# Presentation: 388956

## Update of Directorate ActivitiesJohn A. BrightonAssistant Director for Engineering

*Advisory Committee for Engineering*
*May 11, 2005*

**Notes:**
Last July we concluded that we need to “rethink the ENG Directorate.”  The the creation of the “Strategic Thinking Group,” which became the strategic planning group, with Kesh Narayanan as Chair.

A great deal has happened since last July when we began strategic planning

Some of the flavor came out at AdCom last fall.

Several things are now going on:
Joe Bordogna says he would like to see ENG “lifted up”
Arden Bement says that we should be looking for the big thing were we can have an impact
But, though we were on the upswing on the budget, ‘o5 was the first time we have not had ~ 10% increase in 6 years.  
We are told that budgets overall may be flat over the next few years.
The success rates of awards (I.e. awards/submissions) have been declining and are quite low.  
Seems to be a lot of agreement that curriculum changes need to be made (professional societies & ABET, CE, EE, ME.  Methods of teaching need to be improved.
NAE study on Assessing the Capacity of the U.S. Engineering Research Enterprise.
NAE Study on the future of engineering education (2020 report)
National Innovation Initiative from the Council on Competitiveness 
We have an outstanding group of DDs and PDs in place to make up the leadership team. 

Conclusion: We need to change – and not the “tweaking kind of changes.”  We need to be transformational.  And that concept is going to be very evident during my presentation.  

## 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**

## Introductions

- ENG Staff
- Advisory Committee

## 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

## 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)

## 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

## Welcome New AdCom Members

**E. Jennings Taylor**** **
- CEO & IP Director, Faraday Technologies, Inc.
- Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia

## Planning Process

- External Reports
- Internal Studies
- STG Report

## 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)

## 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)

## 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**

## 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**

## 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) **

## 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*

## 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*

## 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*

## 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.
- Identify and nurture 5-6 priority frontier engineering research areas.
- Identify 10-12 grand challenges for engineering research.
- Substantially increase the number of Small Grants for Exploratory Research.
- Double the number of small groups of investigators working on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research projects.

*Source: STG Report*

**Notes:**
Let me focus on one of the STG Engineering Goals for a moment.  

## ENG Research Priorities

**Biology in Engineering**** **
**New Frontiers in Nanotechnology**** **
**Critical Infrastructure Systems**** **
**Complexity in Engineered and Natural Systems**** **
**Manufacturing Frontiers**

*Source: STG Report*

## Next Steps

- For each study, we have specific recommendations.
- The next step is to develop action plans to move forward.

## Proposals, Grants andSuccess Rates 

_***NSF and ENG***_

## All NSF Funding RateResearch Grants

## Directorate Research Proposal Comparison FY 2000 and FY 2004

## Directorate Research Grant Comparison FY 2000 and FY 2004

## Directorate Funding Rate Comparison Research Grants FY ‘00 & ‘04

## Solicited Proposal Rates by Directorate FY ’00 - ‘04 Proposal Receipts

**10%**

**65%**

**52%**

**7%**

**14%**

**48%**

**40%**

**30%**

**68%**

**86%**

**38%**

**37%**

**71%**

**92%**

**37%**

**16%**

**56%**

**36%**

- 0%

- 20%

- 40%

- 60%

- 80%

- 100%

- BIO

- CSE

- EHR

- ENG

- GEO

- MPS

- O/D

- OPP

- SBE

- FY 2000

- FY 2004

_***Solicited Proposal Rates by Directorate FY ’00 - ‘04 Proposal Receipts***_

## ENG Number of Solicitations toSuccess Rate Correlation

## NSF Solicitation Actions w/ ENG Involvement 

- (Data from ENG/ASTG Report)

- 0

- 10

- 20

- 30

- 40

- 50

- 60

- 70

- 80

- 90

- New Solicitations

- 17

- 20

- 10

- 3

- Rewritten Solicitations

- 14

- 13

- 11

- 10

- Total Continuing

- 36

- 49

- 59

- 52

- Total Solicitation Actions

- 68

- 82

- 80

- 65

- FY 02

- FY 03

- FY 04

- FY 05

- _Proposals Received_
- FY 02 – 7650
- FY 03 – 9939
- FY 04 – 9847
- FY 05 – 2500

## Solicitation Actions - ENG Led 

- 0

- 10

- 20

- 30

- 40

- 50

- 60

- New Solicitations

- 11

- 13

- 4

- 1

- Rewritten Solicitations

- 8

- 10

- 7

- 5

- Total Continuing

- 25

- 30

- 43

- 31

- Total Solicitation Actions

- 44

- 53

- 54

- 37

- FY 02

- FY 03

- FY 04

- FY 05

- _Proposals Received_
- FY 02 – 7650
- FY 03 – 9939
- FY 04 – 9847
- FY 05 – 2500

*(Data from ENG/ASTG Report)*

## Factors Affecting Success Rates

** ****Number of Proposals**
** ****Average Size and Duration of   Awards**
** ****Amount of Available Money**
** ****Number of Awards**

## 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)**

## Ways of Limiting Proposals - 2

**  ****Number of submission windows for proposals**
**  ****Number of Programs**
**  ****Limit investigators submitting proposals in any area at any time**

## NSF and ENG Budget Review

## NSF Budget FY 2000-2006 (millions)

## 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**** **

## ENG Funding (millions)

## ENG Funding History

## Update and Current Status

- ENG Programs and Projects

## 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

## 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

## 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)

## ImplementationOrganizational Structure 

## 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

## 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.

## ASTG Division Thrust Areas

**Division Thrust Areas****	****	****	****$ Obligation****	****% of Total**
**BES**
- Biochemical Engineering			  51,000,000	3%
- Biomedical Engineering			  53,000,000	3%
- Environmental Engineering			  49,000,000	2%
**CMS**
- Engineered Materials and Mechanics		  71,000,000	4%
- Intelligent Civil and Mechanical Systems		  70,000,000	4%
- Infra. Sys and Hazard Mitigation and Response	140,000,000	7%
**CTS**
- Chemical Reaction Engineering		  60,000,000	3%
- Fluid Dynamics and Particle Processes		  57,000,000	3%
- Interfacial Phenomena and Separations		  56,000,000	3%
- Thermal Systems				  49,000,000	2%

## ASTG Division Thrust Areas(cont.)

**	****	****	****	****	****	****$ Obligation ****	****% of Total**
**DMII****	****	****	****	****	**
- Engineering Decision Systems		  76,000,000		4%
- Manufacture and Equipment Systems		  90,000,000		5%
- Other Investments, People, and Centers		  24,000,000		1%
**ECS**
- Electronics, Photonics, and Device Technologies	150,000,000		8%
- Controls, Networks, and Computational Intelligence  86,000,000		4%
- Integrative Systems				   9,000,000		<1%
- Centers, Infrastructure, and Other		  61,000,000		3%
**EEC**
- Education					  86,000,000		4%
- Centers					720,000,000		36%
- Non Education and Centers			  23,000,000		1%

## 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

## 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

## 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)***__*** ***_

**Notes:**
Please note that all the names of the future division are tentative.  

## Organizational Structure Sketch

_***OAD***_

_***EFRI***_

_***EECI***_

_***BCTS***_

_***CMMI***_

_***ECCS***_

_***IIP***_

_**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**** **

## Working Groups: Reporting

***Nanotechnology (Nano)***
***Environmental Systems (Enviro Sys)***
***Engineering Education (EE)  Engineering Research Centers***

_***Working Groups: Reporting***_

_***OAD***_

_***BCTS***_

_***CMMI***_

_***ECCS***_

_***IIP***_

_***ELT***_

## ENG Crosscutting:Working Groups

- IIP

- ECCS

- CMMI

- BCTS

- EE

- ERC

- Enviro Sys

- Nano

- CI

- EECI

## Engineering Education and CentersLinkages to Divisions

_***Eng. Ed.***_
- Sue Kemnitzer

_***Eng. Res. Centers***_
- Lynn Preston

***BCTS***

***EHR***

***CMMI***

***IIP***

***ECCS***

***CMMI***

***ECCS***

***IIP***

***BCTS***

_***EECI***_
**Division**
**Gary Gabriele**

***AdCom***
***Subcommittee***
***For K-12***

## Questions & Answers

- General Discussion