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

美国-土耳其研讨会：赋予工业工程学术界女性权力 - 国际研究和教育合作，土耳其安卡拉，2012 年 3 月

• 批准号: 1042980
• 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: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1042980&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Turkey; Workshop; Empowering; Women

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.

1042980 Smith 描述：该奖项旨在支持将于 2012 年 3 月在土耳其伊斯坦布尔举办的美国-土耳其工业工程学术界女性赋权研讨会。组织者是工业工程 (IE) 系的 Alice E. Smith 博士。阿拉巴马州奥本大学和土耳其伊斯坦布尔卡迪尔哈斯大学 (KHU) 的 Zeki Ayag 博士。该研讨会以 2008 年在土耳其举办的一次非常成功的研讨会为基础。它允许中东妇女更广泛地参与，并强调研究和教学。研讨会前将举行活动，帮助参与者互动，从而使会议更加富有成效。将开发一个网站来维持合作努力。 KHU 为会议的后勤工作提供了大力支持。计划参观土耳其的梅赛德斯-奔驰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进入工业领域而不是学术界。 研讨会评估将在研讨会结束时以及之后的 12-18 个月内进行，这将提供宝贵的见解。智力价值：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，中东同行可以学习一些见解和方法，尽管他们有更传统的文化遗产，但他们在工程学术界招募和提拔女性方面大多更加进步。从中东的角度来看，成功参与国际学术研究领域并促进国际合作是可以从美国参与者那里受益的领域。 IE研究、实践和教育将大大受益于该领域和国际上成功的女性榜样，而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、更有趣的工业工程研究主题（例如可持续工程）适合于更广泛、更国际化的审查，本次研讨会将有助于满足这一需求。更广泛的影响：研讨会针对的是来自美国和几个中东国家的学术界中非常广泛的工业工程女性。提高女性博士生的比例和工程领域的招聘率将影响工程教育和实践。土耳其在女性教师比例方面的经验是一个有趣的现象，美国学者与土耳其同行之间建立强有力的教育和研究纽带可以鼓励这一发展。此次研讨会将为美国与会者与土耳其和中东学者之间的深入互动提供一次难得的机会，并将加强未来各国之间的合作与共享，并将促进工程学术界女性这一重要话题的进步。 该项目由 ENG 多样性和外展计划以及国际科学与工程办公室资助。