I/UCRC CGI: National Center for e-Design: Annexation of Carnegie Mellon University

卡内基梅隆大学(CMU)计划加入现有的产业/大学合作研究中心(I/UCRC)，该中心目前由弗吉尼亚理工大学(LEAD)、马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校和中佛罗里达大学组成。该提案寻求支持将卡内基梅隆大学(CMU)设立为NSF IUCRC工程产品和系统的电子设计和实现(e-Design Center)的官方网站。整个中心的任务是开发支持实现IT使能设计的工程工具。拟议的研究项目将把中心的范围扩大到生物医学科学，重点是医疗设备和软件工具。这项研究利用了CMU在计算机科学，特别是人机交互方面的专业知识。拟议的现场主任在目标领域拥有丰富的专业知识，在CMU计算机科学和生物医学工程以及匹兹堡大学生物工程和外科系担任学术职务。通过与其他中心研究站点的合作，这一努力应该会加快医学领域采用工程建模和优化的速度。代表多个学科的教职员工将参与其中，医生将在设备开发期间向研究人员提供快速反馈。这项提案提出的可交付成果包括开发新的软件工具，这些工具将增加美国公司的竞争优势，并提高对患者的护理质量。该项目的技术部分，即信息技术工具的开发和改进，有可能影响到该项目的其他研究地点、业界合作伙伴和其他方面。该团队似乎对知识产权管理有很好的理解。PI详细讨论了多样性计划，并表示将邀请本科生和研究生根据他们的学术成就参加e-Design中心的活动，而不考虑种族、民族、性别或原籍。这项提案中提出的计划包括一种高度整合的研究和教育方法，特别是通过伯吉斯博士，他将担任临床翻译主任一职，目前教授研究生和本科生的生物医学工程课程，内容是“工程师的外科手术”。

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is planning to join the existing Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) entitled "Center for e-Design" currently comprised of Virginia Tech (lead), the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and the University of Central Florida. This proposal seeks support to establish Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) as an official site of the NSF IUCRC for e-Design and Realization of Engineered Products and Systems (e-Design Center). The overall center mission is the development of engineering tools that support the realization of IT-enabled design. The proposed research projects will expand the center scope into biomedical science, with emphasis on medical devices and software tools. The research utilizes CMU expertise in computer science, particularly human-computer interaction. The proposed site director has significant expertise in the target area, holding academic appointments in Computer Science and Bio-Medical Engineering at CMU as well as in the departments of Bioengineering and Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Through collaborative work with the other center research sites, this effort should increase the speed of adoption of engineering modeling and optimization in the medical field. Faculty representing a number of disciplines will be involved, and physicians will be included to provide rapid feedback to the researchers during device development. The proposed deliverables from this proposal include development of new software tools that will both increase the competitive advantage of US companies, and increase the quality of care to patients. The technical component of the project, i.e. development and refinement of IT tools, has the potential for impact at the other I/UCRC research sites, the industry partners, and beyond. The team appears to have an excellent understanding of intellectual property management. The PI discusses the diversity plan in detail, and indicates that undergraduate and graduate students will be invited to participate in the e-Design center activities based upon their academic merits without regard to race, ethnicity, gender or origin. The plan presented in this proposal includes a highly integrated approach to research and education, particularly through Dr. Burgess, who will hold the position of Director of Clinical Translation, and currently teaches graduate and undergraduate Biomedical Engineering courses on "Surgery for Engineers."