REU SITE: Educating the culturally-sensitive industrial engineer: A complex interdisciplinary systems perspective to global IE issues

提案：0851879 PI姓名：Viviana I.该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。“这个拟议的为期三年的REU网站计划在波多黎各马亚圭斯大学（UPRM）将提供研究经验的本科生集中在工业和系统工程领域。 学生将从美国大学，如密苏里-哥伦比亚大学，得克萨斯州立大学，中央佛罗里达大学和弗吉尼亚理工大学招募参加为期六周的暑期课程和学生从波多黎各马亚圭斯大学参加为期十五周的计划在学年。 这个REU网站将利用波多黎各独特的地理位置，独特的西班牙裔加勒比文化和高度工业化的制造环境，使参与者面临在全球经济中工作的一些挑战。 拟议的活动旨在为学生提供一个机会，培养在当今商业世界中脱颖而出所需的对文化敏感的管理技能，方法是在跨文化工作小组中研究需要对社会和环境这一复杂系统有更深刻理解的问题。 学生将学习如何运用工业工程分析技术来处理非传统和非结构化的非常复杂的社会问题、服务提供系统、制造设施和复杂的数学建模。除了实践研究经验外，学生还将参加以下教育活动：1）研究技能、研究生院准备、学术写作和演讲技巧的研讨会; 2）参观一家制药公司和一家大型生物医学设备制造商的图尔斯; 3）对马亚圭斯波多黎各大学海洋科学系进行科学实地访问。 最后，各种各样的社会文化活动将可用于增强队列experience.这个REU网站的更广泛的影响来自本科生谁是女性和代表性不足的少数民族的参与。 对于UPRM学生来说，在国际研究会议上展示他们的工作将大大提高他们的口头和书面陈述技能，并将使他们接触到其他大学更广泛的科学机会。

Proposal: 0851879PI Name: Viviana I. Cesani"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."This proposed three year REU site program at the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (UPRM) will provide research experiences for undergraduate students focused in the area of industrial and systems engineering. Students will be recruited from US universities such as the University of Missouri-Columbia, Texas State University, University of Central Florida, and Virginia Tech to participate in a six week summer program and students from the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez to participate in a fifteen week program during the academic year. This REU site will take advantage of the unique location of Puerto Rico with a distinct Hispanic Caribbean culture and a highly industrialized manufacturing environment to expose the participants to some of the challenges of working in a global economy. The proposed activities are aimed at providing students an opportunity for developing culturally sensitive management skills most needed to excel in today's business world by working on inter-cultural work teams on research problems that require a more profound understanding of society and the environment as a complex system. Students will learn to use IE analytical techniques in non-traditional and non-structured very complex societal problems, service-delivery systems, manufacturing facilities and complex mathematical modeling.In addition to the hands-on research experience, the students will participate in the following educational activities: 1) workshops on research skills, graduate school preparation, scholarly writing and presentation skills; 2) plant tours to a pharmaceutical company and a large biomedical devices manufacturer; and 3) a scientific site visit to the Department of Marine Sciences (DMS) of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. Finally, a variety of social-cultural events will be available to enhance the cohort experience.The broader impacts of this REU site arise from the participation of undergraduate students who are women and underrepresented minorities. For UPRM students, access to present their work in international research conferences will greatly enhance their oral and written presentation skills and will expose them to the wider array of scientific opportunities in other universities.