1. Welcome to the CIMM Symposium Michael Khonsari Louisiana EPSCoR Project Director Associate Commissioner for Sponsored Programs Research & Development, Louisiana Board of Regents

2. Louisiana EPSCoR Louisiana Board of Regents Integral Collaborations

3. LA EPSCoR Funding Agencies AgencyFederalBoR Support Fund NSF$209.7M*$36.4M NASA$14.4M$13.4M NIH$124.8M$2.3M DOE$13.5M$7.1M DOD$9.5M$2.6M EPA$1.0M$994,542 DOC$250,000$300,000 Total$373.2M$63.0M *Includes programs co-funded by EPSCoR

4. NSF RII Award 2015-2020 Statewide research focus Partnering Institutions: $20M + $4M match from the Board of Regents

5. CIMM Strategic Plan

6. CIMM Principal Investigators Guoqiang Li Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Southern University Wen Jin Meng Professor Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Louisiana State University Ramu Ramachandran Professor & Associate Dean for Research College of Engineering & Science Louisiana Tech University Phillip Sprunger Professor Department of Physics & Astronomy Louisiana State University

7. CIMM Overview

8. Broader Impact 2-year college faculty & students REU program Graduate Students and Postdocs Hiring and mentoring faculty Workforce Development For increasing research impact For regional workforce development For technology commercialization and economic development Partnerships and Collaborations Scientific journals and conferences Industry-Academia workshops Dissemination to public Speaking of Science Dissemination & Communication Diversity Advisory Council Increasing diversity among faculty Increasing diversity among students Continue the SURE program Diversity Plan Education and Human Resources Post-RII Funding Sustainability CIMM R&D Program Evaluation and Assessment

9. External Review Board Perla Balbuena Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Texas A&M University Jian Cao Assistant Vice President for Research & Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering Northwestern University John Hutchinson Abbott and James Lawrence Research Professor of Engineering & Gordon McKay Research Professor of Applied Mechanics Harvard University Harold Silverman Retired State University of New York System Susan Sinnott Department Head and Professor, Materials Science & Engineering Pennsylvania State University

10. Diversity Advisory Council Stephanie G. Adams Dean of Frank Batten College of Engineering & Technology Old Dominion University Sara Xayarath Hernández Associate Dean for Inclusion and Student Engagement Graduate School Cornell University Sheila Edwards Lange President Seattle Central College Jenna P. Carpenter Dean, School of Engineering Campbell University DiOnetta Jones Crayton Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Director of the Office of Minority Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gloria Thomas Executive Director of Research, Education and Mentoring Programs Louisiana State University

11. Industry Art Kracke (Chair) AAK Consulting, LLC R. Scott Hyde Timken Company Rick Neff Cincinnati, Inc. (BAAM) Jason Ting RETECH Systems, LLC Industry Visitor Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) Rob Gorham America Makes

12. Project Evaluator Cindi Dunn, Ed. D. Office of Educational Innovation and Evaluation (OEIE) Kansas State University

13. EPSCoR Committee Dr. Les Guice (Chair) President Louisiana Tech University Carrie Robison Deputy Commissioner of Sponsored Programs Louisiana Board of Regents

14. Opening Remarks Dr. Judy Wornat Dean LSU College of Engineering

15. Agenda Research overview CIMM CUF status CIMM Hub and ICME efforts CIMM WFDD efforts Graduate Student Retreat report External evaluation report Break STT1 Research Presentations Lunch & Poster Sessions STT2 Research Presentations Break & deliberations External feedback & announcement of poster awards Closing remarks AM PM 8:20 10:15 10:30 11:50 2:00 3:20 3:50 4:20