Collaborative: CELDi Renewal

现有的多校产学研合作研究中心(I/UCRC)的工程、物流和配送(CELDi)正在开始其第二个5年周期。该中心的使命是通过模拟和数学建模、分析以及开发和应用强大的、智能的、实时的算法来解决物流和配送中的集成设计和分析问题。通过整合多个校区的资源，CELDI促进了从传统的分开的物流和分配研究方法到对问题的整体审查的根本范式转变。I/UCRC预计在第二阶段的资助中，合作大学和成员公司的数量将有所增长。几个成员组织积极参与伙伴大学的合作，为研究生和本科生提供现实生活中的后勤和配送问题。该中心的研究有望创造新的以实践为基础的教育模式，用于加强本科和研究生的教学。

The existing multi-university Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Engineering Logistics and Distribution (CELDi) is beginning their second 5-year cycle. The mission of the center is to solve integrated design and analysis problems in logistics and distribution via simulation and mathematical modeling, analysis, and the development and application of powerful, intelligent, real-time algorithms. By integrating resources at the multiple campuses, CELDi has promoted a fundamental paradigm shift from the traditional compartmentalized logistics and distribution research approach to an examination of the problem as a whole.The I/UCRC expects to grow in regard to partner universities and member companies during this second phase of funding. Several member organizations are actively involved with the partner universities to provide real-life logistics and distribution problems to graduate and undergraduate classes. The center's research holds the promise of creating new practice based education models that can be used to augment this undergraduate and graduate instruction.