Collaborative Research: I/UCRC on Assembly Research

0832417密歇根大学安娜堡分校(牵头机构)；齐藤和弘0832433密歇根理工大学；约翰·萨瑟兰密歇根大学和密歇根理工大学建议设立一个合作中心“产学研合作研究中心”，通过组装设计和制造方面的创新最大限度地提高美国制造业的全球竞争力。拟议的中心旨在在四个研究主旨领域内和跨四个研究领域开展以需求为导向的协作研究项目：装配设计、装配系统、供应链管理和拆卸。与孤立地与其他人一起解决某一重点研究问题的零散尝试相比，这种整体方法可能会在研究推进和代表不同细分行业的行业合作伙伴之间产生强大的协同效应。拟议中的中心所产生的知识也将适用于非制造业，如服务业，在这些行业中，产品由多个商品化和定制的零部件组成。这项提议的更广泛影响将是提高全球制造业环境中的竞争力，并教育和培训学生，这些学生将成为美国制造业未来的劳动力。拟建的中心计划通过专业教育课程和研讨会以及在工程学院的开放日向公众传播研究成果。将鼓励当地高中和社区大学教师参加研讨会，该中心将积极从代表不足的群体中招募学生。

Planning Grant for an I/UCRC in Assembly Research 0832417 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (lead institution); Kazuhiro Saitou 0832433 Michigan Technological University; John Sutherland The University of Michigan and Michigan Technological University propose a planning grant for a collaborative center "Industry/University Collaborative Research Center (I/UCRC) on Assembly Research" to maximize the global competitiveness of the US manufacturing industry through innovations in assembly design and manufacturing. The proposed center aims to conduct needs-driven, collaborative research projects within and across four research thrust areas: assembly design, assembly systems, supply chain management, and disassembly. Compared to fragmented attempts to tackle a focused research issue in isolation with others, this holistic approach is likely to yield strong synergy across the research thrusts and among industry partners representing various industry segments. The knowledge generated in the proposed center would also be applicable to non-manufacturing industry, such as service industry, where products are "assembled" of multiple commoditized and custom-made components. The broader impacts of this proposal would be to improve the competitiveness in the global manufacturing environment and to educate and train students who would be the future work force in the US manufacturing industry. The proposed center plans to disseminate research results to the general public through professional education courses and workshops and at the College of Engineering open house. Local high school and community college teachers will be encouraged to participate in the workshops, and the center will actively recruit students from the under-represented groups.