Enhancing Collaborative Research in Industrial and Systems Engineering

加强工业和系统工程领域的合作研究

• 批准号: 9872701
• 负责人: Eui Park
• 金额: $ 133.61万
• 依托单位: North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-01 至 2002-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9872701&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enhancing; Collaborative; Research; Industrial; Systems

The Department of Industrial Engineering (IE) at North Carolina A&T State University (NCA&T) will enhance its research and education programs at the undergraduate and graduate level through collaboration with The Logistics Institute (TLI) at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Institute for Systems Research (ISR) at the University of Maryland.The vision of the IE graduate program at NCA&T is to be a nationally reputed and leading producer of minority industrial engineers with specialization in the areas of materials handling and warehousing, logistics and supply chain management, virtual manufacturing, scheduling, human-computer interface, and cognitive ergonomics.The mission of the project is to establish a self-sustaining partnership with TLI and ISR in order to enhance research and education at NCA&T, especially in the areas identified above. To achieve the mission of the project, the following goals have been identified:À To collaborate with TLI and ISR by participating in on-going and new research projects in the above research areas;À To submit proposals for collaborative research jointly with TLI and ISR to public and private agencies;À To develop and improve graduate and undergraduate course offerings at NCA&T in the areas identified above;À To support graduate and undergraduate student research in collaboration with TLI and ISR;À To establish a long-term collaboration of mutual interest with TLI and ISR.They seek to accomplish the above goals via a set of initiatives for collaborative research, education, and dissemination. Initiatives for research collaboration include joint projects with faculty at ILI and ISR, and opportunities for graduate students from NCA&T to spend a semester at the research centers. Education enhancement initiatives include course offerings over distance education channels, seminar series, and collaborative undergraduate projects. An annual symposium will seek to disseminate project results to faculty and students from other minority-serving institutions, and to present capabilities of the partnership to federal and private agencies.The effort under the project will be managed by evaluating and sponsoring specific joint proposals submitted by faculty at NCA&T and the research center; this will be administered by an Administrative Committee. An Advisory Board will address issues relating to sustaining the collaboration beyond the project duration.NCA&T is a land grant institution with a distinguished record spanning a period of over hundred years in academics, research, and public service. The College of Engineering is the Nation's leading producer of minority engineers. The undergraduate program in the IE Department has a current enrollment of 168 students of which 92% are African-Americans and 48% are female. The BSIE degree program is accredited by EAC/ABET. The graduate program in the IE Department is over 20 years old. Until four years ago, it was the only IE graduate program among all HBCUs. The graduate program has maintained a stable enrollment of over 50 students with 90% African-American and 60% female population. The progress made by the Department in graduate research and education over its two decades of existence has resulted, as of December 1997, in authorization from the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina system to plan for a doctoral program in industrial Engineering. The Ph.D. Program is expected to begin in Fall of 1999.

北卡罗来纳农工州立大学(NCA&amp；T)工业工程系(IE)将通过与佐治亚理工学院的物流研究所(TLI)和马里兰大学的系统研究所(ISR)合作，加强其本科生和研究生水平的研究和教育计划。T将成为全国知名和领先的少数族裔工业工程师生产商，在材料处理和仓储、物流和供应链管理、虚拟制造、调度、人机界面和认知人体工程学等领域具有专长。该项目的使命是与TLI和ISR建立自我维持的合作伙伴关系，以加强NCA&Amp；T；的研究和教育，特别是在上述领域。为了实现该项目的使命，已经确定了以下目标：？通过参与上述研究领域正在进行的研究项目和新的研究项目，与TLI和ISR合作；？向公共和私人机构提交与TLI和ISR联合开展合作研究的建议；？在上述领域开发和改进NCA&amp；T的研究生和本科生课程；？与TLI和ISR合作，支持研究生和本科生的研究；与TLI和ISR建立长期的、共同感兴趣的合作。他们寻求通过一系列合作研究、教育和传播活动来实现上述目标。研究合作的举措包括与ILI和ISR的教职员工合作项目，以及让NCA&And；T的研究生有机会在研究中心度过一个学期。加强教育的举措包括通过远程教育渠道提供课程、系列研讨会和协作本科项目。一年一度的研讨会将寻求向其他少数族裔服务机构的教职员工和学生传播项目成果，并向联邦和私人机构展示合作伙伴关系的能力。该项目下的努力将通过评估和赞助NCA&A；T和研究中心的教职员工提交的具体联合提案来管理；这将由一个管理委员会管理。咨询委员会将处理与在项目期限之后保持合作有关的问题。NCA&Amp；T是一家土地授予机构，在学术、研究和公共服务方面拥有超过百年的杰出记录。工程学院是这个国家培养少数族裔工程师的领头羊。IE系的本科课程目前招收168名学生，其中92%是非裔美国人，48%是女性。BSIE学位课程由EAC/ABET认证。工业工程系的研究生课程已经有20多年的历史了。直到四年前，它还是HBCU中唯一的IE研究生项目。研究生课程的招生人数保持稳定，超过50名学生，其中90%是非洲裔美国人，60%是女性。自1997年12月起，该系在研究生研究和教育方面取得的进展，已获得北卡罗来纳大学系统理事会的授权，可以规划工业工程博士课程。博士课程预计将于1999年秋季开始。