Workshop: Engineering the Operations of Future Manufacturing Systems; held at the Univ. of Michigan, May 12-14, 2010.

这笔赠款为“未来制造系统运作的工程设计”讲习班提供支助，该讲习班将于2010年5月与国家工程院关于类似主题的区域会议“改善制造企业运作的工程设计-全国研讨会”一起举行。 将邀请一组与制造业有关的领域的专家讨论如何利用三个领域的知识和专门知识：1）支持现代制造工艺和材料发展的物理科学; 2）提供包括运筹学在内的模型和工具的数学科学;以及3）为人类系统集成指南和模型提供基础的生命和行为科学，可以集成开发新的模型和方法，以改善制造企业的运营。小组的初步印象和建议将提交给NAE专题讨论会，以征求反馈和建议，并将加以修订，然后汇总成一份报告提交给NSF。研讨会的预期成果是：（1）一套关于改进制造企业内部运作的新研究领域的建议;（2）一个实施建议的潜在框架;（3）识别新技术，以保持美国制造业在世界舞台上的竞争力;（4）具体建议，以指导工程教育的潜在变化，以支持未来的合作运营工程和制造工程&研发和学术课程。

This grant provides support for a workshop on "Engineering the Operations of Future Manufacturing Systems", which will be held in conjunction with a regional meeting of the National Academy of Engineering on a similar topic, "Engineering to Improve the Operations of Manufacturing Enterprises - A National Symposium" in May 2010. A group of experts in fields related to manufacturing will be invited to discuss how knowledge and expertise from three domains: 1) the physical sciences that underpin the development of modern manufacturing processes and materials; 2) the mathematical sciences that provide models and tools that comprise operations research; and 3) the life and behavioral sciences that provide the basis for human system integration guidelines and models, can be integrated to develop new models and methods to improve the operations of manufacturing enterprises. The group's initial impressions and recommendations will be presented to the NAE symposium to seek feedback and suggestions, and will be revised and then summarized into a report to NSF.The expected outcomes of the workshop are: (1) A set of recommendations on new areas of research on improving operations within manufacturing enterprises; (2) A potential framework for implementing the recommendations; (3) Identification of new technologies to keep the US manufacturing competitive on the world stage; and (4) Specific recommendations to guide potential changes in engineering education to support future collaborative Operations Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering R&D and academic programs.