This conference is held annually to create heightened awareness of cutting-edge research and promote collaboration across broad areas of activity in engineering design, manufacturing and the service sector. The NSF Grantees and Research Conference has evolved over the past 27 years to be more inclusive of broader research areas and to reach out to a wide range of NSF and other organizations, programs and activities. The Conference will provide an opportunity for attendees, both academic and small business, to present their research and to review the research of others across the fields that encompass engineering design, the service sector and manufacturing. Participants are not limited to persons associated with the above groups and their grantees.
All interested persons are welcome to attend.
The Conference will begin on January 7 th with grantee workshops and a proposal writing workshop presented by NSF program directors. These will be followed by program specific breakout sessions. Formal plenary sessions during the mornings of January 8-10 will include presentations by prominent leaders from industry, government and academe. A full agenda of activities has been arranged by our conference hosts. It includes social events and industrial and USF campus tours.