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Update of Directorate
Activities
John A. Brighton
Assistant Director for Engineering
Advisory Committee for Engineering
May 11, 2005
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Topics for My Overview
• Introductions: Staff and AdCom
• Planning Process
– External Reports
– Internal Reports
– STG Report
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Proposals, Grants, Success Rates
2006 NSF and ENG Budgets
Update on Programs and Projects
Organizational Structure
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Introductions
ENG Staff
Advisory Committee
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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
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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)
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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
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Welcome New AdCom Members
E. Jennings Taylor
• CEO & IP Director, Faraday
Technologies, Inc.
• Ph.D. in Materials Science and
Engineering, University of
Virginia
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Planning Process
External Reports
Internal Studies
STG Report
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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)
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Overall Assessment - Planning
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July 2004 –Task Groups/Committees within the ENG
Directorate were formed
Charged to study, assess, plan, and prepare actions
for the Directorate for Engineering
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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)
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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.
1. Identify and nurture 5-6 priority frontier engineering
research areas.
2. Identify 10-12 grand challenges for engineering
research.
3. Substantially increase the number of Small Grants
for Exploratory Research.
4. Double the number of small groups of investigators
working on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research
projects.
Source: STG Report
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ENG Research Priorities
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Biology in Engineering
New Frontiers in Nanotechnology
Critical Infrastructure Systems
Complexity in Engineered and
Natural Systems
• Manufacturing Frontiers
Source: STG Report
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Next Steps
• For each study, we have specific
recommendations.
• The next step is to develop action plans
to move forward.
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Proposals, Grants and
Success Rates
NSF and ENG
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All NSF Funding Rate
Research Grants
35000
35%
30000
30%
25000
25%
20000
20%
15000
15%
10000
10%
5000
5%
0
0%
2000
2001
Proposals
2002
Grants
2003
Funding Rate
2004
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Directorate Research Proposal
Comparison FY 2000 and FY 2004
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
MPS
SBE
CSE
GEO
Competitive Proposals '00
ENG
BIO
EHR
Competitive Proposals '04
OPP
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Directorate Research Grant
Comparison FY 2000 and FY 2004
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
MPS
SBE
CSE
GEO
Competitive Grants '00
ENG
BIO
EHR
Competitive Grants '04
OPP
Directorate Funding Rate
Comparison Research Grants
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FY ‘00 & ‘04
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
MPS
SBE
CSE
GEO
Funding Rate '00
ENG
BIO
EHR
Funding Rate '04
OPP
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Solicited Proposal Rates by Directorate
FY ’00 - ‘04 Proposal Receipts
100%
92%
86%
80%
71%
68%
65%
56%
60%
52%
FY 2000
FY 2004
48%
38%
37%
40%
40%
37%
36%
30%
16%
20%
14%
10%
7%
0%
BIO
CSE
EHR
ENG
GEO
MPS
O/D
OPP
SBE
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ENG Number of Solicitations to
Success Rate Correlation
20
18
18
16
14
14
12
12
10
10
8
8
6
6
4
4
2
2
0
0
BES
CMS
ECS
Solicitations as Prime
DMI
04 Success Rate
CTS
Percent Success Rate
Number of Solicitations
16
(Data from ENG/ASTG Report)
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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
New Solicitations
17
20
10
3
Rewritten Solicitations
14
13
11
10
Total Continuing
36
49
59
52
Total Solicitation Actions
68
82
80
65
(Data from ENG/ASTG Report)
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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
New Solicitations
11
13
4
1
Rewritten Solicitations
8
10
7
5
Total Continuing
25
30
43
31
Total Solicitation Actions
44
53
54
37
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Factors Affecting Success Rates
• Number of Proposals
• Average Size and Duration of
Awards
• Amount of Available Money
• Number of Awards
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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)
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Ways of Limiting Proposals - 2
• Number of submission
windows for proposals
• Number of Programs
• Limit investigators submitting
proposals in any area at any
time
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NSF and ENG Budget Review
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NSF Budget
FY 2000-2006 (millions)
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NSF ‘06 Priority Areas
and 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
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ENG Funding (millions)
BES
CTS
CMS
DMI
ECS
EEC
OII
Total, ENG
FY 2004
Actual
51.00
69.21
67.22
65.92
74.61
134.03
103.58
$565.57
FY 2005
Change over
Current FY 2006
FY 2005
Plan Request Amount
%
48.22
50.68
2.46 5.1%
65.79
68.99
3.20 4.9%
81.98
84.21
2.23 2.7%
63.85
67.41
3.56 5.6%
71.64
74.35
2.71 3.8%
127.06 129.71
2.65 2.1%
102.76 105.33
2.57 2.5%
$561.30 $580.68 $19.38 3.5%
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ENG Funding History
$700.00
$600.00
$500.00
$400.00
ENG
$300.00
$200.00
$100.00
$0.00
FY97
FY98
FY99
FY00
FY01
FY02
FY03
FY04
FY05
FY06
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Update and Current Status
ENG Programs and Projects
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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
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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
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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)
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Implementation
Organizational Structure
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Rationale for New Structure
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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
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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 threefour thrust areas for each division.
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ASTG Division Thrust Areas
Division Thrust Areas
BES
Biochemical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
CMS
Engineered Materials and Mechanics
Intelligent Civil and Mechanical Systems
Infra. Sys and Hazard Mitigation and Response
CTS
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Fluid Dynamics and Particle Processes
Interfacial Phenomena and Separations
Thermal Systems
$ Obligation
% of Total
51,000,000
53,000,000
49,000,000
3%
3%
2%
71,000,000
70,000,000
140,000,000
4%
4%
7%
60,000,000
57,000,000
56,000,000
49,000,000
3%
3%
3%
2%
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ASTG Division Thrust Areas
(cont.)
$ Obligation
DMII
Engineering Decision Systems
Manufacture and Equipment Systems
Other Investments, People, and Centers
76,000,000
90,000,000
24,000,000
% of Total
4%
5%
1%
ECS
Electronics, Photonics, and Device Technologies 150,000,000
Controls, Networks, and Computational Intelligence 86,000,000
Integrative Systems
9,000,000
Centers, Infrastructure, and Other
61,000,000
8%
4%
<1%
3%
EEC
Education
Centers
Non Education and Centers
4%
36%
1%
86,000,000
720,000,000
23,000,000
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Organizational Structure Report
Four 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
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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
Organizational Structure
Conceptual Framework
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Current ‘06
BES
Proposed ‘07
BCTS: Bioengineering Chemical & Transport Systems
CTS
Plus Centers in Portfolio
CMS
CMMI: Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation
DMI
Plus Centers in Portfolio
ECCS: Electrical, Communication & Cyber Systems
ECS
OII
EEC
Plus Centers in Portfolio
IIP: Industrial Innovation and Partnerships
Plus Centers in Portfolio
EECI: Engineering Education, Centers, and Infrastructure
Crosscutting
EFRI: Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (Crosscutting)
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Organizational Structure Sketch
OAD
EFRI
EECI
BCTS
BCTS:
CMMI:
ECCS:
IIP:
EECI:
EFRI:
CMMI
ECCS
IIP
Bioengineering, Chemical & Transport Systems
Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation
Electrical, Communication & Cyber Systems
Industrial Innovation & Partnerships
Engineering Education, Centers, and Infrastructure
Emerging Frontiers in Research & Innovation
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Working Groups: Reporting
OAD
ELT
BCTS
CMMI
ECCS
IIP
Cyberinfrastructure (CI)
Nanotechnology (Nano)
Environmental Systems (Enviro Sys)
Engineering Education (EE) Engineering Research Centers
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ENG Crosscutting:
Working Groups
EECI
CI
BCTS
CMMI
ECCS
IIP
Nano
Enviro Sys
ERC
EE
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Engineering Education and Centers
Linkages to Divisions
AdCom
Subcommittee
For K-12
EECI
Division
Gary Gabriele
EHR
BCTS
IIP
CMMI
CMMI
BCTS
Eng. Ed.
Eng. Res. Centers
Sue Kemnitzer
Lynn Preston
ECCS
IIP
ECCS
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Questions & Answers
General Discussion