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For a major gift, it may be possible for a donor to name the building. ($7 million or more)
The old 150-seat auditorium (Room 159) will be replaced with an auditorium that allows for computer-enhanced instruction. The auditorium will feature multimedia capability: large screens at the front of the room will allow for display of computer screens, slides or videotape. The new auditorium will also have capability to originate and receive satellite video transmissions. ($1.4 million)
Teaching Laboratories
Five teaching laboratories devoted to industrial engineering will be constructed. Three of these replace existing labs, and two are new labs. All will support computer-assisted instruction, and one will have virtual reality simulation capabilities.
Simulation Teaching Lab-In this 50-station computer laboratory, students will use programs for modeling production processes, scheduling and logistics. It will be used for required courses where students are developing skills to examine deterministic, stochastic or statistically driven processes. ($300,000)
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Teaching Lab-This lab will emphasize creating a real-world learning experience in manufacturing systems. It will contain machinery and computing capability for simulating manufacturing processes and product design using real machines including CNC, lathes and robotics. ($1 million)
Human Factors Teaching Lab-Students in this lab will test human performance and safety in virtual environments such as workplaces, aircraft, automobiles and ships. They will also conduct ergonomic experiments using state-of-the-art equipment. ($300,000)
E-Commerce and Financial Engineering Teaching Lab-E-Commerce is growing rapidly and affecting all sectors of business, industry and government. IE students must be aware of its impact on research and technology, business-to-business interactions, and business-to-customer interactions. Students in this lab will use computer simulations to learn about financial, economic and strategic considerations in engineering business decisions. ($175,000)
Team Dynamics Teaching Laboratory-Industrial engineering students are eager to learn in a team setting, since teamwork skills are a crucial complement to their IE education. The lab will accommodate the department's many classes where students are working in groups, whereas current traditional lecture halls do not facilitate team interaction. It will allow structural reconfiguration to fit the space needs of various teamwork projects, lectures and interactive sessions. ($350,000)
Centers
There are four opportunities to name facilities associated with centers based in the Department of Industrial Engineering:
CHSRA/CHESS-Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis: This center develops and evaluates healthcare decision support and information systems for healthcare providers, consumers and policy makers to improve the quality of care, reimbursement policy and delivery of care in long-term and other healthcare settings. It conducts research in five major areas: quality assessment and improvement, long-term care, public health policy and program evaluation, consumer decision making, and patient education and support. ($1.5 million)
CQPI-Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement: CQPI is a national leader in developing and clarifying methods for improving industrial quality and productivity. The center offers short courses, conferences and symposia on modern quality and productivity improvement, specifically designed for engineers and statisticians. ($900,000)
CQRM-Center for Quick Response Manufacturing: This center works with manufacturing firms to implement the latest lead-time reduction techniques throughout their manufacturing and office operations. It provides a forum for firms to share quick response manufacturing implementation experiences and lessons learned, and exchange performance measurements for mutual benchmarking. ($225,000)
CHPRA-Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis: This center studies human performance and decision-making processes in complex advanced-technology systems. Faculty and students work to identify the factors causing degradation in human performance, develop ways to prevent or mitigate such degradation, identify the chains of events that can lead to accidents, and develop interventions to break those chains. ($225,000)
Virtual Reality (VR) Teaching Laboratory-A 75-student virtual reality lab has been proposed for the addition to the ME building. The VR lab will support graphics and design education in the department, and is also closely linked to CAD, information technology and virtual reality research. ($420,000)
Architectural Graphics Laboratory-Formerly in the General Engineering Building and now in Wendt Library, this undergraduate computer-graphics laboratory will be in renovated space on the third floor of the ME Building near other graphics laboratories. It will be used for an architectural graphics course that is taken by many students campuswide and will be available for other student and instructional use. ($350,000)
Polymer Processing Laboratory-Students, including employees on leave from their industrial positions, study polymer processes in this laboratory. In the new addition, the undergraduate teaching laboratory will be consolidated with the research laboratories currently in the section of the building that will be demolished. ($2 million)
Computational Mechanics Center-Thin-film structures such as advanced masks for semiconductor manufacturing are modeled and tested in this laboratory. It will be consolidated in the new addition from locations in the ME Building and the section to be demolished. ($1.2 million)
Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics (WCSAR) Laboratory and Operations Center-The laboratory dedicated to this NASA-sponsored center will be a showplace for space-flight-related activities, including developing advanced controlled environment and high-level automation technologies, and flight payloads for the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. The automation and robotics laboratory for WCSAR is located in the building to be demolished, as is WCSAR's cleanroom. These activities, as well as flight hardware assembly, testing and space station flight operations, will be consolidated in this center. ($1.4 million)
Design Laboratory Complex-These laboratories will support student projects in energy efficient hybrid vehicles, biomechanical systems, micro-/nano-mechanical systems, and more. ($1.3 million)
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