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A National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC)

The Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution (CELDi) is an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center sponsored by the National Science Foundation.  CELDi is a multi-university research consortium with the University of Arkansas serving as the lead academic partner.  The University of Arkansas partners with nine other universities (University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, University of Louisville, Lehigh, Clemson, Texas Tech, University of Missouri, Virginia Tech and Arizona State).  Member organizations join CELDi through one of the ten sites, but share in the research output of all sites.

There are approximately 30 member organizations from the commercial, military and government sectors of the economy.  Some member organizations are large (Wal-Mart) while others are smaller companies (SBIR companies).  Research endeavors in CELDi are driven and sponsored by the member organizations in distribution, transportation, manufacturing, information technology, and software solutions. The mission of CELDi is to provide leading-edge logistics solutions to real-world problems and to leverage support to larger-issue opportunities.  

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