Enhancing Collaborative Research in Industrial and Systems Engineering

工业工程系（IE）在北卡罗来纳州&AT州立大学（NCA& T）将通过与物流研究所（TLI）在技术的格鲁吉亚学院和系统研究所（ISR）在马里兰州大学的合作，加强其在本科和研究生水平的研究和教育计划。在NCA T的IE研究生课程的愿景&是要成为一个全国知名的和领先的少数民族工业工程师，在材料处理和生产领域的专业化生产。该项目的使命是与TLI和ISR建立一种自我维持的伙伴关系，以加强NCA 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，确定了以下目标：通过参与上述研究领域正在进行的和新的研究项目，与TLI和ISR合作;向公共和私人机构提交与TLI和ISR合作研究的建议;开发和改进NCA T在上述领域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建立长期的互利合作关系，通过一系列的合作研究、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教师的联合项目，以及NCA T研究生在研究中心度过一个学期的机会。 加强教育的举措包括通过远程教育渠道提供课程，系列研讨会和合作本科生项目。 每年举行一次研讨会，向其他少数民族服务机构的教师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 T和研究中心的教师提交的具体联合提案来管理;这将由一个行政委员会管理。 一个咨询委员会将处理有关在项目期限后维持合作的问题。NCA T是一个批地机构，在学术，研究和公共服务方面有着超过百年的杰出记录。 工程学院是全国少数民族工程师的主要生产者。 IE系的本科课程目前有168名学生，其中92%是非洲裔美国人，48%是女性。 BSIE学位课程由EAC/ABET认证。 IE系的研究生课程已有20多年的历史。 直到四年前，它是所有HBCU中唯一的IE研究生课程。 研究生课程保持了超过50名学生的稳定招生，其中90%是非洲裔美国人，60%是女性。 该部门在研究生研究和教育方面取得的进展，在其存在的二十年中，导致了截至1997年12月，从北卡罗来纳州系统的大学理事会授权计划在工业工程博士课程。 的博士预计该方案将于1999年秋季开始。

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.