University of Central Florida Research Site of the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) in E-Design

该奖项加入了中央佛罗里达大学作为一个完整的大学研究网站，与工业/大学合作研究中心的电子设计：IT启用设计和实现的工程产品和系统在匹兹堡大学和马萨诸塞州大学阿默斯特。 教师的联合研究工作将形成一个联盟，旨在实现以下目标：1）纳入多学科的观点，以确保在工程产品和/或系统的设计中开发一个新的卓越范例; 2）实现概念建模工具，旨在减少设计周期时间，并确保最大限度地实现人类使用的设计目标; 3）实现经济和供应链优化设计的环境; 4）建立足够的专门知识，重点是开发电子设计建模和模拟软件平台以及虚拟原型工具。

This award joins the University of Central Florida as a full university research site, with the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for e-Design: IT Enabled Design and Realization of Engineered Products and Systems at the University of Pittsburgh and University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The joint research efforts of faculty will form a coalition that seeks to realize the following objectives: 1) inclusion of a multidisciplinary viewpoint needed to ensure the development of a new paradigm of excellence in the design of engineered products and/or systems; 2) realization of conceptual modeling tools aimed at reducing design cycle time and ensuring maximum achievement of design goals for human use; 3) realization of an environment for economic and supply chain optimization design; and 4) establishment of a critical mass of expertise focused on the development of an e-design modeling and simulation software platform and virtual prototyping tools.