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2. Lesia Crumpton-Young, PhD Developing a Compelling Research Idea or Project

3. Considerations for Compelling Research Ideas, Projects, Programs, Proposals

4. Grand Challenges Make solar energy economical Provide energy from fusion Manage the nitrogen cycle

5. Grand Challenges Provide access to clean water Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure Advance health informatics

6. Grand Challenges Engineer better medicines Reverse-engineer the brain Prevent nuclear terror

7. Grand Challenges http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/ Secure cyberspace Enhance virtual reality Advance personalized learning Engineer the tools of scientific discovery

8. The major societal problems that I am most interested in solving include:

9. Society would be a better place if the following were created:

10. Society would be a better place if the following solutions were implemented:

11. US Competitiveness Would Increase If the following were created or done:

12. The ENVIRONMENT Would Increase BE BETTER If the following were created or done:

13. My discipline would significantly benefit from the following creations:

14. My discipline would significantly benefit from the following solutions being developed:

15. The Grand Challenges that I am most interested in helping to address in our country are:

16. My knowledge and expertise would be best applied to solving the following problems:

17. My knowledge and expertise would be best applied to the following areas of study:

18. Putting it all together Combine your answers to each of the statement slides within this presentation to form several paragraphs

19. Questions

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