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Page 1: Directorate for Engineering Update for Engineering ... – Status report on prior evaluations – How to regularize the . process. ... Nanotechnology. Mihail Roco.

Spring 2009 Update Directorate for Engineering

Thomas W. PetersonAssistant Director for EngineeringApril 22, 2009

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2 Spring 2009 Meeting Focus

• Partnerships– Key role(s) of partnerships

• With industry• With other governmental agencies

– How to improve/expand• Evaluation of our investments

– Status report on prior evaluations– How to regularize the process

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3 ENG Update

• New ENG staff• Budget and trends• Presidential initiatives and priorities• Vision for ENG• AdCom business

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4 ENG Update

• New ENG staff• Budget and trends• Presidential initiatives and priorities• Vision for ENG• AdCom business

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5 Directorate for Engineering (ENG)

Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation

(EFRI)Sohi Rastegar

Chemical, Bioengineering,Environmental, and Transport

Systems(CBET)

John McGrath

Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing

Innovation(CMMI)

Bruce Kramer *

Electrical, Communications,

and Cyber Systems(ECCS)

Lawrence Goldberg *

EngineeringEducation and

Centers(EEC)

Allen Soyster

IndustrialInnovation andPartnerships

(IIP)Kesh Narayanan

Office of the Assistant DirectorThomas Peterson, Assistant DirectorMichael Reischman, Deputy Assistant

Director Program Director for Diversity & Outreach

Omnia El-Hakim

* Acting

Senior Advisor forNanotechnology

Mihail Roco

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6 CMMI

• Christina Bloebaum, Program Director for Engineering Design and Innovation, State University of New York at Buffalo

• Michael Kim, Science Assistant• Michelle Wood, Program Assistant

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7 CBET

• Tiffany Boyd, Program Assistant

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8 ECCS

• Darryell Fortier, Division Secretary• Aaron Jenkins, STEP Student• Pinaki Mazumder, Program Director for

Power, Controls, and Adaptive Networks, University of Michigan

• Emily Miller, Science Assistant• Robert Trew, Division Director, North

Carolina State University, as of May 26

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9 IIP

• Elena Hillenburg, SCEP Program Specialist Trainee

• Amanda May, Program Support Manager

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10 OAD Staff

• Thomas Peterson, Assistant Director for Engineering, University of Arizona

• Omnia El-Hakim, Program Director for Diversity and Outreach, Colorado State University

• Christine Lottes, Science Assistant

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11 ENG Update

• New ENG staff• Budget and trends• Presidential initiatives and priorities• Vision for ENG• AdCom business

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12 Budget and Trends

• FY 2009 Budget• American Recovery and Reinvestment

Act (ARRA)• FY 2010 NSF Budget • Proposal pressures and trends

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13 Simultaneously CoordinatingThree Budgets

• FY 2009– Omnibus passed in March– NSF Directorate details pending

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)– Bottom line passed in March– NSF Directorate details pending

• FY 2010 budget request from President anticipated in May

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FY 2008 Actual

FY 2009 Request

Amount Change

Percent Change

Biological Sciences $611.49 $675.06 $63.57 10.4%Computer and Information Science and Engineering

534.07 638.76 104.69 19.6%

Engineering (includes SBIR/STTR) 636.32 759.33 123.01 19.3%Geosciences 752.01 848.67 96.66 12.9%Mathematical and Physical Sciences 1,166.30 1,402.67 236.37 20.3%Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

214.94 233.48 18.54 8.6%

Office of Cyberinfrastructure 185.17 220.08 34.91 18.9%Office of International Science and Engineering

41.30 47.44 6.14 14.9%

U.S. Polar Research Programs 442.22 490.97 48.75 11.0%Integrative Activities 236.17 276.00 39.83 16.9%Arctic Research Commission 1.47 1.53 0.06 4.1%Total, R&RA $4,821.46 $5,593.99 $772.53 16.0%

Dollars in millions. Totals may not add due to rounding.

NSF Research and Related Activities (R&RA)

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15 NSF Budget

NSF FY 2008Actual

FY 2009 Request

FY 2009Omnibus

Total $6.065 $6.854 $6.490

Changeover FY 2008

--- 13.0% 7.0%

Dollars in billions

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16 FY 2009: A Good Year for R&RA

NSF FY 2008 Actual

FY 2009 Omnibus ARRA

Total $6.065 $6.490 $3.000

R&RA $4.821 $5.183 $2.500

Dollars in billions

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17 NSF Budget Summary

NSF FY 2008 Actual

FY 2009 Omnibus

FY 2009 plus

ARRA

FY 2010 Request

Amount $6.065 $6.490 $9.492 $7.045

Changeover FY 2008

-- 7.0% 56.5% 16.2%

Dollars in billions

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20 Funding Rates for Competitive NSF Awards

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21 Mean Award Size, 2004-2008

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22 Median Award Size, 2004-2008

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23 ENG Update

• New ENG staff• Budget and trends• Presidential initiatives and priorities• Vision for ENG• AdCom business

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24 Presidential Priorities for NSF

• Energy and climate• Accelerating innovation• Cyber-infrastructure• Convergence of biology and the physical

sciences/engineering• Crosscutting priorities

– Increasing support for high-risk/high-return research

– Tripling the number of GRFs– Increasing support for early investigators

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25 ARRA Priorities for NSF

• Increase success rate for highly meritorious research proposals

• Emphasize support for early investigators• No new solicitations• Additional funding for two prior solicitations:

– Major Research Instrumentation (2nd round)– Academic Research Infrastructure

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26 President’s FY 2010 Request

• Provides $7 billion for the National Science Foundation, a 16-percent increase over FY 2008

• Increases support for graduate research fellowships and for early-career researchers

• Increases support for the education of technicians in the high-technology fields that drive the Nation’s economy

• Encourages more novel high-risk, high-reward research proposals

• Increases support for critical research priorities in global climate change

• Details: www.whitehouse.gov

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27 ENG Update

• New ENG staff• Budget and trends• Presidential initiatives and priorities• Vision for ENG• AdCom business

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28 Vision for ENG

• Current directions– ENG Strategic Planning Overview, June 2005– Plan implementation analysis, 2006– Directorate reorganization, October 2006

• Future Directions– Input from Executive and Legislative Branches– Input from professional community – Input from staff including AD and Leadership

Team

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29 Developing ENG Themes

ENG Research & Education

Themes

National R&D Needs

(OSTP, America

COMPETES Act, White

House Initiatives)

Financial Guidance(Office of

Management and Budget)

Ideas and Capabilities of Engineering

Research Community(AdCom, Workshops, PDs,

PIs, other agencies)

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30 NAE Grand Challenges• Advance health

informatics• Engineer better

medicines• Reverse-engineer the

brain• Prevent nuclear terror• Secure cyberspace• Enhance virtual reality• Advance personalized

learning• Engineer the tools of

scientific discovery

• Make solar energy economical

• Provide energy from fusion

• Develop carbon sequestration methods

• Manage the nitrogen cycle

• Provide access to clean water

• Restore and improve urban infrastructure

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31 NAE Grand Challenges• Advance health

informatics• Engineer better

medicines• Reverse-engineer the

brain• Prevent nuclear terror• Secure cyberspace• Enhance virtual reality• Advance personalized

learning• Engineer the tools of

scientific discovery

• Make solar energy economical

• Provide energy from fusion

• Develop carbon sequestration methods

• Manage the nitrogen cycle

• Provide access to clean water

• Restore and improve urban infrastructure

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• Energy and environment• Health• Security• Quality of life

NAE Grand Challenges Redux

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33 ELT Retreat Outcomes

• ENG themes• FY 2010 topics for Emerging Frontiers

in Research and Innovation• Review of division and directorate

strategies

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34 ENG Research and Education Themes

• Cognitive engineering: Intersection of engineering and cognitive sciences

• Competitive manufacturing and service enterprises

• Complexity in natural and engineered systems

• Energy, water, and the environment• Systems nanotechnology

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35 EFRI Topics

• FY 2007– Auto-Reconfigurable

Engineered Systems (ARES)

– Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)

• FY 2008– Cognitive Optimization

(COPN)– Resilient and Sustainable

Infrastructures (RESIN)

• FY 2009– Biosensing &

Bioactuation (BSBA)– Hydrocarbon from

Biomass (HyBi)

• FY 2010– ?– ?

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36 Translational Research

• What does it mean?• Why is it important?• What role does/should ENG play in the

NSF translational research portfolio?

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37 NSF Programs for Translational Research

• Engineering Research Centers (ERC)• Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers

(MRSEC)• Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry

(GOALI)• Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers

(I/UCRC)• Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)• Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT)• Emerging Frontiers of Research and Innovation (EFRI)• Other ENG programs

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39 Partnerships

• Partnerships with industry• Partnerships with government

agencies• International collaboration• Why are these important to NSF/ENG?

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40 Educational Leadership

• Transforming engineering education• Leadership role of the NSF

– Role of ENG– Role of EHR

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41 The Image of Engineering

• Image with community and public • Image of the ENG Directorate within

the NSF

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42 Diversity

• Keeping in mind the multi-dimensional aspects: race, gender, culture, academic background, geography…

• Staying FOCUSED in ENG• Doing WELL those things we choose

to do• Minimizing duplication

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43 Evaluation

• Why do it? • How do we do it now?• If we are going to implement new

assessment protocols, how to ensure valuable outcomes from the investment of resources?

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44

Assessment and Metrics

AD Priorities for ENG

• Translational research• Partnerships• Education• Public understanding/image of

engineering• Diversity

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45 ENG Update

• New ENG staff• Budget and trends• Presidential initiatives and priorities• Vision for ENG• AdCom business

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46 Changes in AdCom

• Leadership: Steven Castillo begins as chair at fall meeting

• Membership:– One new member at spring meeting:

Patrick Farrell, Provost of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

– Nine new members at fall meeting

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47 Future AdCom Meeting Dates

• October 21-22, 2009• 2010 dates TBD