Engineering at the National Science Foundation

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Engineering at the National Science Foundation
Michael M. Reischman Deputy Assistant
Director Directorate for Engineering
Presentation for the University of
Vermont September 28, 2007

WWW.NSF.GOV
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Staff Offices
Office of Management and Budget
Science Advisor, Office of Science and
Technology Policy
MajorDepartments
Other Boards andCouncils
Agriculture
Commerce
Defense
HomelandSecurity
Energy
Health and Human Services
Interior
Transportation
Independent Agencies
NationalAeronauticand SpaceAdministration
EnvironmentalProtectionAgency
NuclearRegulatoryCommission
SmithsonianInstitution
OtherAgencies
NationalScienceFoundation(NSF)
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OSTP/OMB 2008Research Priorities

• Homeland Security
• Prevention, Detection, Remediation of NCB
  Threats
• Medical Countermeasures and Biosurveillance
  Networks
• Energy Security
• Diversified Energy Sources and Renewables
• Advanced Networking and High-End Computing
• Supercomputing Cyberinfrastructure
• National Nanotechnology Institute
• Environment
• Global Climate Change Science and Technology
• Global Supply of Fresh Water
• Understanding Complex Biological Systems
• See www.ostp.gov/html/M-06-17.pdf

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External Reports

• The National Academies Rising Above the
  Gathering Storm Energizing and Employing America
  for a Brighter Economic Future recommends
  enhancements in
• K-12 education
• Research
• Higher Education
• Economic policy
• The Engineer of 2020 (NAE, 2004) and Educating
  the Engineer of 2020 (NAE, 2005) asks how to
  enrich and broaden engineering education so that
  those technically grounded graduates will be
  better prepared to work in a constantly changing
  global economy.

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External Reports

• Engineering Research and Americas Future (NAE,
  2005) Committee to Assess the Capacity of the
  U.S. Engineering Research Enterprise
• Recommends increased research support for
  engineering and physical sciences
• Seeks enhanced partnership, infrastructure and
  workforce activities
• Innovate America National Innovation Initiative
  Final Report (Council on Competitiveness, 2005)
• Recommends increased support for workforce,
  investments and infrastructure
• Emphasizes importance of frontier and
  interdisciplinary research

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American Competitiveness Initiative

• The centerpiece of American Competitiveness
  Initiative (ACI) is to double the federal
  investment in key agencies that support basic
  research in physical sciences and engineering.
• Over the next 10 years, the Federal agencies
  impacted are NSF, DOE Science, and NIST.

• ACI includes three broad components
• Research in physical sciences and engineering
  (including 12 specific goals with 7 related to
  NSF)
• Research and Development tax incentives
• Education and workforce

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National Science FoundationFY 07 Budget (6,020
million)
National Science Board
Office of theInspector General
Director
Staff Offices
Directorate forComputer andInformation Science
and Engineering 527M
IntegrativeActivities(MRI, STC) 131M
Directorate forBiologicalSciences 608M
Directorate forEducation andHumanResources 8
16M
Polar andAntarcticPrograms 371M
Directorate forEngineering 520M 109M
(SBIR)
DirectorateforGeosciences 745M
Directorate forMathematicaland
PhysicalSciences 1150M
Directorate forSocial,Behavioral,and
EconomicSciences 214M
Summary
4,666M RRA 240M MREFC 816M EHR 6020M Total
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NSF Budget by Research DirectorateDollars in
Millions
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ENG and SBIR/STTR Budget HistoryDollars in
Millions
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Directorate for EngineeringFY 2007
Office of the Assistant Director Deputy Assistant
Director (OAD)
629M
Emerging Frontiers in Research and
Innovation (EFRI) 25M
Senior Advisor Nanotechnology
Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, And
Transport Systems (CBET)
124M
Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation
(CMMI) 152M
Electrical, Communications and Cyber
Systems (ECCS) 81M
Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
126M
Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP)
120M
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Engineering FY 2008 Budget RequestDollars in
Millions
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ENG and NSF Funding RatesResearch Grants
ENG Proposals and Awards
Funding Rate Percent
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ENG Research Themes

• Energy, Water, and the Environment
• System Nanotechnology
• Complexity in Engineered and Biological Systems
• Competitive Manufacturing and Service Enterprises
• Cognitive Engineering

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Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and
Transport Systems (CBET)
Division Director Judy Raper
Deputy Division Director Bob Wellek
Senior Advisor Marshall Lih
Chemical, Biochemical, and Biotechnology
Systems
Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Healthcare
Transport and Thermal Fluids
Environmental Engineering and Sustainability
Process and Bioreaction Engineering Maria Burka
Thermal Transport Processes Pat Phelan
Research to Aid Persons With Disabilities Bob
Jaeger
Environmental Engineering Vacant
Interfacial Processes And Thermodynamics Bob
Wellek
Environmental Technology Cindy Ekstein
Catalysis and Biocatalysis John Regalbuto
Biomedical Engineering Semahat Demir
Particulate and Multiphase Processes Marc Ingber
Energy for Sustainability Rose Wesson/ Trung Van
Nguyen
Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass
Engineering Fred Heineken
Biophotonics, Advanced Imaging Sensing for
Human Health Leon Esterowitz
Fluid Dynamics Bill Schultz
Environmental Sustainability Bruce Hamilton
Chemical and Biological Separations Rose Wesson
Combustion, Fire, and Plasma Systems Phil
Westmoreland
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Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and
Transport (CBET) Systems

• Current Areas of Interest
• postgenomic engineering, metabolic engineering,
  and tissue engineering.
• biomedical photonics and sensing, assistive
  technology, medical technology innovation
• complex environmental systems, especially with
  respect to understanding the fate and transport
  of surface and groundwater pollutants novel
  processes for waste treatment industrial
  ecology and technologies for avoiding pollution
• projects that develop and integrate new
  principles and knowledge underpinning
  use-inspired products and services based on
  chemical, fluid-thermal and biological
  transformations of energy and matter.
• nanoscale science and engineering, safety and
  security, environmentally-friendly and
  energy-focused processes and products, and smart
  manufacturing and processing.
• Fundamental aspects of fluid, thermal and mass
  transport processes, and research to support the
  development of renewable energy sources.

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Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation
(CMMI)
Division Director Adnan Akay Deputy
Director George Hazelrigg
Engineering Infrastructure Systems
Innovation Sciences and Decision Engineering
Materials Transformation and Mechanics
Geoenvironmental Engineering and Geohazards
Mitigation Richard Fragaszy
Control Systems Suhada Jayasuriya
Geomechanics and Geotechnical Systems Richard
Fragaszy
Dynamical Systems Edward Misawa
Information Technology And Infrastructure
Systems Edward Jaselskis
Infrastructure Materials And Structural
Mechanics Perumalsamy Balaguru
Engineering Design Judy Vance
Infrastructure Management and Hazard
Response Dennis Wenger
Materials Processing and Manufacturing Mary L.
Realff
Manufacturing Enterprise Systems Abhi Deshmukh
Manufacturing Machines and Equipment George
Hazelrigg
Mechanics and Structures of Materials Ken Chong
Operations Research Stephen Nash
Service Enterprise Engineering Matthew Realff
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
Research Joy Pauschke
Nano and Bio Mechanics Jimmy Hsia
Sensor Innovation and Systems Shih Chi Liu
NanoManufacturing Haris Doumanidis
Structural Systems and Hazards Mitigation of
Structures Douglas Foutch
Materials Design and Surface Engineering Clark
Cooper
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Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation
(CMMI)

• CMMI areas of interest
• Dynamics and control, mechanics and materials,
  nano and bio mechanics, sensing for civil and
  mechanical systems, simulationbased engineering
  science.
• Management of risks induced by earthquakes and
  other natural and technological hazards, critical
  infrastructure protection.
• Infrastructure development and management,
  geotechnology, structures
• CMMI supports fundamental academic research in
  design, manufacturing, and industrial
  engineering. CMMI also manages crosscutting
  industrial innovation programs that encompass
  major components of NSF.
• CMMI-funded research includes an emphasis on
  environmentally benign manufacturing and a
  sustainable industrial economy, and seeks to
  address those fundamental issues that will
  benefit society through a deeper understanding of
  the processes and systems that comprise modern
  design, manufacturing, and service enterprises

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Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems
(ECCS)
Division Director Usha Varshney
Senior Engineering Advisor Lawrence
Goldberg NNIN ENG-MRI STC
Electronics, Photonics and Device Technologies
Power, Controls and Adaptive Networks
Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems
Optoelectronics Nanophotonics Ultrafast and
Extreme Ultra-Violet Rongqing Hui Micro/Nanoele
ctronics Bioelectronics NEMS/MEMS
Sensors Rajinder Khosla Micro/Nanoelectronics
Molecular Electronics Spin Electronics Organic
Electronics Micromagnetics Power Electronics
Olufemi Olowolafe
Embedded, Distributed and Adaptive Control
Sensing and Imaging Networks Systems Theory
Telerobotics Radhakisan Baheti Power and Energy
Systems and Networks Interdependencies of Power
and Energy on Critical Infrastructures Power
Drives Renewable and Alternative Energy
Sources Dagmar Niebur Adaptive Dynamic
Programming Neuromorphic Engineering Quantum
and Molecular Modeling and Simulations of
Devices and Systems Paul Werbos
RF and Optical Wireless and Hybrid
Communications Systems Inter and Intra-chip
Communications Mixed Signals Leda
Lunardi Cyber Systms Signal Processing Scott
Midkiff Micro and Nano Systems
System-on-a-chip System-in-a-Package
Diagnostic and Implantable Systems Yogesh
Gianchandani
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Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems
(ECCS)
Electronics, Photonics and Device
Technologies EPDT
Power, Controls and Adaptive Networks PCAN

• Bioelectronics
• Electromagnetics
• Flexible Electronics
• MEMS/NEMS
• Micro/Nanoelectronics
• Micro/Nanomagnetics
• Microwave Photonics
• Molecular Electronics
• Nanophotonics
• Optoelectronics
• Power Electronics
• Sensors and Actuators
• Spin Electronics

• Adaptive Dynamic Programming
• Alternate Energy Sources
• Embedded, Distributed and Adaptive Control
• Neuromorphic Engineering
• Power and Energy Systems Networks
• Quantum and Molecular Modeling Simulation of
  Devices and Systems
• Sensing and Imaging Networks
• Telerobotics

Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems IHCS

• Nanosystems, Microsystems, Macrosystems
• Cyber Systems
• Signal Processing
• Nano and Microsystems
• System-on-a-chip
• System-in-a-package
• RF and Optical Wireless and Hybrid
  Communications Systems
• Inter and Intra-chip Communications
• Mixed Signals

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Emerging Technologies (ECCS)

• Cyber Systems
• Alternate Energy Sources and Integration in the
  National Grid (InterGrid)
• Diagnostic, Wearable and Implantable Devices and
  Systems
• Flexible Electronics
• Neuromorphic Engineering
• Interdependencies of Critical Infrastructures in
  Power and Communications
• Quantum and Molecular Modeling and Simulation of
  Devices and Systems
• Very Large-scale Photonic Integration

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Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
Division Director Allen Soyster
Science Assistant Victoria Kwasiborski
Senior Advisor for Engineering Bruce Kramer
Administrative Officer Priscilla Bezdek
Senior Staff Associate Win Aung
Deputy Director for Engineering Education Sue
Kemnitzer
Deputy Director For Engineering Centers Lynn
Preston
Cross-Directorate Programs Sharon Middledorf
Management Operations Specialist Beverly Baker
Bioengineering Barbara Kenny
ERC Education Win Aung
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Engineering Education Sue Kemnitzer
(lead) Vacant Sharon Middledorf
Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education Mary Poats
Evaluation and Assessment Vacant
Manufacturing and Processing Bruce Kramer
Office Automation Clerk vacant
International Research and Education
in Engineering Win Aung
ERC Diversity And Pre-College Education Mary Poats
Research Experiences for Teachers Mary Poats
Earthquake Engineering Vilas Mujumdar
Program Assistants Darlene Suggs (lead) Shalika
Walton Susan Watson
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Bruce Kramer
(lead) Deborah Jackson Barbara Kenny
Microelectronics Systems and Information Deborah
Jackson (lead) Barbara Kenny
Research Experience for Undergrads Esther Bolding
Bioengineering Bioinformatics Summer
Institutes Mary Poats
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Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)

• Current Areas of Interest
• Centers that collaborate with industry to promote
  innovative research and education
• Centers that promote partnerships with small
  business and international researchers
• Focused efforts that integrate research into new
  advances in undergraduate and PhD engineering
  education, and partner with K-12 pipeline
  innovators

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Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP)
Senior Advisors Joe Hennessey Donald Senich
Division Director Kesh Narayanan
Industry University Cooperative Research
Centers Alex Schwarzkopf Edward Clancy Glenn
Larsen
Office of Industrial Innovation SBIR/STTR
Grants Opportunities for Academic Liaison
With Industry Donald Senich

• Advanced Materials. Manufacturing
• and Chemical Technology
• Cheryl Albus, Deepak Bhat,
• Rathindra DasGupta, Joe Hennessey
• Biotechnology
• Thomas Allnutt, Ali Andalibi,
• George Vermont
• Electronics
• Juan Figueroa, Murali Nair, Bill Haines,
• T. James Rudd
• Information Technology
• Errol Arkilic, Ian Bennett
• Special Topics
• Bob Norwood

Partnerships for Innovation Sara Nerlove

• Advanced Electronics (4)
• Advanced Manufacturing (3)
• Advanced Materials (7)
• Biotechnology (4)
• Civil Infrastructure Systems (3)
• Energy and the Environment (5)
• Fabrication and Processing
• Technology (7)
• Health and Safety (4)
• Information and Communications (6)
• Quality, Reliability and
• Maintenance (2)
• System Design and Simulation (1)

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Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP)

• Current Programs supporting academic-industry
  partnerships
• - Small Business Innovation Research
  (SBIR)
• - Small Business Technology Transfer
  Research (STTR)
• - Industry/University Cooperative
  Research Centers (I/UCRC)
• - Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)
• - Grant Opportunities for Academic
  Liaison with Industry (GOALI)
• IIP supports a wide spectrum of Technology Areas
• - Advanced Materials
• - Manufacturing
• - Civil Infrastructure Systems
• - Chemical-Based Technologies
• - Energy and Environment
• - Biotechnology
• - Electronics
• - Information-Based Technologies

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Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation
(EFRI)

• EFRI will support higher risk, higher payoff
  opportunities leading to
• new research areas for NSF, ENG, and other
  agencies
• new industries/capabilities resulting in a
  leadership position
• significant progress on advancing a grand
  challenge
• Successful topics would likely require
• small- to medium-sized interdisciplinary teams
• the necessary time to demonstrate substantial
  progress and evidence for follow-on funding
  through other established mechanisms
• The current investment for EFRI totals 25
  million for 4-year awards at 500k per year.
• Sohi Rastegar, Office Director

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EFRI Criteria

• TRANSFORMATIVE- Does the proposed topic represent
  an opportunity for a significant leap or paradigm
  shift in a research area, or have the potential
  to create a new research area?
• NATIONAL NEED/GRAND CHALLENGE- Is there potential
  for making significant progress on a current
  national need or grand challenge?
• BEYOND ONE DIVISION- Is the financial and
  research scope beyond the capabilities of one
  division?
• COMMUNITY RESPONSE- Is the community able to
  organize and effectively respond (but not in very
  large numbers i.e., it is an "emerging" area)?
• ENG LEADERSHIP- Are partnerships proposed, and if
  so, does NSF/ENG have a lead role?

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EFRI Topics

• FY 2007 (NSF 06-596)
• AUTONOMOUSLY RECONFIGURABLE ENGINEERED SYSTEMS
  ENABLED BY CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE (ARES)
• Key idea Autonomously reconfigurable engineered
  systems robust to unexpected/unplanned events
• CELLULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING (CBE)
• Key idea Comprehensive modeling, measurement,
  and control of coupled biological, chemical,
  electrical, mechanical, and thermal processes at
  the cellular and biomolecular level under
  multiple stimuli.
• FY 2008 (NSF 07-579)
• COGNITIVE OPTIMIZATION AND PREDICTION FROM
  NEURAL SYSTEMS TO NEUROTECHNOLOGY (COPN)
• - Key idea Understanding subsymbolic
  intelligence can lead to development of new
  designs and algorithms for optimal decision
  making and prediction in engineered systems.
• RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURES (RESIN)
• Key idea Design, renew, expand, monitor, and
  control critical interdependent infrastructures
  to be both resilient and sustainable.

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Free Advice for Successor(Im from the
government and Im here to help)

• It all starts with Dialog, a White Paper and a
  Short Bio
• Get involved in NSF Reviews Panel or Mail
• Dont be afraid of Teams
• Spread Your Research Wings
• Deliver on Your Promises
• No is not ForeverSeek Feedback
• .dont ever give up

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Thank you!