Collaborative Research: Multi-University Center for E-Design: IT Enabled Design and Realization of Engineered Products and Systems

马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校和匹兹堡大学正在共同计划建立一个NSF工业/大学合作研究中心(I/UCRC)，用于工程产品和系统的电子设计和实现。该中心的使命是通过设想信息是企业的命脉，协作是无缝集成世界各地产品的设计、开发、测试、制造和服务的标志，在离散制造产品的IT启用设计和实现方面充当卓越中心。拟建的中心融合了匹兹堡大学已经成功的电子产品设计和实现中心和马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校制造业生产力中心的专业知识和资源，旨在实现使能技术开发的协同作用，以支持新的项目开发范式。拟议的工业/大学资源中心将利用现有的人才，这些人才来自相互补充的工程学学科、基础设施和各大学的经验。

The University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the University of Pittsburgh are jointly planning to establish an NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for e-Design and Realization of Engineered Products and Systems. The Center's mission is to serve as a center of excellence in IT enabled design and realization of discrete manufactured products by envisioning where information is the lifeblood of an enterprise and collaboration is the hallmark that seamlessly integrates design, development, testing, manufacturing and servicing of products around the world.The proposed Center, a fusion of expertise and resources from the already successful Center for e-Product Design & Realization at the University of Pittsburgh and the Center for Manufacturing Productivity at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is a joint effort to achieve synergy in the development of the enabling technologies to support the new project development paradigm. The proposed I/UCRC would leverage the existing talent faculty from complementary engineering disciplines, infrastructure and experience of each university.