VPW: Management of Manufacturing Knowledge for a ConcurrentEngineering Paradigm (Engineering)

建议的研究领域涉及促进并行工程(CE)所需知识的管理和交流。CE的很大一部分内容涉及独立的、专门的学科的整合。每个工程或业务团队都有自己用于完成任务的有价值的知识。在CE环境中，这些知识的交流是首要关注的问题。该项目建议在专业知识的交互、交流和整合方面进行研究。每个专门知识的主体都被视为一个知识源，了解、简化和形式化共享这些工程/业务知识的方法尤其令人感兴趣。该项目进一步推动了VPW项目的目标，为女性提供通过研究提升她们在科学或工程领域的职业生涯的机会，并通过调查员作为东道主校园榜样的提高知名度，鼓励其他女性在这些领域追求职业生涯。促进第二个目标的拟议活动包括：访问东北五所大学举办技术研讨会；在主办机构领导一系列研讨会，暂定名称为“制造和并行工程中的智能系统；工业工程学院每学期教授一门课程，即计算机集成制造和专家系统；并指导学生。

The area of research being proposed involves the management and exchange of the knowledge required to facilitate Concurrent Engineering (CE). A large element of CE involves the integration of separate, specialized disciplines. Each engineering or business group has its own valuable knowledge that it uses to accomplish its task. In a CE environment, the communication of this knowledge is of primary concern. This project proposes investigation in the interaction, communication, and integration of specialized knowledge. Each body of specialized knowledge is viewed as a knowledge source, and it is of particular interest to understand, simplify, and formalize ways for sharing this engineering/business knowledge. The project furthers VPW program objectives to provide opportunities for women to advance their careers in science or engineering through research, and to encourage other women to pursue careers in these areas through the investigator's enhanced visibility as a role model on the host campus. The proposed activities which contribute to the second objective include: visiting five northeastern universities to give technical seminars; leading a seminar series at the host institution, tentatively titled, "Intelligent Systems in Manufacturing and Concurrent Engineering;" teaching one course per semester at the School of Industrial Engineering, namely, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, and Expert Systems; and mentoring students.