US-Turkey Workshop: Women in Industrial Engineering Academia - U.S. and Middle East

美国-土耳其研讨会：工业工程学术界的女性 - 美国和中东

• 批准号: 0728947
• 负责人: Alice Smith
• 金额: $ 6万
• 依托单位: Auburn University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0728947&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Turkey; Workshop; Women; Industrial

0728947 Smith Scope: This project is to support the "US-Turkey Workshop: Women in Industrial Engineering Academia-U.S. and the Middle East", to be held in Istanbul and in Ankara, Turkey during June, 2008. The organizers are Dr. Alice E. Smith, Department of Industrial Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama and Dr. Berna Dengiz, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey as well as Dr. Rym M'Hallah, Kuwait University, Kuwait. The workshop will focus on the current environment for women academics in this field in the regions involved and formulate workable solutions to problems of recruitment, retention and advancement. While women form a relatively large proportion of industrial engineering undergraduate students, female women academics in the same field are an overwhelming minority. However, Turkey has a relatively large proportion of women academics in this field, and therefore is in an ideal position to host this workshop. Related departments and majors to industrial engineering will also be included. The workshop is expected to last five full days and will take place in both Istanbul and Ankara. Within Ankara and Istanbul there are multiple industrial engineering departments (at different institutions of higher learning). Two industrial plant trips are planned, one in Izmit and the other near Ankara. Topics of discussion include obtaining a faculty position, advancement through academic ranks, enhancing research capability and productivity, publishing in scholarly journals, international collaborations, and combining family issues with an academic career. While the workshop will be in Turkey the workshop is regional. Dr. M'Hallah is a Tunisian woman industrial engineering professor who is currently on the faculty of Kuwait University. Besides Turkey and Kuwait, support has been secured by academic institutions in Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia and Oman. The U.S. attendees to be supported, other than the PI and her senior assistant, comprise six senior academics, four junior academics and two doctoral students who plan an academic career. Expected attendance from Turkey and other Middle East countries will total about 30 and be divided similarly among those categories with possibly more attendance from the junior rank and doctoral students. Thus, total attendance will be about 45, all or nearly all female. The PI has a long relationship with Middle Eastern, especially Turkish, scientists including research on women in engineering INTELLECTUAL MERITS: The intellectual merit of the workshop is to provide a forum to bring together a diverse and highly qualified set of academics to focus on the important issues surrounding women in industrial engineering academia. The broader impacts of the workshop are to stimulate positive interactions between the U.S. and the Middle East, increase the number of qualified women who choose to pursue advanced industrial engineering degrees and enter academia, and to improve the retention and advancement of current women academics in the field. BROADER IMPACTS: This workshop should contribute to a better understanding of the issues affecting the recruitment, retention, and success of women faculty in industrial engineering, and also should directly impact the success of participants and the students and colleagues with whom they interact. It should help stimulate positive interactions between the U.S. and the Middle East increase the number of qualified women who choose to pursue advanced industrial engineering degrees and enter academia. A proceedings of the Workshop will be published on CD ROM and also be available from the Workshop website. The proceedings will include papers, presentations, films and pictures. Portions of the Workshop will be carried on live satellite television through the capabilities of Baskent University.

0728947史密斯范围：该项目是为了支持“ US-Turkey Workshop：工业工程学院 - 美国和中东的妇女”，将于2008年6月在伊斯坦布尔和土耳其的安卡拉举行。组织者是Alice博士。史密斯（E.该研讨会将重点关注所涉及地区的该领域女性学者的当前环境，并为招聘，保留和进步问题制定可行的解决方案。尽管女性在工业工程本科生中占相对较大的妇女，但同一领域的女性学者是少数人。但是，土耳其在该领域的女性学者比例相对较大，因此是主持该研讨会的理想位置。还将包括相关部门和工业工程专业的专业。该研讨会预计将持续五天，并将在伊斯坦布尔和安卡拉举行。在安卡拉和伊斯坦布尔内部，有多个工业工程部门（在高等教育机构中）。 计划进行两次工业厂旅行，一次在伊兹米特（Izmit），另一个在安卡拉（Ankara）附近。 讨论的主题包括获得教师职位，通过学术界的进步，提高研究能力和生产力，在学术期刊，国际合作中发布以及将家庭问题与学术生涯相结合。虽然研讨会将在土耳其，但研讨会是区域性的。 M'Hallah博士是突尼斯女性工业工程教授，目前是科威特大学的教职员工。除土耳其和科威特外，还得到了埃及，约旦，突尼斯和阿曼的学术机构的支持。除了PI和她的高级助理外，美国的与会者还包括六名高级学者，四名初级学者和两名计划学术职业的博士生。 土耳其和其他中东国家的预期出勤率将总计约30个，并在这些类别中类似地分配，而初级学生和博士生可能会出席。因此，全部或几乎全部女性的总出勤率约为45。 PI与中东，尤其是土耳其语的科学家之间有着悠久的关系围绕工业工程学术界妇女的问题。研讨会的更广泛影响是刺激美国和中东之间的积极互动，增加选择攻读先进工业工程学位并进入学术界的合格妇女的数量，并提高当前女性学者在当前的女性学术界的保留和进步场地。更广泛的影响：该研讨会应该有助于更好地理解影响招聘，保留和成功在工业工程中的招聘，保留和成功的问题，也应直接影响参与者以及与之互动的学生和同事的成功。它应该有助于刺激美国和中东之间的积极互动增加选择攻读先进工业工程学位并进入学术界的合格妇女的数量。研讨会的会议记录将在CD ROM上发布，也可以通过研讨会网站获得。程序将包括论文，演示，电影和图片。该研讨会的某些部分将通过巴肯大学的能力在现场卫星电视上进行。