2006 ERC Annual Meeting November 30, 2006

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2006 ERC Annual MeetingNovember 30, 2006

• Integrating Discovery and Innovation through
  ERCs
• Lynn Preston
• Leader of the ERC Program and
• Deputy Division Director
• Division of Engineering Education and Centers
• National Science Foundation

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Driving Forces for the NSF Engineering Research
Centers Program

• Continual innovation is need to keep U.S.
  industry ahead foreign competitors strength in
  engineers is wide-spread globally
• Globalization is shifting routine engineering
  jobs offshore, US engineers need to be at the
  forefront of innovation
• Engineering must involve a more diverse spectrum
  of faculty and students to capture the genius of
  all people for engineering
• Integration of fundamental research with systems
  and engineering practice produces more
  competitive engineering graduates
• Partnerships between academe and industry speed
  knowledge/technology transfer and prepare a more
  competitive future workforce

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Engineering Research Centers ProgramGuiding
Goals

• Create and sustain an integrated,
  interdisciplinary research environment to advance
  fundamental engineering knowledge and engineered
  systems
• Educate a globally competitive and diverse
  engineering workforce and
• Join academe and industry in partnership to
  achieve these goals

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Key Features of an ERC

• Guiding strategic vision for transforming
  engineered systems and the development of a
  globally competitive and diverse engineering
  workforce
• Strategic plans for research, education, and
  diversity to realize the vision
• Integrated, interdisciplinary research program --
  fundamental to systems research and
  proof-of-concept test beds
• Integrating research and education from
  precollege to practitioners (courses, course
  modules, new degree programs)
• Partnership with industry/practitioners to
  formulate and evolve the strategic plan,
  strengthen research and education, speed
  technology transfer
• Leadership, cohesive and diverse
  interdisciplinary team, effective management
• Cross-institutional commitment to facilitate and
  foster the interdisciplinary culture and
  diversity of the ERC

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FY 2007 Engineering Research Centers
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Graduating ERCs and EERCs

• U. of Washington - - Bioengineered Materials,
  1996
• U. of Michigan - - Reconfigurable Machining
  Systems, 1996
• U. of Southern California - - Integrated Media
  Systems, 1996
• Vanderbilt University with Harvard-MIT,
  Northwestern Univ. and U. of Texas-Austin - -
  VaNTH ERC for Bioengineering Educational
  Technologies, 1999
• University of California at Berkeley - - Pacific
  Earthquake Engineering Research Center, 1997
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - -
  Mid-America Earthquake Center, 1997
• State University of New York at Buffalo - -
  Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake
  Engineering Research, 1997

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NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC)
forReconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS)
In the early 1990s the two major business goals
of manufacturing enterprises were high product
quality and low cost. The ERC/RMS added a new
goal The rapid speed of responsiveness with
reconfiguration as the main enabler
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Reconfigurable Inspection machine
IMPACT
Fundamental Knowledge
Science base for the design and operation of
manufacturing systems that evolve over time to
meet changing needs.
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USC Integrated Media Systems Center
A partnership among National Science
Foundation University of Southern
California USC Viterbi School of
Engineering Annenberg Center for
Communication Industry Partners
Computer Hardware and Software
Entertainment Broadcasting
Petroleum Industry Telecommunications
Publishing Aircraft and Aerospace
Other Government Agencies DARPA, NASA, JPL, ONR,
U.S. Army, NGA (NIMA), DHS
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IMSC Vision Immersive Reality

• The goal of immersive reality is
• to augment real world environments and generate
  sensations that are comparable with those
  generated by the real world
• for people to interact, communicate, and
  collaborate naturally in a common space while
  they are actually in different physical locations

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University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials
An NSF Engineering Research Center
Fibrotic / avascular
Vascularized / regenerative
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University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials

• Engineered Systems Underway and Envisioned by
  UWEB
• Non-calcifying bioprosthetic heart valves
• Long-life neuroelectrodes for retinal cochlear,
  and brain stimulation implantsworking with BMES
  ERC at USC
• Anti-fibrotic coatings for breast implants
  other devices
• Vascularized membranes for implantable glucose
  sensors
• Smart-polymer drug-delivery coatings
• Future Realization will depend upon NIH and
  industry funding

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Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
(PEER)
UC Berkeley (lead) Caltech Stanford UC Davis UC
Irvine UCLA UCSD USC U Washington
Vision Earthquake engineering technologies to
meet the safety and economic needs of owners and
society.
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• Performance-based earthquake engineering

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University at Buffalo n Cornell University n
University of California/Irvine n University of
Colorado/Bolder
MCEERA Vision of Resilience
The overall goal of MCEER is to enhance the
seismic resilience of communities through
improved engineering and management tools for
critical infrastructure systems (water supply,
electric power, and hospitals) and emergency
management functions.
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University at Buffalo n Cornell University n
University of California/Irvine n University of
Colorado/Bolder
MCEERImpacts on Resilience
Decision-assisting models to improve resilience
of utility systems
Decision-assisting models to improve resilience
of hospitals
Quantifiable metrics for improving seismic
resilience
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Vision Through systems-driven multi-disciplinary
research, education and outreach, the Center is
creating innovative solutions to mitigate impacts
of earthquakes through quantification and
consequential minimization of earthquake effects
across regions and networks
Core Institutions University of Illinois,
Georgia Institute of Technology, University of
Memphis, Texas A and M, University of Texas at
Austin, University of Puerto Rico, George
Washington University, Washington University,
University of Michigan
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• MAE Center Accomplishments
• New Science and Engineering
• Accurate models for earthquake sources in
  mid-America
• Analytically-based methods for evaluating damage
  potential
• Quantitative social impact measures
• A New Approach towards Earthquake Assessment
• Region-wide view of impact assessment using
  MAEviz
• Takes into account all networks and their
  interaction
• Employs decision theory to provide web-based
  interactive losses
• A Risk-Aware Society in the Central US
• The Central States look towards the Center for
  advice on earthquakes
• Education and outreach has achieved great success
  at all levels
• Partnership with DHS-FEMA and Central US
  Earthquake Consortium
• is leading to major improvements in the
• national emergency response plan

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ERC Strategic Framework Its not an ERC if it
doesnt do all three
Societal/Natural System Interface
Graduates Technology
Deliverables
Identify Societal/Market Needs, Define System
System Requirements
Systems Architecture
Testbed
Testbed
Testbed
Technology Integration
Integrate Fundamental Knowledge into Enabling
Technology
Enabling Tech. Research
Deliverables
Enabling Tech. Research
Technology Base
Develop Useful Insights from Fundamental Knowledge
Deliverables
Knowledge Base
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VISION

• VaNTH unites educators and engineers to
• transform bioengineering education by developing,
  implementing and assessing educational processes,
  materials and technologies that are aimed at
  producing adaptive experts .
• affect the system of bioengineering education by
  becoming a working model of how bioengineers
  develop and test curricular materials.

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Learning Tech

• Learning systems with embedded HPL and assessment

• Theory of adaptive expertise in bioengineering
• Improved learning through instructional designs
  based on How People Learn (HPL)

VaNTH Impact

• Taxonomies

• Curricula

• HPL Modules and Courses

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PEER EERC Undergraduate Shake Table Seismic
Design Competition
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At PEER, K-12 students and their LEGO structures
anxiously ?await the "UC rumble".
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New Key Features of Gen 3 ERCs

• Build a culture of discovery and innovation in
  academe
• Link scientific discovery to technological
  innovation by directly engaging small innovative
  firms in the ERCs research teams to carry out
  translational research to speed innovation
• Build partnerships with academic, state and local
  government, and other programs designed to
  stimulate entrepreneurship, start-up firms, and
  otherwise speed the translation of academic
  knowledge into technological innovation
• Engage ERC students in all phases of the
  innovation process so they understand what is
  required to translate fundamental knowledge
  discoveries into innovations
• Strategically designed education programs to
  produce creative, innovative engineers
• Provide faculty and students with cross-cultural,
  global research experiences through partnerships
  with foreign universities or other means
• Build long-term sustained partnerships with
  pre-college institutions to increase the
  enrollment of domestic students in engineering
  and science degree programs

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ERC FY 2007-2008 Solicitation (NSF- 521)

• Due Dates
• February 02, 2007 - Letters of Intent - Required
• May 3, 2007 - Preliminary Proposals Due
• August 1, 2007 - Invitations
• October 30, 2007 - Invited Full Proposals Due
• January - February 2008 - Site Visits
• August 2008 - Awards
• Awards - Five New ERCs planned
• Funding
• Base - 3.25 M per year
• Growth -- through supplemental funding, limited
  to 20 over five years
• Additional supplements possible for Research
  Experiences for Undergraduates and Teachers
  through submission to those solicitations
• Cost Sharing - No requirements for academic cost
  sharing or other support, such as industrial
  support

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Chris Kyriakakis Wins a 2006 World Technology
Award

Chosen by his peers as an immersive sound wizard
resulting from developing novel algorithms for
capturing and rendering multichannel sound to
create immersive environmentslike live
performances
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MacArthur FellowshipsERC Directors Receive 500K
Genius Grants
2005 Awardee
2006 Awardee
Dr. Linda Griffith, Bioengineer Director,
Biotechnology Process Engineering Center, MIT
Dr. Claire Gmachl, Laser Engineer Director, ERC
on Mid-InfraRed Technologies for Health and the
Environment, Princeton Univ.
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CASA REU Students
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EERC 2006 REU Symposium, Bend, OR
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