Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Center for e-Design

1160985爱荷华州立大学；Janis Terpenny这项提案寻求支持爱荷华州立大学(ISU)加入美国国家科学基金会IUCRC电子设计中心，成为正式的大学成员研究网站。电子设计中心目前由弗吉尼亚理工大学(牵头)、卡内基梅隆大学、杨百翰大学、马萨诸塞州阿默斯特大学、佛罗里达中部大学和布法罗大学组成。爱荷华州立大学有教职员工和学生研究人员在与现有电子设计中心的使命和愿景相协调的领域工作。爱荷华州立大学的加入加强了该中心的存在及其作为重要的国家资源的作用，其成果如下：1)纳入了确保在工程产品和/或系统设计方面开发卓越新范例所需的多学科观点；2)实现了旨在减少设计周期时间和确保最大限度地实现供人使用的设计目标的概念性建模工具；3)实现了经济和供应链设计优化的环境；4)建立了一批专注于开发e-Design建模和仿真软件平台和虚拟样机工具的专业知识，以及实现基于仿真的采购的战略。拟议的努力将极大地促进研究生和本科生的成功发展和准备。这项研究的成果将被整合到教育课程中，以丰富学生在设计、建模和仿真、决策分析、快速成型、制造和基于仿真的获取课程中的学习经验。与电子设计中心相关的学生将获得特殊的职业发展机会，以及研究道德行为方面的培训。爱荷华州立大学加入该中心有助于该中心的多样性，领导团队和25%的参与教职员工是女性，通常在工程学领域代表性较低。PI和其他ISU教职员工计划继续他们招收女性和少数族裔研究生和本科生的长期历史。研究和教育成果将在全国范围内传播，并通过产业合作和技术转让产生重大而广泛的影响。

1160985 Iowa State University; Janis Terpenny This proposal seeks support for Iowa State University (ISU) to join the NSF IUCRC Center for e-Design as a full university member research site. The Center for e-design is currently comprised of Virginia Tech (lead), Carnegie Mellon University, Brigham Young University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University of Central Florida, and the University of Buffalo. Iowa State University has faculty and student researchers working in areas that are synergistic with the mission and vision of the existing Center for e-Design. The addition of Iowa State strengthens the presence of the center and its role as a significant national resource capable of the following results: 1) inclusion of a multi-disciplinary viewpoint needed to ensure the development of a new paradigm of excellence in the design of engineered products and/or systems; 2) realization of conceptual modeling tools aimed at reducing design cycle time and ensuring maximum achievement of design goals for human use; 3) realization of an environment for economic and supply chain design optimization; 4) establishment of a critical mass of expertise focused on the development of an e-Design modeling and simulation software platform and virtual prototyping tools, as well as strategies for achieving simulation based acquisition. The proposed effort will contribute significantly to the successful development and preparation of graduate and undergraduate students. Results of this research effort will be integrated into the educational curriculum to enrich the student learning experiences in design, modeling and simulation, decision analysis, rapid prototyping, manufacturing, and simulation based acquisition courses. Students associated with the Center for e-Design will receive exceptional career development opportunities, as well as training in the ethical conduct of research. The addition of Iowa State University to the Center contributes to the diversity of the Center, with the leadership team and 25% of participating faculty being women, typically underrepresented in engineering. The PI and other ISU faculty plan to continue their long history of recruiting women and minority graduate and undergraduate students. Research and educational findings will be disseminated nationally and have significant broader impact through industrial collaboration and technology transfer.