# Presentation: 146423

## Division of EngineeringEducation and Centers (EEC)

**National Science Foundation**
**Division of Engineering Education and Centers**

**Division of Engineering****Education and Centers (EEC)**

- Gary A. Gabriele – Transitioned from Division Director of EEC to Dean of Engineering of Villanova University on July 31, 2006
- Allen L. Soyster – Transitioned from Dean of Engineering of Northeastern University to Division Director of EEC on November 1, 2006

**Notes:**
Introductory slide.  No need to go into any detail.

## EECFY 2006 in Brief

**National Science Foundation**
**Division of Engineering Education and Centers**

- EECFY 2006 in Brief

- Engineering Centers
- $89million

- Engineering Education
- $9 million

- Human Resources
- $13 million

##             ERC HISTORY

- Started in 1985
- 6 Centers in First Class
- 1985 Budget 10 Million
- 43 Centers to Date
- Currently: 19 ERCs, 3 Earthquake

## FY 2007 Engineering Research Centers

## CenSSIS Is Working With Mass. Gen. Hospital Clinicians to Improve 3D X-Ray (Tomosynthesis) Breast Cancer Screening Methods

**From ~ 3 Hours- Single PC**
**To ~2 Minutes – 64 PC**
**Leads to Real Time Biopsy**

**Fusion of Tomo Info **
**With Optical Probes**
**Leads to Better Tumor**
**ID and Localization**

**CenSSIS Is Working With Mass. Gen. Hospital Clinicians to Improve 3D X-Ray (Tomosynthesis) ****Breast Cancer Screening Methods**

## Energy Savings in Transportation via Fluid Power

- Weighs 250kg
- Occupies 200 Liters
- Too heavy and too large for passenger cars

- HLA on a class 3 Ford F350 truck

**Hydraulic launch assist (HLA)**
- Parallel hybrid
- Regenerates 80+% braking energy
- 30% fuel saving
- Significant reduction in emissions (50% of NOx, 30% CO2)
- 280KW power & 380kJ energy

- ERC for Compact and
- Efficient Fluid Power

## Ralph Rivera 

**HIGH COUNTRY TEK**

**Member of the Schaeffler Group**

**National Tube Supply Company**

**Ralph Rivera**

- Master Pneumatic

## New Features of Gen 3 Centers

- Market Partnerships
-    1) Engage small innovative firms
-    2) Engage local, state, other to
-        promote entrepreneurship
- Students
-    3) Build sustaining partnership
-        with middle and high schools
-    4) Engage ERC students in all
-        phases of innovation process
- Global
-    5) Partnership with foreign
-        institutions

## Education and Human Resource Development

## EDUCATION INITATIVES of EEC

- REU(1980s)
- RET(2002)
- Education Research(2005)
- International(2006)

##          University of Maryland         Amir Ali Ahmadi(REU)

- Published paper on “time delays”
- 2)Washington Society of Engineering
- 	Award(2005)
- 3) 2010 ?????

## Carnegie-Mellon’s Robotics Academy

- Research Experience for Teachers

**Notes:**
We try to arrange for at least one of our Center Directors to receive a MacArthur Fellowship each year.  So far, we have been successful.

## Education Research

- Epistemology
- Learning Methodologies
- Learning Systems
- Diversity and Inclusiveness
- Assessment

## Learning Systems

- Are the current objectives of engineering programs aligned
- with the NAE Engineer of 2020?
- (Lisa Lattuca---Penn State—2006)

## Engineering Curriculum

- ABET
- DESIGN
- COMMUNICATION
- GLOBAL
- ..........................

## International Research and Education in Engineering (IREE) – FY 2006

**International Research and Education in Engineering (IREE) – FY 2006**

-   $3.267 Million
-   177 Proposals / 115 Awards
-   403 Researchers
-   31 Countries

## Recent NSB  Issues/Responses

- Pre-college Programs
-    1) NSF Partner with FIRST
- Retention
- Public Perception of Engineering
- Professor Pipeline

## Slide 18

## First Robotics Competition

## Recent NSB  Issues/Responses

- Pre-college Programs
-    1) NSF Partner with FIRST
-    2) College/School Board  Advisories
- Retention
- Public Perception of Engineering
- Professor Pipeline

## ?

- Industry
- Advisory
- Board

- STUDENT PIPELINE

- School
- Board
- Advisory

- K-12

- University

- Industry

## Slide 22

## Recent NSB  Issues/Responses

- Pre-college Programs
-    1) NSF Partner with FIRST
-    2) College/School Board  Advisories
- Retention
-    3) Poor Teaching/Advising
- Public Perception of Engineering
- Professor Pipeline

##  Northeastern University 

-  Northeastern University
- GE Master Teacher Team

- Engineering/ Arts of Science Team for 1st year Engineering Students( 1999)
- 88% Retention in Engineering(2006)
- Issue- Good Teaching is sound business

## Recent NSB  Issues/Responses

- Pre-college Programs
-    1) NSF Partner with FIRST
-    2) College/School Board  Advisories
- Retention
-    3) Poor Teaching/Advising
- Public Perception of Engineering
-    4) Role of Technology in World
-        Affairs
- Professor Pipeline

## WHAT’S NEW IN TECHNOLOGY?

## Recent NSB  Issues/Responses

- Pre-college Programs
-    1) NSF Partner with FIRST
-    2) College/School Board  Advisories
- Retention
-    3) Poor Teaching/Advising
- Public Perception of Engineering
-    4) Role of Technology in World
-        Affairs
- Professor Pipeline
-    5) REU Expansion