IRES Collaborative Research: US-Brazil Cognitive Systems Engineering Program

建议0623573/0623535PIs:Stephanie A. Guerlain，弗吉尼亚大学Clark A. Mount-Campbell，俄亥俄州立大学。本合作项目提交给IRES项目（NSF 04-036），并得到国际科学与工程办公室美洲项目的支持。弗吉尼亚大学的Stephanie A. Guerlain博士和俄亥俄州立大学的Clark A. Mount-Campbell博士与巴西合作者里约热内卢联邦大学的Jose Orlando Gomes博士和南巴西格兰德州联邦大学的Lia Buarque博士共同扩大了学生交换的国际试点项目。该项目的目标是让本科生在全球范围内发展人因工程的能力。培养学生的外语能力；理解社会、文化和技术差异；以及在不同环境下学习的能力。在项目结束时，学生将具备在跨国团队中工作的能力，在全球经济中应用以人为本的方法进行系统设计。这个IRES项目可以作为其他领域和其他国家的学生交流的典范，宣传它的成功可以为其他工程项目的全球化奠定基调。该计划鼓励未来的国际研究合作，同时允许参与的学生通过获得毕业学分来跟上同学的步伐。

Proposal 0623573/0623535PIs: Stephanie A. Guerlain, University of Virginia Clark A. Mount-Campbell, Ohio State UniversityIn this collaborative project submitted to the IRES program (NSF 04-036) and supported by the Americas Program of the Office of International Science and Engineering, Dr. Stephanie A. Guerlain of the University of Virginia and Dr. Clark A. Mount-Campbell of Ohio State University expand an international pilot program of student exchange with Brazilian collaborators Dr. Jose Orlando Gomes from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Dr. Lia Buarque of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. The goal of this project is to have undergraduate students develop competencies in human factors engineering in a global context. The students will develop foreign language skills; comprehension of social, cultural, and technological differences; and the capacity to learn in differentiated contexts. At the end of the project students will be equipped to work in multinational teams, applying a human-centered approach to systems design within the global economy.This IRES project can serve as a model for student exchanges in other domains and other countries, and publicizing its successes can set the tone for other engineering programs to globalize. This program encourages future international research collaborations while allowing the participating students to keep up with classmates by earning credits toward graduation.