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Day 2 Tuesday, September 18, 2018 

8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Institutional 

Support (Administrators and PI/CoPIs) (OPEN) 

9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Summary/ 

Proposing Team Response to 

Critical Feedback (CLOSED) 

10:30 a.m.–10:40 a.m. Break 

10:40 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Site Review 

Team Prepares Site Visit Report 

(CLOSED) (11:45 a.m. Brown Bag 

Lunch Provided) 

1:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Presentation of 

Site Visit Report to Principal 

Investigator (CLOSED) 

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Proposal Review Panel for 

International Science and Engineering; 

Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) announces the 

following meeting: 

Name and Committee Code: Proposal 

Review Panel for International Science 

and Engineering—PIRE: Integrated 

Computational Materials Engineering 

for Active Materials and Interfaces in 

Chemical Fuel Production—(#10749) 

Site Visit. 

Date and Time: September 24, 2018; 

8:00 a.m.–9:30 p.m., September 25, 

2018; 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. 

Place: University of Illinois—Urbana 

Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801. 

Type of Meeting: Part Open. 

Contact Person: Cassandra Dudka, 

PIRE Program Manager, National 

Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower 

Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; 

Telephone 703/292–7250. 

Purpose of Meeting: NSF site visit to 

conduct a review during year 3 of the 

five-year award period. To conduct an 

in-depth evaluation of performance, to 

assess progress towards goals, and to 

provide recommendations. 

Agenda: See attached. 

Reason for Closing: Topics to be 

discussed and evaluated during closed 

portions of the site review will include 

information of a proprietary or 

confidential nature, including technical 

information; and information on 

personnel. These matters are exempt 

under 5 U.S.C.552b(c), (4) and (6) of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act. 

Dated: August 20, 2018. 

Crystal Robinson, 

Committee Management Officer. 

PIRE Site Visit Agenda—University of 

Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Room 

3269, Beckman Institute 

Day 1—Monday, September 24, 2018 

8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Introduction to 

PIRE 

PIRE Rationale and Goals; 

Administration, Management, and 

Budget Plans; N. Aluru (40 mins 

presentation + 20 mins Q&A) 

9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Research—Thrust 

1: Novel Proton & Oxygen Ion 

Conducting Systems 

L. Martin and H. Matsumoto (40 mins 

presentation + 20 mins Q&A) 

10:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m. NSF Executive 

Session/Break, 3369 Beckman 

(CLOSED) 

10:20 a.m.–11:20 a.m. Research— 

Thrust 2: Novel Electrodes— 

Chemistry & Microstructure 

E. Ertekin, N. Perry, A. Staykov (45 

mins presentation + 15 mins Q&A) 

11:20 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Rapid Fire 

Poster Presentation by Students 

All the students and postdocs present 

a 1 min introduction to their poster; 

If it is more than 10 students/ 

postdocs, we will increase the time 

11:30 a.m.–Noon Poster Session 

Noon–12:30 p.m. NSF Executive 

Session 3369 Beckman (CLOSED) 

12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Lunch— 

Discussion with Students (CLOSED) 

1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Research—Thrust 

3: Degradation—Mechanisms & 

Mitigation 

S. Barnett and P. Sofronis (40 mins 

presentation + 20 mins Q&A) 

2:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Education, 

Outreach, Human Resources, 

Diversity 

E. Ertekin (20 mins presentation + 10 

mins Q&A) 

3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. NSF Executive 

Session/Break 3369 Beckman 

(CLOSED) 

3:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Partnerships, 

Exchange, Evaluation 

N. Aluru, P. Sofronis, H. Matsumoto, 

L. Rosu (20 mins presentation + 10 

mins Q&A) 

4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Tour of Materials 

Research Laboratory (MRL) 

Meet Dr. Mauro Sardela outside MRL 

Business Office Area (2nd Floor of 

MRL) 

5:30 p.m.–6:15 p.m. Executive 

Session—Develop Questions and 

Areas for Clarification 3369 

Beckman (CLOSED) 

6:15 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Feedback to PIRE 

PIs 

6:30 p.m. PIRE PI Executive Session 

(CLOSED) 

PIRE PIs Prepare Response to NSF/ 

Panel Questions 

6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m. NSF Executive 

Session/Working Dinner (CLOSED) 

Committee organizes on its own 

Day 2—Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 

Room 3269, Beckman Institute 

8:30 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Institutional 

Support (CLOSED) 

Jeffrey S. Moore, Director, Beckman 

Institute for Advanced Science and 

Technology 

Meredith Blumthal, Director, 

International Programs (IPENG) 

College of Engineering 

9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. PIRE PIs 

Response to Feedback (CLOSED) 

10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Site Review 

Team Prepares Site Visit Report 

3369 Beckman (CLOSED) 

Working Lunch Provided 

4:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Presentation of 

Site Visit Report to PIRE PIs 

(CLOSED) 

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Advisory Committee for Biological 

Sciences; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) announces the 

following meeting: 

Name and Committee Code: Advisory 

Committee for Biological Sciences 

(#1110). 

Date and Time: 

September 20, 2018; 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

September 21, 2018; 8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Room E 2020, 

Alexandria, VA 22314. 

Please contact Melody Jenkins at 

mjenkins@nsf.gov to obtain a visitor 

badge. All visitors to the NSF will be 

required to show photo ID to obtain a 

badge. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Brent Miller, National 

Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower 

Avenue, Room C 12016, Alexandria, VA 

22314; Tel. No.: (703) 292–8400. 

Purpose of Meeting: The Advisory 

Committee for the Directorate for 

Biological Sciences (BIO) provides 

advice, recommendations, and oversight 

concerning major program emphases, 

directions, and goals for the researchrelated activities of the divisions that 

make up BIO. 

Agenda: Agenda items will include 

Directorate updates; Advisory 

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and Education and Committee on Equal 

Opportunities in Science and 

Engineering updates; a review of NSF’s 

policy on sexual harassment, Committee 

of Visitor reports; discussion of National 

Ecological Observatory Network user 

engagement; programmatic activities 

within BIO and graduate education/ 

training; updates on NSF’s Big Ideas; 

and other matters relevant to the 

Directorate for Biological Sciences. 

Dated: August 20, 2018. 

Crystal Robinson, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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Proposal Review Panel for Physics 

Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) announces the 

following meeting: 

Name and Committee Code: STC 

Cornell Site Visit Review for the 

Division of Physics (#1208). 

Date and Time: September 10, 2018; 

7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.; September 11, 

2018; 8:15 a.m.–6:00 p.m.; September 

12, 2018; 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. 

Place: Cornell University, Physics 

Building, Ithaca, New York 14850. 

Type of Meeting: Part-Open. 

Contact Person: Dr. James Whitmore, 

Program Director, Division of Physics, 

National Science Foundation, 2415 

Eisenhower Avenue, Room W 9217, 

Alexandria, VA 22314; Telephone: (703) 

292–8908. 

Purpose of Meeting: Site visit to 

provide an evaluation of the progress of 

the project at the host site for the 

Division of Physics at the National 

Science Foundation. 

Agenda 

September 10, 2018 

7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. NSF Executive 

Session (CLOSED) 

September 11, 2018 

8:15 a.m.–10:20 a.m. Welcome and 

brief introductions (STC Director 

introduces the center leadership 

team and, if present, university 

administrators): Overview of the 

center (20 min presentation, 10 min 

Q&A); Center organization and 

management (20 min presentation, 

10 min Q&A): Building center’s 

culture, including strategic 

planning (35 min presentation, 15 

min Q&A) (OPEN) 

10:20 a.m.–10:50 a.m. Break for center 

participants/NSF Executive Session 

(20 min) (CLOSED) 

10:50 a.m.–12:05 p.m. Research: 

Goals/optimal outcomes and 

targets/milestones per strategic 

plan/Accomplishments to date (50 

min presentation, 25 min Q&A) 

(OPEN) 

12:05 p.m.–1:10 p.m. Lunch 

1:10 p.m.–2:10 p.m. Research— 

continue (40 min presentation, 20 

min Q&A) (OPEN) 

2:10 p.m.–2:40 p.m. Break for center 

participants/NSF Executive Session 

(20 min) (CLOSED) 

2:40 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Integration with 

education, diversity and knowledge 

transfer: Goals/optimal outcomes 

and targets/milestones per strategic 

plan/Accomplishments to date (60 

min presentation, 30 min Q&A) 

(OPEN) 

4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. NSF Executive 

Session/Break for center 

participants, Critical feedback with 

a list of questions that require 

clarification to the center leadership 

team (CLOSED) 

September 12, 2018 

8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Meeting with 

university administrators (without 

any STC participants)/Institutional 

support (CLOSED) 

12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch 

1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. STC’s response to 

the critical feedback (OPEN) 

2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Panelists prepare 

the site visit report (CLOSED) 

Reason for Closing: The work being 

reviewed during closed portions of the 

site visit include information of a 

proprietary or confidential nature, 

including technical information; 

financial data, such as salaries and 

personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the project. 

These matters are exempt under 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act. 

Dated: August 20, 2018. 

Crystal Robinson, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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Information Collection: Requests to 

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ACTION: Renewal of existing information 

collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) invites public 

comment on the renewal of Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for an existing collection of 

information. The information collection 

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DATES: Submit comments by October 22, 

2018. Comments received after this date 

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consideration only for comments 

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