月17日至21日。这些共同举办的会议代表了美国和全球先进制造业的首要研究论坛，主题包括传统和新兴制造技术、增材制造、纳米/微/中微米制造、生物制造、制造设备和自动化、制造系统、质量控制和可靠性、先进材料加工、机器学习和人工智能的应用、可持续制造、生命周期工程，以及工程教育等许多交叉研究。因此，这次国际先进制造会议是工业、政府实验室和学术机构之间的全球桥梁。本科生和研究生以及来自美国院校的应届毕业生，特别是来自STEM学科中代表性不足的群体、经济弱势背景和第一代家庭的毕业生，参加全国制造业会议对于扩大美国的制造业研究基础至关重要。该奖项将通过支付注册和住宿费用，帮助被选中的学生降低参加会议的门槛。这将使他们能够与来自世界各地工业和政府机构的领先研究人员和工程师，以及来自国内和国际大学的学生和教师交流思想。获奖申请将在主要会议网站上发布，并由会议组织者、赛道主席和研讨会组织者等直接发布。提交的申请将由会议委员会进行筛选，委员会将根据申请人之前参加过的会议、教育机构和个人背景，优先考虑申请人，以扩大参与者的多样性。会议期间，获奖名单将在会议节目单上公布。该奖项将使被选中的参与者能够提高他们在先进制造研究方面的知识，并帮助他们成为领导下一代美国制造业的工程师和研究人员。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 award will support about 60 selected students and recent graduates studying in US institutions from groups underrepresented in STEM disciplines to participate in the 2024 co-located International Advanced Manufacturing Conference (NAMRC/MSEC/LEM&P), including the 52nd North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC52) sponsored by the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, the International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2024) sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the International Conference on Leading Edge Manufacturing/Materials & Processing (LEM&P 2024) sponsored by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, to be held at Knoxville, Tennessee; 17-21 June 2024. These co-located conferences represent the premiere research forum for advanced manufacturing in the US and globe, with topics including conventional and emerging manufacturing technologies, additive manufacturing, nano-/micro-/meso- manufacturing, biomanufacturing, manufacturing equipment and automation, manufacturing systems, quality control and reliability, advanced materials processing, applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence, sustainable manufacturing, life cycle engineering, and engineering education and many other cross-cutting research. As such, this International Advanced Manufacturing Conference acts as a global bridge between industry, government laboratories, and academic institutions.Participation of undergraduate and graduate students as well as recent graduates from US institutions, especially from groups underrepresented in STEM disciplines, economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and first-generation families, at national manufacturing conferences is crucial to expanding the manufacturing research base in the United States. This award will help lower the barrier for conference participation for selected students by defraying the costs of registration and accommodation. This will enable them to exchange ideas with leading researchers and engineers from industrial and governmental facilities around the world, as well as with students and faculty from both domestic and international universities. The call-for-award applications will be disseminated through postings on main conference websites and directly by conference organizers, track chairs, and symposium organizers, etc. Submitted applications will go through a selection process by the conference committee, who will prioritize applicants to broaden diversity of participants according to their prior conference involvement, educational institution, and personal background. During the conference, the awardees will be announced in the conference program. This award will enable selected participants to improve their knowledge of advanced manufacturing research and help them become engineers and researchers to lead the next generation of U.S. manufacturing.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.