US-Turkey Workshop: Women in Industrial Engineering Academia - U.S. and Middle East

美国-土耳其研讨会：工业工程学术界的女性 - 美国和中东

• 批准号: 0728947
• 负责人: Alice Smith
• 金额: $ 6万
• 依托单位: Auburn University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0728947&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Turkey; Workshop; Women; Industrial

0728947 Smith Scope: This project is to support the "US-Turkey Workshop: Women in Industrial Engineering Academia-U.S. and the Middle East", to be held in Istanbul and in Ankara, Turkey during June, 2008. The organizers are Dr. Alice E. Smith, Department of Industrial Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama and Dr. Berna Dengiz, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey as well as Dr. Rym M'Hallah, Kuwait University, Kuwait. The workshop will focus on the current environment for women academics in this field in the regions involved and formulate workable solutions to problems of recruitment, retention and advancement. While women form a relatively large proportion of industrial engineering undergraduate students, female women academics in the same field are an overwhelming minority. However, Turkey has a relatively large proportion of women academics in this field, and therefore is in an ideal position to host this workshop. Related departments and majors to industrial engineering will also be included. The workshop is expected to last five full days and will take place in both Istanbul and Ankara. Within Ankara and Istanbul there are multiple industrial engineering departments (at different institutions of higher learning). Two industrial plant trips are planned, one in Izmit and the other near Ankara. Topics of discussion include obtaining a faculty position, advancement through academic ranks, enhancing research capability and productivity, publishing in scholarly journals, international collaborations, and combining family issues with an academic career. While the workshop will be in Turkey the workshop is regional. Dr. M'Hallah is a Tunisian woman industrial engineering professor who is currently on the faculty of Kuwait University. Besides Turkey and Kuwait, support has been secured by academic institutions in Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia and Oman. The U.S. attendees to be supported, other than the PI and her senior assistant, comprise six senior academics, four junior academics and two doctoral students who plan an academic career. Expected attendance from Turkey and other Middle East countries will total about 30 and be divided similarly among those categories with possibly more attendance from the junior rank and doctoral students. Thus, total attendance will be about 45, all or nearly all female. The PI has a long relationship with Middle Eastern, especially Turkish, scientists including research on women in engineering INTELLECTUAL MERITS: The intellectual merit of the workshop is to provide a forum to bring together a diverse and highly qualified set of academics to focus on the important issues surrounding women in industrial engineering academia. The broader impacts of the workshop are to stimulate positive interactions between the U.S. and the Middle East, increase the number of qualified women who choose to pursue advanced industrial engineering degrees and enter academia, and to improve the retention and advancement of current women academics in the field. BROADER IMPACTS: This workshop should contribute to a better understanding of the issues affecting the recruitment, retention, and success of women faculty in industrial engineering, and also should directly impact the success of participants and the students and colleagues with whom they interact. It should help stimulate positive interactions between the U.S. and the Middle East increase the number of qualified women who choose to pursue advanced industrial engineering degrees and enter academia. A proceedings of the Workshop will be published on CD ROM and also be available from the Workshop website. The proceedings will include papers, presentations, films and pictures. Portions of the Workshop will be carried on live satellite television through the capabilities of Baskent University.

0728947史密斯范围：该项目是为了支持将于2008年6月在伊斯坦布尔和土耳其安卡拉举行的“美国-土耳其研讨会：工业工程学院中的女性--美国和中东”。组织者是阿拉巴马州奥本大学工业工程系的Alice E.Smith博士和土耳其安卡拉巴斯肯特大学的Berna Dengiz博士，以及科威特大学的Rym M‘Hallah博士。讲习班将侧重于有关区域这一领域的女学者目前的环境，并为招聘、留用和晋升问题制定可行的解决办法。虽然女性在工业工程本科生中占了相对较大的比例，但同一领域的女性学者占了压倒性的少数。然而，土耳其在这一领域的女性学者所占比例相对较大，因此非常适合主办这次研讨会。与工业工程相关的系和专业也将包括在内。讲习班预计将持续五天，将在伊斯坦布尔和安卡拉举行。在安卡拉和伊斯坦布尔设有多个工业工程系(在不同的高等学府)。计划进行两次工业工厂之旅，一次在伊兹米特，另一次在安卡拉附近。讨论的主题包括获得教员职位，学术级别的提升，提高研究能力和生产率，在学术期刊上发表文章，国际合作，以及将家庭问题与学术生涯结合起来。虽然研讨会将在土耳其举行，但研讨会是地区性的。M‘Hallah博士是一名突尼斯女工业工程教授，目前在科威特大学任教。除了土耳其和科威特，埃及、约旦、突尼斯和阿曼的学术机构也获得了支持。除了PI和她的高级助理外，将得到支持的美国与会者包括六名高级学者、四名初级学者和两名规划学术生涯的博士生。来自土耳其和其他中东国家的预计出席人数将达到约30人，并在初级和博士生可能更多的类别之间进行类似的分配。因此，总出席人数将约为45人，全部或几乎全部为女性。国际和平研究所与中东，特别是土耳其的科学家有着长期的合作关系，包括对女性在工程领域的学术价值的研究：研讨会的学术价值在于提供一个论坛，将一批不同的、高素质的学者聚集在一起，专注于工业工程学术界围绕女性的重要问题。研讨会的更广泛影响是促进美国和中东之间的良性互动，增加选择攻读高级工业工程学位并进入学术界的合格女性人数，并改善该领域现有女性学者的留住和晋升。更广泛的影响：该讲习班应有助于更好地了解影响工业工程女教员的招聘、留用和成功的问题，还应直接影响参与者以及与之互动的学生和同事的成功。它应该有助于促进美国和中东之间的良性互动，增加选择攻读高级工业工程学位并进入学术界的合格女性的数量。讲习班会议记录将以光盘形式出版，也可在讲习班网站上查阅。诉讼程序将包括论文、演示文稿、电影和图片。讲习班的部分内容将通过巴斯肯特大学的能力通过卫星电视直播。