US-Turkey Workshop: Women in Industrial Engineering Academia - U.S. and Middle East

0728947 Smith范围：该项目是为了支持“美国-土耳其研讨会：美国和中东工业工程学术界的妇女”，将于2008年6月在伊斯坦布尔和土耳其安卡拉举行。 组织者是Alice E. Smith，奥本大学工业工程系，奥本，亚拉巴马和Berna Dengiz博士，巴斯肯特大学，安卡拉，土耳其以及Rym M 'Hallah博士，科威特大学，科威特。讲习班将着重讨论有关地区这一领域女学者的当前环境，并为征聘、留用和晋升问题制定可行的解决办法。虽然妇女在工业工程本科生中所占比例相对较大，但同一领域的女学者却占压倒性的少数。然而，土耳其在这一领域的女学者比例相对较大，因此处于主办这一讲习班的理想地位。与工业工程相关的院系和专业也将包括在内。讲习班预计将在伊斯坦布尔和安卡拉举行，为期五天。在安卡拉和伊斯坦布尔有多个工业工程系（在不同的高等院校）。 计划对两个工厂进行访问，一个在伊兹米特，另一个在安卡拉附近。 讨论的主题包括获得教师职位，通过学术排名的进步，提高研究能力和生产力，在学术期刊上发表，国际合作，并结合家庭问题与学术生涯。虽然讲习班将在土耳其举行，但讲习班是区域性的。M 'Hallah博士是突尼斯女工业工程教授，目前在科威特大学任教。除土耳其和科威特外，埃及、约旦、突尼斯和阿曼的学术机构也提供了支助。除了PI和她的高级助理之外，美国与会者将得到支持，包括六名高级学者，四名初级学者和两名计划学术生涯的博士生。 预计土耳其和其他中东国家的出席人数将达到30人左右，并按类别进行类似的划分，初级和博士生的出席人数可能更多。因此，总出席人数约为45人，全部或几乎全部为女性。PI与中东，特别是土耳其，科学家有着长期的关系，包括对工程中女性的研究。智力优势：研讨会的智力优势是提供一个论坛，汇集了多样化和高素质的学者，专注于围绕工业工程学术界女性的重要问题。该研讨会的更广泛的影响是刺激美国和中东之间的积极互动，增加选择攻读高级工业工程学位并进入学术界的合格女性人数，并提高该领域现有女性学者的保留和进步。更广泛的影响：本次研讨会应有助于更好地了解影响招聘，保留和成功的女教师在工业工程的问题，也应该直接影响参与者和学生和同事与他们互动的成功。它应该有助于刺激美国和中东之间的积极互动，增加选择攻读高级工业工程学位并进入学术界的合格女性数量。讲习班的会议记录将以光盘形式出版，也可在讲习班网站上查阅。会议记录将包括论文、演讲、电影和图片。讲习班的部分内容将通过巴斯肯特大学的能力通过卫星电视实况转播。

0728947 Smith Scope: This project is to support the "US-Turkey Workshop: Women in Industrial Engineering Academia-U.S. and the Middle East", to be held in Istanbul and in Ankara, Turkey during June, 2008. The organizers are Dr. Alice E. Smith, Department of Industrial Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama and Dr. Berna Dengiz, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey as well as Dr. Rym M'Hallah, Kuwait University, Kuwait. The workshop will focus on the current environment for women academics in this field in the regions involved and formulate workable solutions to problems of recruitment, retention and advancement. While women form a relatively large proportion of industrial engineering undergraduate students, female women academics in the same field are an overwhelming minority. However, Turkey has a relatively large proportion of women academics in this field, and therefore is in an ideal position to host this workshop. Related departments and majors to industrial engineering will also be included. The workshop is expected to last five full days and will take place in both Istanbul and Ankara. Within Ankara and Istanbul there are multiple industrial engineering departments (at different institutions of higher learning). Two industrial plant trips are planned, one in Izmit and the other near Ankara. Topics of discussion include obtaining a faculty position, advancement through academic ranks, enhancing research capability and productivity, publishing in scholarly journals, international collaborations, and combining family issues with an academic career. While the workshop will be in Turkey the workshop is regional. Dr. M'Hallah is a Tunisian woman industrial engineering professor who is currently on the faculty of Kuwait University. Besides Turkey and Kuwait, support has been secured by academic institutions in Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia and Oman. The U.S. attendees to be supported, other than the PI and her senior assistant, comprise six senior academics, four junior academics and two doctoral students who plan an academic career. Expected attendance from Turkey and other Middle East countries will total about 30 and be divided similarly among those categories with possibly more attendance from the junior rank and doctoral students. Thus, total attendance will be about 45, all or nearly all female. The PI has a long relationship with Middle Eastern, especially Turkish, scientists including research on women in engineering INTELLECTUAL MERITS: The intellectual merit of the workshop is to provide a forum to bring together a diverse and highly qualified set of academics to focus on the important issues surrounding women in industrial engineering academia. The broader impacts of the workshop are to stimulate positive interactions between the U.S. and the Middle East, increase the number of qualified women who choose to pursue advanced industrial engineering degrees and enter academia, and to improve the retention and advancement of current women academics in the field. BROADER IMPACTS: This workshop should contribute to a better understanding of the issues affecting the recruitment, retention, and success of women faculty in industrial engineering, and also should directly impact the success of participants and the students and colleagues with whom they interact. It should help stimulate positive interactions between the U.S. and the Middle East increase the number of qualified women who choose to pursue advanced industrial engineering degrees and enter academia. A proceedings of the Workshop will be published on CD ROM and also be available from the Workshop website. The proceedings will include papers, presentations, films and pictures. Portions of the Workshop will be carried on live satellite television through the capabilities of Baskent University.