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ENG: Investing in Engineering Research and Education
and Fostering Innovations for Benefit to Society
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Image credits, clockwise from top left: NSF; NSF; Jessica Hochreiter/Arizona State University; Joe Cheeney, University of California-Riverside; Altaeros Energies; NSF; NSF.
NSF Directorate for Engineering
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ENG SBIR/STTR ENG ARRA SBIR/STTR ARRA
ENG and SBIR/STTR R&RA Budgets ($M)
3FY Appropriated Funds
ENG Initiatives and Priorities Address National
Interests
• Innovations at the Nexus of Food,
Energy, and Water Systems
• Risk and Resilience
• Clean Energy Technology
• Cyber-Enabled Materials,
Manufacturing, and Smart Systems
– Advanced Manufacturing
• Smart and Connected Communities
• National Nanotechnology Initiative
• Understanding the Brain
– BRAIN Initiative
• Broadening Participation
– NSF INCLUDES: Inclusion across
the Nation of Communities of
Learners that have been
Underrepresented for Diversity in
Engineering and Science
• National Strategic Computing
Initiative
• Innovation Corps
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Chemical, Bioengineering,
Environmental, & Transport Systems
JoAnn S. Lighty
Division Director
Innovations at the Nexus of Food,
Energy, and Water Systems (INFEWS)
Growing populations, economic growth, and increased variability
in precipitation and temperatures will increase stress on the food-
energy-water resources
6Image credits, from left: courtesy of Richard Luthy, Stanford University; Zhiyong Jason Ren, University of Colorado Boulder, Constantine M. Megaridis, Aritra Ghosh, Ranjan Ganguly, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
University of Illinois at Chicago; NSF.
Innovations at the Nexus of Food,
Energy, and Water Systems (INFEWS)
Advance understanding of the FEW system through quantitative and
computational modeling
Develop real-time, cyber-enabled interfaces that improve
understanding of the behavior of FEW systems and increase decision
support capability
Enable research that will lead to innovative solutions to critical FEW
problems
Grow the scientific workforce capable of studying and managing the
FEW systems
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Future INFEWS
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• Dear Colleague Letters: more specific areas with
potential concentration on “pairs”
• Solicitations: focus on systems approach and
interdisciplinary
• Continue, and hopefully expand, partnerships with
other federal agencies
Understanding the Brain
ENG focuses on the President’s BRAIN Initiative
– drives integration across scales and disciplines
– accelerates the development of novel experimental and analytical
approaches, including computational and data-enabled modeling, and
new neurotechnologies
Engineering research areas
– optogenetic mapping and stimulation of the brain
– noninvasive or minimally invasive imaging and sensing technologies
– neuroprosthetics for neuron repair or regeneration
– brain-inspired devices and technologies
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Advanced Biomanufacturing• EAGERS in FY15 and FY16
(just out)– Culture configurations and
bioreactor approaches for
reproducible cell expansion
– Optimal expansion of T cells
– Scalable and cost-effective cell
separation and purification
– Innovative platforms that reduce or
eliminate cell product
– Methods for rapid, non-destructive
characterization
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Hazar et al, Lab on a Chip, 2015
Important Internal Collaborations
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• Designing Materials to Revolutionize & Engineer our Future (DMREF)
Fostering collaborations within NSF, specifically DMR and CHEM, to benefit the CBET
research community
Five proposals funded with three CBET lead
Total funding was approx. $6M
CBET contribution was $2.9M
• National Robotics Initiative
Collaboration with CISE and CMMI to benefit CBET research community
Nine proposals funded in total within CBET community
3 funded by NIH for approx. $2M
6 funded at NSF for a total of $5.3M
CBET Clusters
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INFEWS
Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing
Innovation
Deborah Goodings
Division Director
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Advanced Manufacturing
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Image credits, from left: NSF; NSF; Xiaoping Bao and Sean Palecek, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Advanced Manufacturing
Enables innovation capacity for U.S. manufacturing
by emphasizing research on:
– cyber-enabled, adaptive, agile, and distributed
manufacturing for the “Factory of the Future”
– nanosystems design and scalable nanomanufacturing
– advanced biomanufacturing
Alliance for Manufacturing Foresight (NSF + NIST)
Industry University Cooperative Research Centers
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$176M NSF$84M ENG
Cyber-Enabled Materials, Manufacturing,
and Smart Systems (CEMMSS)
Breakthrough Materials: Materials discovery, property
optimization, systems design and optimization, manufacturing,
certification, and deployment
Advanced Manufacturing
Robotics: Electronic, mechanical, computing, sensing devices and
systems, controls, and intelligent systems that enable ubiquitous,
advanced robotics
Cyber-Physical Systems: Integration of intelligent decision-making
algorithms and hardware into physical systems
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$257M NSF$112M ENG
Risk and Resilience
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Image credits, from left: NSF; Paul M. Torrens and Cheng Fu, University of Maryland, College Park, Sabya Mishra, University of Memphis, and Timothy Welch, Georgia Tech; NSF.
Risk and Resilience: Critical Resilient
Interdependent Infrastructure Systems
and Processes (CRISP)
Improves the resilience, interoperation, performance, and readiness of
critical infrastructure
– Advances knowledge of risk assessment and predictability
– Supports novel tools, technologies, and engineered systems solutions for
increased resilience
CRISP: jointly supported by ENG, CISE, and SBE
– Enhances understanding and design of interdependent critical
infrastructure systems and processes that provide essential goods and
services, both under normal conditions and despite disruptions and
failures from any cause
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$43M NSF$14M ENG
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Other CMMI highlights
• $1.5M trial awards• Natural Hazard Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI)• OSTP: Citizen Science; Smart & Connected Communities
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Other CMMI highlights
• $1.5M trial awards• Natural Hazard Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI)• OSTP: Citizen Science; Smart & Connected Communities
• EFRI: New Light and Acoustic Wave Propagation• Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events (IMEE)• Systems engineering (SYS & ESD)• Service sector (SMOR)
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Other CMMI highlights
• $1.5M trial awards• Natural Hazard Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI)• OSTP: Citizen Science; Smart & Connected Communities
• EFRI: New Light and Acoustic Wave Propagation• Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events (IMEE)• Systems engineering (SYS & ESD)• Service sector (SMOR)
• Integration into ENG/CMMI research:• Biology• Advanced computing and communications• Human-centered engineering
Electrical, Communications, and Cyber
Systems (ECCS)
Samir El-GhazalyDivision Director
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Electrical, Communications, and Cyber Systems (ECCS)
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Senior Engineering AdvisorLawrence Goldberg
Electronics, Photonics, and Magnetic Devices (EPMD)
Energy, Power, Control and Networks (EPCN)
Communications, Circuits, and Sensing Systems (CCSS)
Usha VarshneyDimitris PavlidisNadia El Masry
Kishan BahetiEyad Abed
Ali Reza Khaligh
Mona ZaghloulHao Ling
Chengshan Xiao
Samir El-GhazalyDivision Director
Dominique Dagenais Deputy Division Director
(Acting)
Program Support ManagerCynthia Greene
Optics and Photonics Group
Mahmoud FallahiDominique Dagenais
John Zavada
National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)
Foundational research in electronics and photonics, advanced materials and
manufacturing, bio- and neurotechnology, and Nano Environmental Health
and Safety (nano-EHS)
Emerging research in controlled self-assembly; nanomodular materials and
systems by design; novel aspects of semiconductors, nanophotonics and
plasmonics; and nanotechnology for water-energy-food processes
Research infrastructure including the National Nanotechnology Coordinated
Infrastructure (NNCI) and Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN)
Technology translation and collaboration with industry through partnerships
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$415M NSF$169M ENG
National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)
Successor program to NNIN (2004-2015) – Solicitation NSF 15-519
Competition for individual sites of university-based user facilities
1. Geographically distributed
2. With diverse and complementary capabilities across broad spectrum of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology domains
$16M annual funding for 5 years from all NSF Directorates and the Office of International Science and Engineering
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Cyberinfrastructure and Cybersecurity
Cyberinfrastructure for the 21st Century (CIF21)
– Network for Computational Nanotechnology
– Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure
– computationally-based engineering design, modeling, and analysis
– advanced devices and systems for cyberinfrastructure
Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)
Engineering aspects of the Networking and Information
Technology Research and Development (NITRD) strategic plan
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CIF 21$100M NSF$4M ENG
SaTC$150M NSF $3M ENG
automotive
agriculture
civil
aeronautics
energy
materials
medical
manufacturing
Application Sectors
chemical
Core Science,Technology,Engineering
Safety
Verification
NetworkingReal-timeSystems
Control
Security
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
Abstract from application sectors to more foundational principles
Apply these principles to problems in new sectors
Safe, secure, reliable, verification, real-time adaptation, …
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Present CPS Program Information
Cross-cutting initiative including Directorate for Engineering (ENG) and Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
Since CPS Launch in 2009:
Well over $250M investment
More than 300 awards
350+ PIs and Co-PIs in 35 states
Over $40M investment in FY15
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Enhancing Access to the Radio Spectrum (EARS) Presidential memo (2010): Unleashing the Wireless Broadband
Revolution
“NSF, in consultation with the FCC and NTIA, should fund wireless research and development that will advance the science of spectrum sharing.”
NSF initiative to invest in research that can improve the efficiency by which radio spectrum is used, and/or improve access to the radio spectrum for presently under-represented populations
Investment areas informed by two EARS Workshops in Aug. 2010 and Oct. 2015
Funding amounts: FY12 - $9M, FY13 - $14M, FY14 - $14M, FY15 -$18M
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Enhancing Access to the Radio Spectrum (EARS)
Cross Directorate Involvement:
Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Astronomical Sciences
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems
Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE)
Has become the center of national attention for spectrum R&D
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Energy Efficient Computing: from Devices to Architectures (E2CDA)
NSF and SRC partnership to support the next paradigm of computing, suitable for applications from mobile devices to data centers
ENG (ECCS) and CISE (CCF) multidisciplinary effort
Aligns with interagency initiatives and priorities, including the National Strategic Computing Initiative and the nanotechnology-inspired Grand Challenge for Future Computing.
Proposals due March 28th
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E2CDA Research Focus
1. Novel architectures and attendant devices and interconnect technology aimed at
achieving the highest levels of system connectivity and energy efficiency, and
integrates programmed arithmetic abilities with heuristic learning and predictive
capabilities on the same physical platform.
2. New device concepts and attendant circuits and architectures for greatly reduced
computational energy dissipation.
Should aim for solutions which are:
disruptive, truly game-changing.
scalable, from mobile platforms to data centers.
extendable, capable of sustaining the long-term vitality of the IT revolution.
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Smart and Connected Communities
Advances the integration of networked computing systems,
physical devices, data sources, and infrastructure to allow
communities to surmount deeply interlocking physical, social,
economic, and infrastructural challenges
FY 2016 DCL on Smart and Connected Communities
– ENG, CISE, EHR, GEO, and SBE
Dec. 2015 Workshop on Smart Cities, Arlington, VA
Jan. 2016 Smart and Connected Communities: Visioning Workshop,
Seattle, WA
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$22M NSF $2M ENG
• Smart and Connected Communities
• Low-Power Computing
• Big Data, Internet of Things
• Sensors and Large Sensor Networks
• Optics & Photonics
• Brain Imaging (Advanced Non-
Invasive Medical Imaging)
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ECCS Emerging Areas & Possible Future Directions Paper & Silk Electronics
Terahertz Technologies
Web based Systems Control – Social Networks
Expanding the 2G Area
Low cost, high efficiency solar cells
Valleytronics
Wireless Energy Transfer
Exotic, Autonomous & Faint Photonics
Remote Sensing & Stimulation of Brain Functions
Man-Machine Interfaces
Driverless Vehicles
Flexible, conformable 2D electronics
Extreme bandgap devices
Remote Access Testbed
Cybersecurity of Control Systems
Physical Layer Security for Wireless Communications
Green & Reconfigurable Electronics
Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
Priorities and Opportunities
Mario A. Rotea
Division Director
Engineering Research Centers (ERC)
• Discover and launch ubiquitous future technologies
• Prepare next generation innovation leaders
Engineering Education (Eng. Ed.)
• Fundamental research in the formation of engineers (RFE, RIEF)
• Translation of fundamental research into practice (RED)
Workforce Development (WFD)
• Builds human capital through research experiences
• Focus is on undergraduates (REU), teachers (RET), veterans (REV)
Broadening Participation in Eng. (BPE)
• Improve preparation, increase participation, and ensurecontributions of underrepresented groups in Eng.
• INCLUDES
EEC invests in engineering research, education and broadening participation to benefit society
EEC PD team (core)
Carmiña Londoño, ERC
Deborah Jackson, ERC
Keith Roper, ERC (lead)
Elliot Douglas, Eng. Ed.
Mary Poats, WFD
James Moore, BPE
Don MillardDeputy Division
Director
Mario RoteaDivision Director
+ 2 ERC PD Open Positions
WHY?
Science and engineering advances drive the U.S. economy, so creating inclusive pathways for more people to become scientists and engineers is a national priority
WHAT?
Comprehensive initiative to seek and develop STEM talent from all sectors and groups in our societyAchieve National Scale Impact in Broadening Participation in STEM
WHO?
-Academic institutions-Professional organizations-Business and industry-Government agencies-Nonprofits and community-based groups-Science- and industry-focused organizations
HOW?
Collaborative alliances with a shared goal and the potential to realize national impacts
NSF INCLUDES (Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science)
Collective-impact style approach strongly encouraged
FY 2016: NSF 16-544, $12.5MFY 2017 Budget Request $16M
Kania & Kramer, 2011
INCLUDES TimelineDevelopment ExpansionImplementation
20172016 2018 - 2021
• Director’s DCL to Presidents & Chancellors
• Launch Pilots – NSF 16-544• Backbone Organization
Conferences &Workshops –DCL
• Alliances• Backbone Organization• Launch Pilots• Linkages to existing BP
programs• Assessment & Evaluation
• Alliances• Backbone Organization• Linkages to existing BP
programs• Assessment & Evaluation
NSF 16-544 Deadlines: April 15 (preliminary proposals), June 24 (full proposals)
Upcoming funding opportunities in FY 2016• RIEF (Research Initiation in Engineering Formation)
Enables engineering faculty to initiate collaborations with colleagues in the social and/or learning sciences to address difficult, boundary-spanning problems in the professional formation of engineers
Deadline March 31st ; contact Elliot Douglas ([email protected])
• BPE (Broadening Participation in Engineering) Program description expanded to include engineering professoriate
Deadline May 30; contact James Moore III ([email protected])
• Agency Priority Goal on Graduate Student PreparednessOpportunities for science and engineering doctoral to acquire the knowledge, experience,
and skills needed for highly productive careers, inside and outside of academe (> 75% ENG PhD go to industry)
A message from the division director
• Increase impact of EEC programs and efficiency of EEC operations
• ERC programNew solicitation in FY 2017
NAE study on the “Future of Center-Based Multidisciplinary Engineering Research” may inform the solicitation
Streamlining the post-award management process
• RED (REvolutionizing engineering and computer science Departments)Connects engineering education research and practice
Revolutionary change to the middle two years
NSF 15-607: $1M to $2M total for a duration of up to 5 years
• REU/RET sites and RIEF
Industrial Innovation and Partnerships
Barry Johnson
Division Director
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MISSION
• “to promote the progress of
science; to advance the national
health, prosperity, and welfare; to
secure the national defense; and
for other purposes.”
NSF Mission and Vision
VISION
• “A Nation that creates and exploits
new concepts in science and
engineering and provides global
leadership in research and
education.”
NSF Strategic Goals
• Strategic Goal 1: Transform the frontiers of science and engineering.
• Strategic Goal 2: Stimulate innovation and address societal needs through research and education.
• Strategic Goal 3: Excel as a federal science agency.
Grant Opportunities for Academic
Liaison with Industry (GOALI)
Rathindra (Babu) DasGupta
Division DirectorBarry W. Johnson
Deputy Division DirectorGracie Narcho
Partnerships for Innovation:
Accelerating Innovation Research
(PFI-AIR)
Barbara Kenny
Advanced Material &
Instrumentation (MI)
Ben Schrag
Partnerships for Innovation:
Building Innovation Capacity
(PFI-BIC)
Alexandra Medina-Borja (Detail)
Senior Advisor
SBIR/STTRJoe Hennessey
Industry/University Cooperative
Research Centers (I/UCRC)
Rafaella Montelli
Debasis Majumdar
Semiconductors (S) & Photonic
(PH) Devices and Materials
Steven Konsek
Advanced Material &
Nanotechnology (MN)
Rajesh Mehta
Information and Communication
Technologies (IC)
Peter Atherton
Electronic Hardware, Robotics
and Wireless Technologies (EW)
Murali Nair
Chemical and Environmental
Technologies (CT)
Prakash Balan
Biological Technologies (BC)
Ruth Shuman
Smart Health (SH) and
Biomedical (BM) Technologies
Jesus Soriano
Education Applications
and Technologies (EA)
Glenn Larsen
Innovation-Corps (I-Corps)
Rathindra (Babu) DasGupta
Lydia McClure
Program Support
Manager
Mary Konjevoda
Program Analyst
Dawn Patterson
Program Analyst
Carl Anderson
Operations Specialist
Greg Misiorek
Communications Specialist
Vacant
Contract Staff
AAAS Fellow
Eric Keys
Academic ClusterRathindra (Babu) DasGupta
Industrial Innovation and Partnerships
IIP Programs
SBIR/STTR
GOALI
PFI:BIC
PFI:AIR
I/UCRC
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Research Proof-of-Concept
Product Development
Early StagePrototype
IIP Domain
NSF is primarily focused on funding basic research in science and engineering
Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) is responsible for the agency’s SBIR/STTR program, along with other commercialization and innovation efforts.
Translational Research
Commercialization
Example of Engagement with IIP
Final Comments and Questions
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Strengthening the NSF- university partnership
Strengthening the NSF- university partnership
• Maximize impact of NSF outreach • Include neighboring universities in hosted outreach
• Engage NSF with engineering societies
• Engage NSF with dept heads and chairs meetings
• Develop information networks
Strengthening the NSF- university partnership
• Maximize impact of NSF outreach • Include neighboring universities in hosted outreach
• Engage NSF with engineering societies
• Engage NSF with dept heads and chairs meetings
• Develop information networks
• NSF proposal success is not a numbers game• Educate PIs on proposal writing and timely research topics
• Success rate typically >50% for very good proposals
• ENG proposal-writing workshops, lectures, webinars
• Create institutional Broadening Participation opportunities
Strengthening the NSF- university partnership
• Maximize impact of NSF outreach • Include neighboring universities in hosted outreach
• Engage NSF with engineering societies
• Engage NSF with dept heads and chairs meetings
• Develop information networks
• NSF proposal success is not a numbers game• Educate PIs on proposal writing and timely research topics
• Success rate typically >50% for very good proposals
• ENG proposal-writing workshops, lectures, webinars • Create institutional Broadening Participation opportunities
• Encourage faculty to • Cultivate ongoing multi-disciplinary collaboration
• Serve on NSF review panels
• Call PDs after proposals declined
• Join NSF as IPAs, VSEEs, and permanent federal employees
Backup Slides
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Broader Impacts• Advancement of scientific knowledge and activities that
contribute to the achievement of societally relevant outcomes
• Accomplished through:• the research itself, and• the activities that are directly related to specific research projects,
or• through activities that are supported by, but are complementary
to, the project. • Broadening Participation is one Broader Impact goal