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Van Stephen Blackwood

Air Force Research Laboratory AFOSR Overview 4 March 2013 Dr. Van Blackwood Air Force Office of Scientific Research Air Force Research Laboratory Integrity  Service  ExcellenceDISTRIBUTION A: Public Release 1 Why AF Invests in Basic ResearchDSB Task Force Report on Basic Research• Probes today’s technology limits and ultimately leads to future

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Jason Boehm

• NNMI • AMTech • NIST Centers of Excellence • MTACsNational Network for Manufacturing Innovation $1 billion proposal: “institutes of manufacturing excellence where some of our most advanced engineering schools and our most innovative manufacturers collaborate on new ideas, new technology, new methods, new processes

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2013 ERC

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Peder Maarbjerg

above includes all ARPA-E projects contracted as of the end of FY 2012, with the exception of AMPED and SBIR/STTR which were excluded due to data availability issue.. 7OPEN 2012: 66 Projects, 24 States, 11 Areas 8Focused Programs 9 Photosynthetic Biofuels_____________________________________________ _Sugarcane Corn Algae Cellulose Less than 1% efficient 10

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Thomas L Doligalski

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Mary Galvin

;A $5,000 maximum • 25 awards in FY2011 • 100 awards in FY2012DMR Foundation Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) Foundation Formerly: Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER) Science • Supports high-risk, exploratory, and potentially transformative research Science • Began Jan. 1

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2013 ERC

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Peder Maarbjerg

above includes all ARPA-E projects contracted as of the end of FY 2012, with the exception of AMPED and SBIR/STTR which were excluded due to data availability issue.. 7OPEN 2012: 66 Projects, 24 States, 11 Areas 8Focused Programs 9 Photosynthetic Biofuels_____________________________________________ _Sugarcane Corn Algae Cellulose Less than 1% efficient 10

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Michael F Trentacoste

Highway Research Center Exploratory Advanced Research Status 100+ Initial stage investigations  Reference scans, convening workshops  200+ external experts Six solicitations resulting in  50 projects awarded; 37 ongoing  $43M federal; $17M match 7th Closed October 4 2012  Topics: Novel binders; low-powered, wireless sensors 8th (DTFH61-13-R-00011) Closes March 15 2013  Topics: Advanced Cooperative Highway and Vehicle Systems; Automation of Video Feature Extraction for Road Safetyhttps://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=0819fa7ea0d5b7f2bfb1557b2c39decb&tab=core&_cview=1 Turner-Fairbank Highway

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Chris Crumbly

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Launch System NASA’s Space Launch System: Partnering For Tomorrow Chris Crumbly Manager, Advanced Development Office Space Launch System Program March 4, 2013 SLS Program Organization at MSFC 1/09/13 Vacant Hard line programmatic Matrix relationship

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Steven McKnight

$100 $150 $200 $250 $300 Funding (in $Million) 6CMMI Research Community 7CMMI Research Community Awards by US State FY09-FY11AK 1 CO 34 GA 66 IN 48 MD 44 MS 4 NH 10 OH 43 SC 31 VA 47AL 15 CT 20 HI 5 KS 17 ME 1 MT 5 NJ 38 OK 16 SD 2 WA 31AR 8 DC 11 IA 31 KY 9 MI 71 NC 42 NM 11 OR 10 TN 27 WI 29AZ 32 DE 11 ID 1 LA 13 MN 17 ND

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2013 ERC

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Rosemarie D Wesson

• BSBA (12 projects, FY 2009) – One in STC competition – Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)  • NEW PROGRAM IN CBET: Biosensing (Alex Simonian) • One PI plans to apply for Center – ECCS and CMMI support the programs technical area Topic 1: BioFLEX – Flexible Electronics For Biomedical Applications Flexible electronics Stretchable electronics Flexible ScannerWrap around cylindrical surface Rogers et al., “Materials and Mechanics

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2013 ERC

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Lynn Preston

3 Additional Gen-3 ERC Key FeaturesGen-3 ERC bridge discovery to innovation by expanding the research and education culture to:l Engage in translational research with industry to accelerate commercializationl Partner with economic development organizationsl Develop more creative & innovative engineersl Maintain long-term pre-college partnershipsl Partner with 1-3 foreign universities to provide cross-cultural, global research and education experiencesGen-3 ERCs Convert “Valley of Death” into “Challenge Basin” ERCs Facilitators Sponsored Innovation

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2013 ERC

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George Hazelrigg

$11 M for CIF21 systems, engineering modeling and simulation, smart networks, and sensors• Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) ENG support will focus on the engineering aspects of FY 2013 Request $4 M for SaTC the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) strategic plan12Education and Workforce• The directorate emphasizes support for – Expeditions in Education (E2) FY 2013 Request $1 M for E2 – CAREER awards – Activities that promote the entry and retention of veterans and other non- traditional students in engineering programs • STEP awards through

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Sohi Rastegar

CBET$40,000.00 1$20,000.00 0.5 $0.00 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 * Data do not reflect no-cost extensions for more recent years * Data do not reflect no-cost extensions for more recent

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Theresa Maldonado

Education isVERY SMALL (< 1%), and it is made only throughENG/EEC. "The Federal Science, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Portfolio," National Science and Technology Council, 2011. 4However on the Demand Side: What are our globalgrand challenges? We cannot do innovation withoutengineering. http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/ 5 5 The Demand Side: What does industry want from B.S., M.S. and PhD Engineers? Specialist “T-shaped” Time Time