US-Africa Planning VIsit: Assessment of Opportunities and Capabilities for Manufacturing Research in Africa

美非规划访问：评估非洲制造业研究的机会和能力

• 批准号: 0228112
• 负责人: Winston Soboyejo
• 金额: $ 3.2万
• 依托单位: Princeton University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-08-15 至 2004-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0228112&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Africa; Planning; VIsit; Assessment

This international travel grant will explore opportunities for collaborative research on manufacturing between Africa and the U.S. Three U.S. engineers will visit countries in the North, South, East and West of Africa. During these visits, they will meet with local African researchers, industrial and technical leaders. They will also visit selected local universities and industries to assess the local capabilities for collaborative research and the future development of manufacturing enterprise systems. In an effort to distinguish between the manufacturing opportunities at different scales, the visiting engineers will assess the capabilities for manufacturing research related to small, medium and large-scale industries. The existing infrastructure for research will also be assessed along with the areas of strength for future collaborative research. A special effort will be made to identify areas of collaboration that could result in societal impact in the U.S. and in Africa. As such, these could include: manufacturing enterprise systems for the development of export-based manufacturing to the U.S.; the integration of research and education in ways that could impact the local training of a larger pool of African manufacturing expertise, and the development of indigenous manufacturing capabilities at different scales. Following the visits, the group will prepare a preliminary report of its findings and recommendations for future collaborations in manufacturing/manufacturing research. This will be presented to the NSF and the participants at the Africa MRS meeting in Dakar, Senegal. The inputs/feedback received from these two groups will then be incorporated into the final report and a technical paper that will be disseminated widely, and made available on the worldwide web.

这笔国际旅行补助金将为非洲和美国之间的制造业合作研究寻找机会。三名美国工程师将访问非洲北部、南部、东部和西部的国家。在访问期间，他们将会见非洲当地的研究人员、工业和技术领导人。他们亦会参观选定的本地大学和工业界，以评估本地合作研究和未来发展制造企业系统的能力。为了区分不同规模的制造机会，访问工程师将评估与小型，中型和大型工业相关的制造研究能力。还将评估现有的研究基础设施以及未来合作研究的优势领域。将作出特别努力，确定可能对美国和非洲产生社会影响的合作领域。因此，这些可能包括：制造企业系统，以发展对美国的出口导向型制造业；将研究和教育结合起来，从而影响在当地培训更多的非洲制造专门知识，并发展不同规模的本土制造能力。访问结束后，该小组将准备一份初步报告，介绍其调查结果，并为未来在制造/制造研究方面的合作提出建议。这份报告将在塞内加尔达喀尔举行的非洲MRS会议上提交给NSF和与会者。然后，从这两个小组收到的投入/反馈将纳入最后报告和一份技术文件，该文件将广泛散发，并在全世界的网络上提供。