Planning Grant: I/UCRC Center for e-Design

布法罗州立大学（UB）计划加入名为“工程产品和系统的电子设计与实现中心（e-Design）”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工程产品和系统的新设计范式的方法和工具。在Kemper E. Lewis教授的领导下，UB申请资助成为NSF电子设计中心的第四个站点。UB的研究工作将支持电子设计中心的长期目标，即建立一个新的范例，在所有关键利益相关者（包括设计师、制造商、工程师、原始设备制造商和消费者）的充分参与下，在网络支持的领域中构思和生产产品/系统。UB有三个领域与现有中心目前的研究项目有很强的技术重叠。第四个推力，运动模拟及其在交通运输中的应用，是本网站的一个优秀而独特的利基。该提案中的创新项目连接了四个重点领域，并展示了与其他大学合作伙伴互动的潜力。一个包括六个学术部门的多学科团队。这项研究将通过包括医疗、食品和基础设施公司在内的强大行业合作伙伴群体产生更广泛的影响。确定的研究重点将产生对广泛行业有用的工具。布法罗大学提出的努力将有助于研究生和本科生的成功发展和准备。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，以及在研究道德行为方面的培训。UB的加入也促进了该中心的多样性，40%的参与教师是女性。PI和布法罗大学的其他教师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（如CSTEP， LSAMP和McNair）的合作，多样性的努力得到了利用。

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.