Development of a Career Proposal Dr Teresa Wu

Development of a Career Proposal Dr. Teresa Wu Industrial Engineering Department Arizona State University 1

CAREER Proposal Preparation Step 5: Industry Collaboration Step 4: Education Plan Step 3: Research Plan Step 2: Attend NSF Grantee’s Conference Step 1: Visit NSF 2

Vision: Research Direction Creates the research need for the development of the Virtual Product Development System Distributed, Collaborative New Product Development Web-based Collaborative Information Systems 3

Research Issues l l Establish the Information system foundation by which globally distributed, collaborating engineers can design and develop world-class products quickly and cost-effectively. Develop the framework in which global engineers can actively participate and proactively develop products. Specifically, the framework will provide the decision solutions to: u u u How should a company select partners to perform the constituent responsibilities of a business initiative? What is a suitable methodology to analyze conflicts among engineers? What is an appropriate mechanism for engineers to converge to an agreeable design? 4

Integrating Educational and Industrial Outreach New Course – Distributed Information System for Product Development Office of Minority Engineering Programs (OMEP) and Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) Activities Research Experience for High School Teachers IEE 505 – Information Engineering IEE 563 – Distributed Information System Curriculum Development Project Oriented Activities Industrial Outreach Joint Arizona Consortium – Manufacturing and Engineering Education for Tomorrow (JACME 2 T) 5

Collaborating with Industry l Advantages u u l Exposure and involvement with “real world” applications and problems Research and intellectual resources Disadvantages u u Intellectual property issues Short-term and “quick fix” perspective of some industrial partners 6