Collaborative Research: Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution (CELDi)

University Of Louisville Research Foundation Inc, Louisville KY

Investigators

Abstract

The Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution (CELDi) is a new multi-university, multi-disciplinary Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC). The vision for the center is to provide integrated solutions to logistics problems, through modeling, analysis and intelligent-systems technologies. The four universities involved in this proposal, the University of Arkansas, serving as the lead institution, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Louisville, and Oklahoma State University are assuming a leadership role in engineering logistics research and education. The scope of CELDi will address (1) value-adding processes that create time and place utility (transportation, material handling, and distribution), (2) value-sustaining processes that prolong useful life (maintenance, repair, and rework), and (3) value-recovering processes that conserve scarce resources and enhance societal goodwill (returns, refurbishment, and recycling).