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

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

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

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

5. 5 Integrating Educational and Industrial Outreach Curriculum Development Industrial Outreach Project Oriented Activities New Course – Distributed Information System for Product Development IEE 505 – Information Engineering IEE563 – Distributed Information System Office of Minority Engineering Programs (OMEP) and Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) Activities Research Experience for High School Teachers Joint Arizona Consortium – Manufacturing and Engineering Education for Tomorrow (JACME 2 T)

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