EEC and OII Joint Meeting
Engineering Education and Centers Division
EEC and OII Reorganization Planning
Discussion Agenda
1. Steps taken so far
2. Changes to EEC and OII
3. Strategic Plan for EEC: future of ERC and
Engineering Education
4. Strategic Plan for OII
Engineering Education and Centers Division
Steps Taken So Far
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ENG All-Hands Meeting, May 5, 2005
EEC All-Hands Meeting, May 5, 2005
OII All-Hands Meeting, May 6, 2005
AdCom Input, May 11-12, 2005
EEC Support Staff meeting, May 13, 2005
OII Retreat, May 19-20, 2005
Future meetings between EEC and OII TBD
Engineering Education and Centers Division
Proposed Changes to EEC & OII
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EEC establish working groups for
Engineering Education and Engineering
Research Centers
EEC take on leadership for research
infrastructure programs
OII take on
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Partnerships for Innovation(PFI) from EEC
Industry/University Cooperative Research
Centers (IUCRC) from EEC
Grants Opportunity for Industrial Liaison
(GOALI) from DMII to form new IIP Division
Engineering Education and Centers Division
Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers
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Advanced Electronics (5 centers)
Advanced Manufacturing (2)
Advanced Materials (7)
Biotechnology (4)
Civil Infrastructure Systems (3)
Information and Communications (5+4)
Energy and Environment (3+1)
Fabrication & Processing Technology (9)
Health and Safety (3)
Quality, Reliability & Maintenance (2)
Systems Design and Simulation (1)
Engineering Education and Centers Division
The University of
Iowa (lead
institution) and the
University of Texas
at Austin
Support from all sources for I/UCRCs, 20022003 (amounts shown in millions $)
30
25
20
NSF/EEC
Industry
State
University
Other Federal
Non-Federal
Other Cash
15
10
5
0
Millions $
Engineering Education and Centers Division
Partnerships for Innovation
Program Goals
 Enable the transformation of knowledge into innovations that create new
wealth, build strong local, regional and national economies;
 Broaden the participation of all types of academic institutions and all
citizens in NSF activities for broad workforce development; and
 Catalyze the enabling infrastructure necessary to foster and sustain
innovation for the long-term.
Engineering Education and Centers Division
Partnerships for Innovation
Program Activities
Research/Technology Transfer/Commercialization
Workforce
Education/Training
(Technician-Ph.D.)
Engineering Education and Centers Division
Infrastructure
for Innovation
Grant Opportunities for
Academic Liaison with Industry
(GOALI)
The Mechanisms
•Faculty and Students in industry
•Industry Scientists and Engineers in
Academe
•Industry-University Collaborative
Research Projects
Engineering Education and Centers Division
ENG Working Groups interactions with
EEC
EECI
EHR
BCTS
CMMI
Eng Ed WG
IIP
ECCS
Engineering Education and Centers Division
BCTS
CMMI
ERC WG
IIP
ECCS
Future for Centers
Strategy: Examine assumptions
underlying the ERC program, trends for
the future, and define guidelines for
configuration of the ERC program of the
future.
(Same for both ERC and I/UCRC)
Engineering Education and Centers Division
Conceptual map of Centers relative to their activities in fundamental research and technology transfer and
innovation
Engineering Education and Centers Division
Future for Engineering Education
Strategy 1.
Focus on research on how
students learn engineering, UG
and Grad.
Strategy II.
Focus on attracting more
talented and diverse students
to engineering, at all levels
Engineering Education and Centers Division