US-Turkey Workshop: Empowering Women in Industrial Engineering Academia - International Collaborations for Research and Education, Ankara, Turkey, March 2012

1042980史密斯描述：该奖项是为了支持将于2012年3月在土耳其伊斯坦布尔举行的美国-土耳其工业工程学术界赋权妇女研讨会。 组织者是Alice E.史密斯博士，奥本大学工业工程系（IE），奥本，亚拉巴马州和博士博士泽基Ayag卡迪尔哈斯大学（KHU）在伊斯坦布尔，土耳其。讲习班借鉴了2008年在土耳其举办的一次非常成功的讲习班。它允许来自中东的妇女更广泛地参与，并强调研究和教学。将开展研讨会前活动，帮助与会者进行互动，从而使会议更有成效。将开发一个网站，以维持合作努力。KHU为会议的后勤工作提供了重要支持。计划参观梅赛德斯-奔驰土耳其工厂将为研讨会参与者提供良好的视角，因为他们指导的大多数学生都进入了工业领域，而不是学术界。 对研讨会的评估将在研讨会结束时进行，并在12-18个月后进行，这将提供有价值的见解。智力优势：需要从女性的角度阐述和回答围绕工业工程学术界国际合作和进步的问题。 从美国的角度来看，可以从中东同行那里学到见解和方法，尽管他们有更传统的文化遗产，但在大多数情况下，他们在招聘和提升工程学术界的女性方面更为进步。从中东的角度来看，成功地参与国际学术研究竞技场和实现国际合作是可以从美国参与者那里获益的领域。工业教育的研究、实践和教育将极大地受益于在该领域和国际上成功的女性榜样，研究和教学之间的联系对于学术界的成功至关重要。许多更丰富和更有趣的工业工程研究课题，如可持续工程，适合更广泛，更国际化的考试，本次研讨会将有助于促进这一需求。更广泛的影响：该研讨会的目标是来自美国和几个中东国家的学术界的工业工程女性。增加女性博士生的比例和工程学的招聘将影响工程教育和实践。土耳其在女教师比例方面的经验是一个有趣的现象，在美国学者和土耳其同行之间建立强大的教育和研究联系可以鼓励这种发展。该研讨会将为美国参与者与土耳其和中东学者之间的深入互动提供一个难得的机会，并将加强各国之间未来的合作和分享，并将促进工程学术界女性这一重要议题的发展。 该项目由ENG的多样性和外联方案以及国际科学和工程办公室资助。

1042980 SmithDescription: This award is to support a US- Turkey workshop on Empowering Women in Industrial Engineering Academia, to be held in Istanbul, Turkey in March 2012. The organizers are Dr. Alice E. Smith, Department of Industrial Engineering (IE) at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama and Dr. Dr. Zeki Ayag of Kadir Has University (KHU) in Istanbul, Turkey. The workshop builds upon a highly successful prior workshop held in Turkey in 2008. It allows broader participation by women from the Middle East, and provides emphasis on both research and teaching. There will be pre-workshop activities to help participants interact leading to a more productive and more effective meeting. A website will be developed to sustain the collaboration efforts. Significant support is provided by KHU for the logistics of the meeting. A planned tour at Mercedes-Benz facility in Turkey will provide a good perspective to the workshop participants as the majority of students that they mentor enter the field of industry as opposed to academia. Assessment of the workshop will occur at the conclusion of the workshop and 12-18 months afterward which will provide valuable insight.Intellectual merit: Articulation of and answers to the issues surrounding international collaborations and advancement in industrial engineering academia from a female perspective is needed. From the U.S. perspective, insights and approaches can be learned from Middle Eastern counterparts, who for the most part are more progressive in recruiting and advancing women in engineering academia despite their more traditional cultural heritages. From the Middle Eastern perspective, participating successfully in the international scholarly research arena and enabling international collaborations are areas where benefits can be gained from the U.S. participants. IE research, practice and education would benefit greatly from having successful female role models in the field and internationally, and the linkage between research and teaching is essential for success in academia. Many of the richer and more interesting industrial engineering research topics such as sustainable engineering lend themselves to a broader, more international examination, and this workshop will help to facilitate this need. Broader impacts: The workshop targets a very wide segment of industrial engineering women in academia from the U.S. and several Middle Eastern nations. Increasing the rate of female PhD production and recruitment into engineering would impact both engineering education and practice. The Turkish experience in terms of the fraction of female faculty is an interesting phenomenon and the creation of a strong education a research bond between US academics and their Turkish counterparts can encourage this development. The workshop will be an unusual opportunity for in depth interaction among the U.S. participants and Turkish and Middle Eastern academics, and will enhance future collaboration and sharing among the countries and will promote advancement of the important topic of women in engineering academia. This project is being funded by the Diversity and Outreach Prrogram in ENG and by the Office of International Science and Engineering.