Planning Grant: I/UCRC Center for e-Design

布法罗大学圣路易斯分校(UB)计划加入名为“工程产品和系统电子设计与实现中心”的工业/大学合作研究中心(I/UCRC)，该中心目前是一个由弗吉尼亚理工大学(牵头机构)、马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校和中佛罗里达大学组成的多所大学中心。现有电子设计中心的使命和愿景是研究和开发支持实现可用于开发新的工程产品和系统的新设计范例的方法和工具。亚利桑那州立大学要求提供资金，以成为肯珀·E·刘易斯教授领导下的NSF电子设计中心的第四个地点。UB的研究工作将支持电子设计中心的长期目标，即建立一种新的范例，即产品/系统是在网络使能的领域中构思和生产的，包括设计师、制造商、工程师、原始设备制造商和消费者在内的所有关键利益相关者都能充分参与。在亚利桑那大学，有三个领域与现有中心的当前研究计划有很强的技术重叠。第四个推动力，运动模拟及其在交通中的应用，是这个网站的一个极好和独特的利基市场。该提案中的创新项目连接了四个主要领域，并展示了与其他大学合作伙伴互动的潜力。一个由六个学术部门组成的多学科团队正在进行中。这项研究将通过一批强大的行业合作伙伴产生更广泛的影响，包括医疗、食品和基础设施公司。确定的研究推动力将产生对广泛行业有用的工具。在亚利桑那州立大学的拟议努力将有助于成功地培养和准备研究生和本科生。与该中心相关的学生将获得职业发展机会，参加跨学科会议和研讨会并在研讨会上发表演讲，以及进行研究道德方面的培训。UB的加入也为中心的多样性做出了贡献，参与中心的教职员工中有40%是女性。PI和其他UB教职员工将继续招收代表性不足的学生，包括与一些旨在为这些学生提供研究机会的大学项目合作。通过与UB现有项目的伙伴关系，如CSTEP、LSAMP和McNair，利用多样性努力。

PROGRAM DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATIONIIP 0968982University of Buffalo-SUNYLewisThe University of Buffalo-SUNY (UB) is planning to join the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) entitled "Center for e-Design and Realization of Engineered Products and Systems (e-Design)" which currently is a multi- university center comprised of Virginia Tech (lead institution), the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and the University of Central Florida. The mission and vision of the existing e-Design Center is to research and develop methods tools that support the realization of a new design paradigm that can be used to develop new engineered products and systems. UB requests funding for becoming a fourth site of the NSF Center for e-Design under the leadership of Professor Kemper E. Lewis. The research efforts at UB will support the e-Design center's long term goal of establishing a new paradigm where products/systems are conceived and produced in a cyber-enabled domain with the full participation of all key stake-holders including designers, manufacturers, engineers, OEMs and consumers. There are three areas at UB with strong technical overlap with the current research program of the existing center. The fourth thrust, motion simulation and its application to transportation, is an excellent and unique niche for this site. The innovative projects in this proposal bridge the four thrust areas and demonstrate the potential for interaction with the other university partners. A multi-disciplinary team including six academic departments is engaged. The research will have broader impact through a strong cohort of industry partners, including medical, foods and infrastructure companies. The research thrusts identified will produce tools useful to a wide range of industries. The proposed effort at UB will contribute to the successful development and preparation of graduate and undergraduate students. Students associated with the Center will receive career development opportunities, attendance of and presentations at interdisciplinary conferences and workshops, as well as training in the ethical conduct of research. The addition of UB also contributes to the diversity of the Center, with 40% of participating faculty being women. The PI and other UB faculty will continue to recruit underrepresented students, including partnering with a number of university programs aimed at providing research opportunities for these students. The diversity efforts are leveraged by partnership with existing programs at UB, such as CSTEP, LSAMP and McNair.