1. AA Update of Directorate Activities Update of Directorate Activities John A. Brighton Assistant Director for Engineering Advisory Committee for Engineering May 11, 2005

2. AA Topics for My Overview Introductions: Staff and AdCom Planning Process –External Reports –Internal Reports –STG Report Proposals, Grants, Success Rates 2006 NSF and ENG Budgets Update on Programs and Projects Organizational Structure

3. AA Introductions ENG Staff Advisory Committee

4. AA 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

5. AA 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)

6. AA 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

7. AA Welcome New AdCom Members E. Jennings Taylor CEO & IP Director, Faraday Technologies, Inc. Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia

8. AA Planning Process External Reports Internal Studies STG Report

9. AA 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)

10. AA Overall Assessment - Planning July 2004 –Task Groups/Committees within the ENG Directorate were formed Charged to study, assess, plan, and prepare actions for the Directorate for Engineering 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)

11. AA 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

12. AA 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

13. AA 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)

14. AA 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

15. AA 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

16. AA 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

17. AA 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

18. AA ENG Research Priorities Biology in Engineering New Frontiers in Nanotechnology Critical Infrastructure Systems Complexity in Engineered and Natural Systems Manufacturing Frontiers Source: STG Report

19. AA Next Steps For each study, we have specific recommendations. The next step is to develop action plans to move forward.

20. AA Proposals, Grants and Success Rates NSF and ENG

21. AA All NSF Funding Rate Research Grants

22. AA Directorate Research Proposal Comparison FY 2000 and FY 2004

23. AA Directorate Research Grant Comparison FY 2000 and FY 2004

24. AA Directorate Funding Rate Comparison Research Grants FY ‘00 & ‘04

25. AA 10% 65% 52% 7% 14% 48% 40% 30% 68% 86% 38% 37% 71% 92% 37% 16% 56% 36% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% BIOCSEEHRENGGEOMPSO/DOPPSBE FY 2000 FY 2004 Solicited Proposal Rates by Directorate FY ’00 - ‘04 Proposal Receipts

26. AA ENG Number of Solicitations to Success Rate Correlation

27. AA NSF Solicitation Actions w/ ENG Involvement (Data from ENG/ASTG Report) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 New Solicitations 1720103 Rewritten Solicitations 14131110 Total Continuing 36495952 Total Solicitation Actions 68828065 FY 02FY 03FY 04FY 05 Proposals Received FY 02 – 7650 FY 03 – 9939 FY 04 – 9847 FY 05 – 2500

28. AA Solicitation Actions - ENG Led 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 New Solicitations 111341 Rewritten Solicitations 81075 Total Continuing 25304331 Total Solicitation Actions 44535437 FY 02FY 03FY 04FY 05 Proposals Received FY 02 – 7650 FY 03 – 9939 FY 04 – 9847 FY 05 – 2500 (Data from ENG/ASTG Report)

29. AA Factors Affecting Success Rates Number of Proposals Average Size and Duration of Awards Amount of Available Money Number of Awards

30. AA 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)

31. AA Ways of Limiting Proposals - 2 Number of submission windows for proposals Number of Programs Limit investigators submitting proposals in any area at any time

32. AA NSF and ENG Budget Review

33. AA NSF Budget FY 2000-2006 (millions)

34. AA 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

35. AA ENG Funding (millions)

36. AA ENG Funding History

37. AA Update and Current Status ENG Programs and Projects

38. AA 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

39. AA 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

40. AA 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)

41. AA Implementation Organizational Structure

42. AA Rationale for New Structure 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

43. AA 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 three- four thrust areas for each division.

44. AA ASTG Division Thrust Areas Division Thrust Areas$ Obligation% of Total BES Biochemical Engineering 51,000,0003% Biomedical Engineering 53,000,0003% Environmental Engineering 49,000,0002% CMS Engineered Materials and Mechanics 71,000,0004% Intelligent Civil and Mechanical Systems 70,000,0004% Infra. Sys and Hazard Mitigation and Response140,000,0007% CTS Chemical Reaction Engineering 60,000,0003% Fluid Dynamics and Particle Processes 57,000,0003% Interfacial Phenomena and Separations 56,000,0003% Thermal Systems 49,000,0002%

45. AA ASTG Division Thrust Areas (cont.) $ Obligation % of Total DMII Engineering Decision Systems 76,000,0004% Manufacture and Equipment Systems 90,000,0005% Other Investments, People, and Centers 24,000,0001% ECS Electronics, Photonics, and Device Technologies150,000,0008% Controls, Networks, and Computational Intelligence 86,000,0004% Integrative Systems 9,000,000<1% Centers, Infrastructure, and Other 61,000,0003% EEC Education 86,000,0004% Centers720,000,00036% Non Education and Centers 23,000,0001%

46. AA 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

47. AA 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

48. AA Organizational Structure Conceptual Framework EEC OII ECS DMI CMS CTS BES BCTS: Bioengineering Chemical & Transport Systems Plus Centers in Portfolio CMMI: Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation Plus Centers in Portfolio Current ‘06 Proposed ‘07 ECCS: Electrical, Communication & Cyber Systems 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)

49. AA Organizational Structure Sketch OAD EFRI EECI BCTS CMMIECCSIIP BCTS: Bioengineering, Chemical & Transport Systems CMMI:Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation ECCS: Electrical, Communication & Cyber Systems IIP:Industrial Innovation & Partnerships EECI:Engineering Education, Centers, and Infrastructure EFRI: Emerging Frontiers in Research & Innovation

50. AA Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Nanotechnology (Nano) Environmental Systems (Enviro Sys) Engineering Education (EE) Engineering Research Centers Working Groups: Reporting OAD BCTS CMMIECCSIIP ELT

51. AA ENG Crosscutting: Working Groups IIP ECCS CMMI BCTS EEERCEnviro SysNanoCI EECI

52. AA Engineering Education and Centers Linkages to Divisions Eng. Ed. Sue Kemnitzer Eng. Res. Centers Lynn Preston BCTS EHR CMMI IIPECCS CMMI ECCSIIP BCTS EECI Division Gary Gabriele AdCom Subcommittee For K-12

53. AA Questions & Answers General Discussion