'IGERT Formal Proposal: An IGERT Fellowship Program in Manufacturing Logistics'

这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持建立一个多学科、多机构的制造物流教育和研究研究生培训计划。该项目将建立在里海大学制造物流研究所和宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院之间开展的工业/大学研究的基础上。提议的IGERT项目将为这两个博士项目提供重要资源，将两个传统的强大项目转变为制造物流博士研究的多学科中心。我们的目标是培养能够成为制造业物流领域全球工业或学术领袖的博士。制造业物流是指在确定客户需求点和满足客户需求点之间所需的计划、协调和服务功能。这些职能的国际范围日益扩大，因此需要基础更广泛的研究和教育。这需要整合运筹学、信息技术、环境科学和全球物流。1997年在利哈伊举行的国家科学基金会研讨会提供了明确的研究指导方针。项目目标包括实现多学科研究能力、行业实习、国际经验和领导技能。来自不同大学和行业的36名参与者将共同努力实现这些目标。IGERT是一项nsf范围内的计划，旨在促进建立创新的，以研究为基础的研究生课程，培养多样化的科学家和工程师群体，为充分利用广泛的职业选择做好准备。IGERT为博士机构提供了一个开发新的、重点突出的多学科研究生课程的机会，这些课程超越了组织界限，并将来自几个部门或机构的教师联合起来，为培训和研究建立一个高度互动、协作的环境。在该计划的第二年，奖项将颁发给21个机构，这些机构的项目涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。这一特殊奖项由工程局、社会、行为和经济科学局以及教育和人力资源局提供资金支持。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional graduate training program of education and research in manufacturing logistics. The program will build upon the foundation of industry/university research carried out between the Manufacturing Logistics Institute at Lehigh University and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The proposed IGERT program will provide significant resources for both Ph.D. programs, transforming two traditionally strong programs into a multidisciplinary center for doctoral research in manufacturing logistics. The vision is to prepare Ph.D.'s capable of being global industrial or academic leaders in manufacturing logistics. Manufacturing logistics refers to the planning, coordination and service functions required between the point where customer demands are determined and where they are fulfilled. The increasing international scope of these functions has created a need for broader-based research and education. This requires the integration of operations research, information technology, environmental sciences, and global logistics. Clear research guidelines are provided by a NSF workshop held at Lehigh in 1997. Program goals include achievement of multidisciplinary research proficiency, industry internships, international experiences, and leadership skills. Thirty-six participants from various universities and industry will work together to achieve these goals. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to facilitate the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of scientists and engineers to be well-prepared to take advantage of a broad spectrum of career options. IGERT provides doctoral institutions with an opportunity to develop new, well-focussed multidisciplinary graduate programs that transcend organizational boundaries and unite faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly interactive, collaborative environment for both training and research. In this second year of the program, awards are being made to twenty-one institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. This specific award is supported by funds from the Directorates for Engineering, for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, and for Education and Human Resources.