NRO Meeting, 092707

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NRO Meeting, 092707
ICTAS A
ICTAS I
ICTAS II
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ICTAS Vision

• To be among the top-ranked global institutes in
  transformative, sustainable technologies geared
  toward societal needs.

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ICTAS Mission
To enable and engage in path-finding,
interdisciplinary research at the intersection of
engineering, the physical sciences, biology,
information technology, cognition and humanities
with a dedicated mission to

• advance the frontiers of knowledge
• develop innovative and elegant sustainable
  solutions to promote economic development and
  enhance quality of life in the Commonwealth of
  Virginia, the United States, and the world at
  large
• enhance educational experience of both
  undergraduate and graduate students

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ICTAS Goals

• Identify emerging trends in engineering, physical
  and life sciences, and social sciences
• Select strategic areas of interdisciplinary
  research for investment and growth
• Invest in equipment, laboratory space, and
  faculty in the selected research areas
• Partner with academic units to start initiatives
  to increase the number of high-quality Ph.D.
  graduates
• Initiate program(s) to honor faculty
• Support research and educational programs
  reaching out to developing communities locally
  and globally
• Seek and strengthen industrial partnerships
• Increase the capacity and reputation of Virginia
  Tech in transformative, sustainable technologies

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ICTAS Strategies

• State-of-the-art equipment and lab space
• A few focus areas
• 15-20 faculty members
• 30-40 Ph.D. students
• 6-8M annual expenditure
• A larger set of theme areas
• 5-7 faculty members
• 10-14 Ph.D. students
• 2-3M annual expenditure
• High-risk - high-payoff research part of the
  portfolio/ novel ideas
• ICTAS-Academy A home for the unanswered
  questions of the 21st century.

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ICTAS Strategies (contd)

• Attract industry/national labs
• Promote entrepreneurship
• Engage COV as a key partner
• Economic development
• Translation of technology
• Invest in high quality faculty/staff
• Enhance visibility of ICTAS nationally and
  globally

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Infrastructure
Laboratories and Collaborative Space
http//www.ictas.vt.edu/ncfl
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The evolution of ICTAS A
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CRI Equipment Fund

• Total Equipment Fund Approved 5,383,000
• X-Ray Photoelectron Spectrometer
  (XPS)............................................
  805,000
• Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope
  (ESEM)...................750,000
• Field Emission SEM (FESEM).......................
  ...................................150,000
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).................
  ................................175,000
• Integrated Atomic Force Confocal/ Raman/ CCD
  Camera System.......500,000
• Focused Ion Beam.................................
  .......................................
  1,900,000
• Cryo-Ultra Microtome.............................
  ..........................................
  120,000
• Nano-Indenter....................................
  ..............................................
  320,000
• 2-Photon Microscope 663,000

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ICTAS I
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The evolution of ICTAS I
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ICTAS I Research Groups
SBES - Wally Grant Tissue Engineering - Yong Woo
Lee, Aaron Goldstein, Nicole Rylander, Chris
Rylander, Rafael Davalos, Padma
Rajagopolan Imaging - Ge Wang Injury Biomechanics
- Stefan Duma, Clay Gabler, Warren Hardy Targeted
Delivery of Nanomedicine - Judy Riffle, Kathleen
Meehan, Tim Long, Bev Rzigalinski, Nathan
Sriranganathan, Gary Pickrell, Randy Heflin,
Richey Davis, David Cox, Marion Ehrich,
Ramanathan Kasimanickam, Maren Roman, Yong Woo Lee
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ICTAS I Research Groups (cont)
Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Environment
Nancy Love, Mike Hochella, Harry Dorn, Peter
Vikesland, Trish Dove, Joerg Jinschek, Linsey
Marr, Roop Mahajan Fuel Cell Research - Mike
Ellis, Jack Lesko, Scott Case, Dave Dillard, Jim
McGrath, Scott Huxtable, Ishwar Puri, Zhiyou
Wen Renewable Materials - Justin Barone, Kevin
Edgar, Julia Fan, Paul Gatenholm, Sean McGinnis,
Abby Morgan, Scott Renneckar, Zhiyou Wen,
Percival Zhang
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ICTAS II
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ICTAS II

• 77,000 SF building in Life Sciences Corridor
• 35,000,000 total budget
• 24,000,000 construction budget
• Skanska selected to be Construction Manager _at_
  Risk
• Building will need additional funds for upfit of
  2 lab floors
• Schematic design completed, August, 2007.

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Focus Areas

• Nanoscale Science and Engineering
• Nano-Bio Interface
• Sustainable Energy
• Renewable Materials
• Water
• Cognitive Systemsand Communications

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What is a Cognitive Radio?

• Beyond adaptive radios, cognitive radios can
  handle unanticipated channels and events.
• Cognitive radios require
• Sensing
• Adaptation
• Learning
• Cognitive radios intelligently optimize their own
  performance in response to user requests and in
  conformity with FCC rules.

Fixed radios are set by their operators
Adaptive radios can adjust themselves to
accommodate anticipated events
Cognitive radios can sense their environment
and learn how to adapt
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Action Plan

• Formalize test bed opportunity and business plan
• Meet with FCC and NTIA to seek their support
• Convince BBN to use our test bed
• Home networking (multimedia and telemetry) might
  be a good commercial venue
• Survey possible industry participation with FCC
  guidance
• Get support from CNS
• Create a special listserv to promote
  collaboration on opportunities
• First opportunity may be NRO BAA
• Subsequent meeting to form teams for various
  opportunities
• Get ICTAS support --- leverage this with FCC,
  BBN, and others
• Provided by Dr. Jeff Reed

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ICTAS StrategiesTheme Areas

• 5-7 faculty members
• 10-14 Ph.D. students
• 2-3M annual expenditure

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ICTAS Theme Areas

• Smart Vehicles
• With a planning grant from NSF, the effort is
  underway to join a multi-university
  NSF/Industry/University Cooperative Research
  Center on Smart Vehicles. P.I. Roop L. Mahajan
  Co-P.I. Rakesh Kapania
• Human Behavior Analysis
• Francis Quek (CS) to lead this effort plans are
  to submit a major proposal to NSF.
• Center for Inflammation
• Led by Professors Liwu Li (Biology) and Ge Wang,
  effort is underway to form a Center for
  Inflammation to focus on leveraging our unique
  research expertise in immunity and
  bioluminescence.
• Occupational Safety and Health
• An expanded version of the Center for Innovation
  on Construction Safety and Health (director
  Brian Kleiner), with a focus on the interface
  between humans and hazards. The new charter
  provides the flexibility to impact different
  occupational sectors including construction,
  mining, automobiles, etc.

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ICTAS Theme Areas

• Portable Smart Laboratory for Human-Wildlife
  Interactions
• Led by Dr. Taranjit Kaur (veterinary medicine),
  this theme area will focus on incorporating new
  technology to develop a smarter, more compact and
  environmentally benign PLUG for early diagnosis
  of potential epidemics/infectious diseases in
  animals.
• Non-invasive Sensing and Diagnosis
• Led by professor Pavlos Vlachos (ME), this theme
  area will focus on the development of
  non-invasive sensors for early diagnosis and
  treatment of cardiovascular and pulmonary
  disease., Danesh Tafti, Don Leo..
• Assistive Technologies
• A team led by professor Thurman Lockhart (ISE)
  will focus on assistive technologies including
  point-of-care technologies for physically
  challenged individuals.
• Cellular Engineering Microsystems In the
  formative stage , Rafael Davalos Sanjay Raman,
  Louis Guido, Roop Mahajan, Ishwar Puri, Ge Wang,
  Liwu Li

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Researching the Interface Between People and
Hazards
Safety and Health in Occupations Center (SHOC)
Construction
Ergonomics Human Factors
Center for Innovation In Construction SH
Mining
Wood Science
S C I E N C E S
Mining SH Research Group
Civil Engineering
Logistics
Logistics SH Research Group
Mechanical Engineering
Manufacturing
Manufacturing SH Research Group

• Socio-technical Hierarchy of Controls Research
  
• Design for Safety Elimination, Substitution,
  Materials
• Engineering Controls Shield, Enclose, Guard,
  Technology
• Warnings Communication
• Administrative Controls Policy, SOP, Training,
• Maintenance, Behavior, Enforcement, IT
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Engineering Science
Nuclear SH Research Group
Nuclear
Building Construction
Healthcare SH Research Group
Healthcare
Language
Electrical Engineering
Architecture
Computer Science
Epidemiology
Mining Engineering
Business
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THEME AREA Human Behavior Analysis

• Goals
• Develop models and tools to analyze/interpret
  physical human behavior
• Target these models generally and to specific
  domains

• Domain Characteristics
• Inherently interdisciplinary
• Sensor networks
• Vision-based tracking
• Pattern analysis and machine learning
• Psychology/Psycholinguistics
• Wearable technologies/electronic textiles
• Performance arts
• Life sciences
• Speech/multimodal analysis
• Biomechanics
• Human animation

• Application Areas
• Video surveillance
• Video analysis and annotation
• Elder care
• Student and teacher behavior for teaching and
  learning
• Driving safety
• Health care
• Motion analysis and rehabilitation
• Assistive technologies
• Emotion analysis
• Advanced user interfaces
• Gaming

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Students and Faculty
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ICTAS Doctoral Scholar Program

• Established in 2007
• Honors exceptional Ph.D. applicants through award
  of full financial support
• A cooperative effort coordinated through ICTAS,
  including 5 colleges (COE, COS, CNR, CALS, CVM)
  and the Graduate School
• Initial goal is to establish a steady state of 40
  ICTAS scholars by 2011

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Honoring Faculty

• ICTAS Faculty Fellow Program
• Very selective, on the lines of Bell Labs Fellow
• Limited to 0.1 of faculty/year
• Life time cap 1
• In design stage
• Need for endowment

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Outreach

• Building Opening Ceremony
• Benchmark Institute
• Annual Report

• ICTAS Newsletter
• Organization Mission, Vision, Goals, Core Values
• Faculty Fellows Program
• Website
• Facilities Brochure
• Development Proposals
• Publicity Materials
• IFAB

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Economic Development

• Commonwealth of Virginia
• Aneesh Chopra, Secretary of Science and
  Technology
• Virginia Economic Development Partnership
• Gary McLaren (Deputy Director)
• Jeffrey Anderson (Executive Director)
• Ted Settle (Virginia Tech Director of OED)
• Seat on Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board
• Corning Initiative
• Beyond Borders
• GE Initiative
• NIST - ATP

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Industrial Partnerships

• NSF I/UCRCs
• Smart vehicle concepts
• Center for e-Design
• ADA
• ValleyLab
• COV
• Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board

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ICTAS and NRO

• ICTAS a home for large interdisciplinary research
• Facilitate designed to promote cutting edge
  research in a collaborative setting
• Strength in a number of areas including nano to
  micro to macroscale phenomena
• ICTAS- Academy designed to promote path-changing
  research

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ICTAS Academy

• A home for unencumbered, futuristic research
• A home for unanswered questions of the 21st
  century
• A place where solutions are sought to the
  unanswered questions
• - Paradigm shift
• - A fundamental change

Thomas Edison
Potential for collaboration with NRO
Alexander Graham Bell