Collaborative: CELDi Renewal

现有的多所大学工业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC）工程物流与配送（CELDi）开始了第二个5年周期。该中心的使命是通过仿真和数学建模、分析以及强大、智能、实时算法的开发和应用，解决物流配送中的综合设计和分析问题。通过整合多个校区的资源，CELDi促进了从传统的分区物流和配送研究方法到整体问题研究的基本范式转变。I/UCRC预计在第二阶段的资助中，合作大学和成员公司的数量将会增加。一些成员组织积极与合作大学合作，为研究生和本科生提供现实生活中的物流和配送问题。该中心的研究有望创造新的基于实践的教育模式，可用于增强本科和研究生的教学。

The existing multi-university Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Engineering Logistics and Distribution (CELDi) is beginning their second 5-year cycle. The mission of the center is to solve integrated design and analysis problems in logistics and distribution via simulation and mathematical modeling, analysis, and the development and application of powerful, intelligent, real-time algorithms. By integrating resources at the multiple campuses, CELDi has promoted a fundamental paradigm shift from the traditional compartmentalized logistics and distribution research approach to an examination of the problem as a whole. The I/UCRC expects to grow in regard to partner universities and member companies during this second phase of funding. Several member organizations are actively involved with the partner universities to provide real-life logistics and distribution problems to graduate and undergraduate classes. The center's research holds the promise of creating new practice based education models that can be used to augment this undergraduate and graduate instruction.