I/UCRC CGI: National Center for e-Design: Annexation of Carnegie Mellon University

卡内基梅隆大学（CMU）正计划加入现有的工业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC），名为“电子设计中心”，目前由弗吉尼亚理工大学（牵头）、马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校和中央佛罗里达大学组成。该提案寻求支持，以建立卡内基梅隆大学（CMU）作为NSF IUCRC的电子设计和实现工程产品和系统（电子设计中心）的官方网站。总体中心使命是开发支持实现IT启用设计的工程工具。拟议的研究项目将扩大中心的范围到生物医学科学，重点是医疗设备和软件工具。该研究利用CMU在计算机科学，特别是人机交互方面的专业知识。拟议的网站主任在目标领域具有重要的专业知识，在CMU的计算机科学和生物医学工程以及匹兹堡大学的生物工程和外科部门担任学术职务。通过与其他研究中心的合作，这项工作将加快工程建模和优化在医学领域的应用速度。代表多个学科的教师将参与其中，医生将在设备开发期间向研究人员提供快速反馈。该提案的拟议可交付成果包括开发新的软件工具，这将增加美国公司的竞争优势，并提高患者的护理质量。该项目的技术组成部分，即IT工具的开发和完善，有可能对I/UCRC的其他研究地点、行业合作伙伴及其他方面产生影响。该团队似乎对知识产权管理有很好的理解。PI详细讨论了多样性计划，并表示将根据其学术成就邀请本科生和研究生参加电子设计中心的活动，而不考虑种族，民族，性别或出身。本提案中提出的计划包括一种高度整合的研究和教育方法，特别是通过Burgess博士，他将担任临床翻译主任，目前教授研究生和本科生生物医学工程课程“工程师手术”。"

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is planning to join the existing Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) entitled "Center for e-Design" currently comprised of Virginia Tech (lead), the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and the University of Central Florida. This proposal seeks support to establish Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) as an official site of the NSF IUCRC for e-Design and Realization of Engineered Products and Systems (e-Design Center). The overall center mission is the development of engineering tools that support the realization of IT-enabled design. The proposed research projects will expand the center scope into biomedical science, with emphasis on medical devices and software tools. The research utilizes CMU expertise in computer science, particularly human-computer interaction. The proposed site director has significant expertise in the target area, holding academic appointments in Computer Science and Bio-Medical Engineering at CMU as well as in the departments of Bioengineering and Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Through collaborative work with the other center research sites, this effort should increase the speed of adoption of engineering modeling and optimization in the medical field. Faculty representing a number of disciplines will be involved, and physicians will be included to provide rapid feedback to the researchers during device development. The proposed deliverables from this proposal include development of new software tools that will both increase the competitive advantage of US companies, and increase the quality of care to patients. The technical component of the project, i.e. development and refinement of IT tools, has the potential for impact at the other I/UCRC research sites, the industry partners, and beyond. The team appears to have an excellent understanding of intellectual property management. The PI discusses the diversity plan in detail, and indicates that undergraduate and graduate students will be invited to participate in the e-Design center activities based upon their academic merits without regard to race, ethnicity, gender or origin. The plan presented in this proposal includes a highly integrated approach to research and education, particularly through Dr. Burgess, who will hold the position of Director of Clinical Translation, and currently teaches graduate and undergraduate Biomedical Engineering courses on "Surgery for Engineers."