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Update of Directorate Activities John A. Brighton Assistant Director for Engineering

Update of Directorate Activities John A. Brighton Assistant Director for Engineering. Advisory Committee for Engineering May 11, 2005. Topics for My Overview. Introductions: Staff and AdCom Planning Process External Reports Internal Reports STG Report Proposals, Grants, Success Rates

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Update of Directorate Activities John A. Brighton Assistant Director for Engineering

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  1. Update of Directorate ActivitiesJohn A. BrightonAssistant Director for Engineering Advisory Committee for Engineering May 11, 2005

  2. Topics for My Overview • Introductions: Staff and AdCom • Planning Process • External Reports • Internal Reports • STG Report • Proposals, Grants, Success Rates • 2006 NSF and ENG Budgets • Update on Programs and Projects • Organizational Structure

  3. Introductions ENG Staff Advisory Committee

  4. Welcome New ENG Staff Adnan Akay Director, CMS Division (Starting July 2005) • Lord Professor and Head, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University • Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering North Carolina State University

  5. Welcome New ENG Staff • Mario Rotea, Program Director, Control Systems Program-Intelligent (CMS) • LaTanya Darby, Program Assistant, Environmental Engineering and Technology (BES) • Kawthar Zaki, Expert for Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems (ECS) • Leda Lunardi, IPA for Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems (ECS)

  6. Welcome New AdCom Members Ashok Agrawal (COESE Liaison) • Professor and Chair of the Engineering and Technology Department at St. Louis Community College • MS degree in Materials Science, and MS degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Kentucky

  7. Welcome New AdCom Members E. Jennings Taylor • CEO & IP Director, Faraday Technologies, Inc. • Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia

  8. Planning Process External Reports Internal Studies STG Report

  9. Planning Process for ENG • External Reports (Engineer of 2020, Innovate America, Assessing the Capacity) • Strategic Thinking Group Report “Strategic Directions for Engineering Research, Innovation, and Education” • Division Strategic Planning (7 Plans) • Task Force Reports (5 Special Study Reports)

  10. Overall Assessment - Planning • July 2004 –Task Groups/Committees within the ENG Directorate were formed • Charged to study, assess, plan, and prepare actions for the Directorate for Engineering • Awards and Solicitation (Michael Reischman, Chair) • Awards Impact and Assessment (Bob Wellek, Chair) • Making the Case for Engineering (Ken Chong, Chair) • Engineering Education and Workforce (Sue Kemnitzer, Chair) • Strategic Thinking Group (Kesh Narayanan, Chair) • Organization and Structure (Warren DeVries, Chair)

  11. Additional Input for Planning • Series of ENG “All Hands Meetings” to present Directorate and Task Force Reports • Keeping Staff Informed • Receiving Feedback on Planning Process • April 19-20 ELT Retreat • Discussed How All Reports Relate • Organizational Structure Recommendation • Input from ELT and EMT at regular meetings

  12. ELT Meeting with NSF Leadership • April 6 Meeting between ENG and Bement and Bordogna • Presented Summary of Reports and Plans • Received Constructive Feedback on Status and Process

  13. Strategic Thinking Group Directorate for Engineering Strategic Directions for Engineering Research, Innovation, and Education Developed by the ENG Strategic Thinking Group March 7, 2005 (Draft)

  14. ENG Mission • To enable the engineering and scientific communities to advance the frontiers of engineering research, innovation and education, in service to society and the nation. Source: STG Report

  15. ENG Vision • ENG will be the global leader in advancing the frontiers of fundamental engineering research, stimulating innovation, and substantially strengthening engineering education. Source: STG Report

  16. ENG Goals • Overarching Frontier Research Goal: Effectively invest in frontier engineering research that has potential for high impact in meeting national and societal needs. • Overarching Engineering Innovation Goal: Effectively invest in fundamental engineering innovation that has potential for high impact in meeting national and societal needs. • Overarching Engineering Education and Workforce Goal: Effectively invest in frontier engineering education and workforce advancement that has potential for high impact. • Public Understanding of Engineering Goal: Effectively invest in and seek partnerships to educate the public about the value of engineering research and education. Source: STG Report

  17. ENG Strategic Actions • Overarching Frontier Research Goal: Effectively invest in frontier engineering research that has potential for high impact in meeting national and societal needs. • Identify and nurture 5-6 priority frontier engineering research areas. • Identify 10-12 grand challenges for engineering research. • Substantially increase the number of Small Grants for Exploratory Research. • Double the number of small groups of investigators working on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research projects. Source: STG Report

  18. ENG Research Priorities • Biology in Engineering • New Frontiers in Nanotechnology • Critical Infrastructure Systems • Complexity in Engineered and Natural Systems • Manufacturing Frontiers Source: STG Report

  19. Next Steps • For each study, we have specific recommendations. • The next step is to develop action plans to move forward.

  20. Proposals, Grants andSuccess Rates NSF and ENG

  21. All NSF Funding RateResearch Grants

  22. Directorate Research Proposal Comparison FY 2000 and FY 2004

  23. Directorate Research Grant Comparison FY 2000 and FY 2004

  24. Directorate Funding Rate Comparison Research Grants FY ‘00 & ‘04

  25. Solicited Proposal Rates by Directorate FY ’00 - ‘04 Proposal Receipts 100% 92% 86% 80% 71% 68% 65% 56% 60% 52% FY 2000 48% FY 2004 40% 38% 36% 37% 37% 40% 30% 16% 20% 14% 10% 7% 0% BIO CSE EHR ENG GEO MPS O/D OPP SBE

  26. ENG Number of Solicitations toSuccess Rate Correlation

  27. (Data from ENG/ASTG Report) NSF Solicitation Actions w/ ENG Involvement Proposals Received FY 02 – 7650 FY 03 – 9939 FY 04 – 9847 FY 05 – 2500 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 FY 02 FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 17 20 10 3 New Solicitations 14 13 11 10 Rewritten Solicitations 36 49 59 52 Total Continuing 68 82 80 65 Total Solicitation Actions

  28. (Data from ENG/ASTG Report) Solicitation Actions - ENG Led 60 Proposals Received FY 02 – 7650 FY 03 – 9939 FY 04 – 9847 FY 05 – 2500 50 40 30 20 10 0 FY 02 FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 11 13 4 1 New Solicitations 8 10 7 5 Rewritten Solicitations 25 30 43 31 Total Continuing 44 53 54 37 Total Solicitation Actions

  29. Factors Affecting Success Rates • Number of Proposals • Average Size and Duration of Awards • Amount of Available Money • Number of Awards

  30. Ways of Limiting Proposals - 1 • Number of Solicitations • Scope of Solicitation • Limits on number of proposals from institutions or individuals • Number of Standard Grants vs. Continuing Grants (50% max for Continuing Grants within engineering)

  31. Ways of Limiting Proposals - 2 • Number of submission windows for proposals • Number of Programs • Limit investigators submitting proposals in any area at any time

  32. NSF and ENG Budget Review

  33. NSF Budget FY 2000-2006 (millions)

  34. NSF ‘06 Priority Areasand ENG Support • Biocomplexity in the Environment -$ 84 million • ENG Support $ 6.0 million • Nanoscale Science & Engineering --$ 243 million • ENG Support $ 127.77 million • Mathematical Sciences---------------$ 89 million • ENG Support $ 2.91 million • Human and Social Dynamics----------$ 39 million • ENG Support $ 2.0 million

  35. ENG Funding (millions)

  36. ENG Funding History

  37. Update and Current Status ENG Programs and Projects

  38. NEES Current Status • Operational as of October 1, 2004 • Infrastructure operated by NEES Consortium, Inc. • Five-year, $106 million NSF cooperative agreement • NEESinc is focal point for NEES • NEES Research program initiated • Competitions (FY 2004: 10 awards for $10.2 million) (FY 2005: underway) • Partnerships • NSF GEO/EAR EarthScope • NSF CISE/SCI Cyberinfrastructure • Japanese National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED) E-Defense Shake Table

  39. Cyberinfrastructure Current Status • NSF’s CI-TEAM • Equip the S&E workforce to create, augment and utilize cyberinfrastructure over the long term • First solicitations seek to demonstrate projects that can be replicated and scaled to a national level • Other CI-Related Investments for ’05 • Multi-scale modeling for bioengineering • CI and Operations Research for Enterprise-wide Applications • Cyberinfrastructure Initial Implementation Working Group • To define NSF role in CI Enterprise • Will analyze current CI Portfolio, and evaluate CI work done by other sectors • Will develop charter for a CI Management Panel

  40. Professional Societies: AD Interactions • Attended Meeting of “Founder Societies” in Feb. ‘05 (ASME, AIChE, ASCE, IEEE, AIME) • Participated in 2005 R&D Symposium on Capitol Hill • Participated in Engineers Week (Family Day in DC, NAE Award Ceremony)

  41. ImplementationOrganizational Structure

  42. Rationale for New Structure • Optimize interdisciplinary collaboration • Position ENG at the frontiers of engineering • Organized to integrate across priority areas • Organized to integrate research and education • Lead engineering in new directions • Enhance flexibility for disciplinary evolution • Support the continuum from discovery through to innovation • Develop career advancement opportunities for all staff

  43. ASTG Study Report • Inventory of all ENG ongoing grant portfolio as of December 2004. • Considered funding in each of about 30 topic areas for each divisions • Selected a listing of topics within three-four thrust areas for each division.

  44. ASTG Division Thrust Areas Division Thrust Areas $ Obligation % of Total BES Biochemical Engineering 51,000,000 3% Biomedical Engineering 53,000,000 3% Environmental Engineering 49,000,000 2% CMS Engineered Materials and Mechanics 71,000,000 4% Intelligent Civil and Mechanical Systems 70,000,000 4% Infra. Sys and Hazard Mitigation and Response 140,000,000 7% CTS Chemical Reaction Engineering 60,000,000 3% Fluid Dynamics and Particle Processes 57,000,000 3% Interfacial Phenomena and Separations 56,000,000 3% Thermal Systems 49,000,000 2%

  45. ASTG Division Thrust Areas(cont.) $ Obligation % of Total DMII Engineering Decision Systems 76,000,000 4% Manufacture and Equipment Systems 90,000,000 5% Other Investments, People, and Centers 24,000,000 1% ECS Electronics, Photonics, and Device Technologies 150,000,000 8% Controls, Networks, and Computational Intelligence 86,000,000 4% Integrative Systems 9,000,000 <1% Centers, Infrastructure, and Other 61,000,000 3% EEC Education 86,000,000 4% Centers 720,000,000 36% Non Education and Centers 23,000,000 1%

  46. Organizational Structure ReportFour Scenarios • Scenario 1: Operational Effectiveness • Scenario 2: Priority Led Matrix Structure • Scenario 3: Cross-disciplinary Excellence on the Continuum from Discovery to Innovation • Scenario 4: Aligning with Intellectually Stimulating National Priorities

  47. Organizational Structure Changes • A hybrid of Scenarios 1 & 2 has been selected • New structure will better position ENG to be more effective both inside NSF and externally • New structure better aligns with STG Overarching Goals • No job elimination or reduction in position classification is planned • Likely to present more opportunities for advancement

  48. Organizational Structure Conceptual Framework Current ‘06 Proposed ‘07 BES BCTS: Bioengineering Chemical & Transport Systems Plus Centers in Portfolio CTS CMS CMMI: Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation Plus Centers in Portfolio DMI ECCS: Electrical, Communication & Cyber Systems Plus Centers in Portfolio ECS IIP: Industrial Innovation and Partnerships Plus Centers in Portfolio OII EECI: Engineering Education, Centers, and Infrastructure Crosscutting EEC EFRI: Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (Crosscutting)

  49. Organizational Structure Sketch OAD EFRI EECI BCTS CMMI ECCS IIP BCTS: Bioengineering, Chemical & Transport Systems CMMI: Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation ECCS: Electrical, Communication & Cyber Systems IIP: Industrial Innovation & Partnerships EECI: Engineering Education, Centers, and Infrastructure EFRI: Emerging Frontiers in Research & Innovation

  50. Working Groups: Reporting ELT OAD BCTS CMMI ECCS IIP Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Nanotechnology (Nano) Environmental Systems (Enviro Sys) Engineering Education (EE) Engineering Research Centers

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