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2012 ERC

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Daniel Schmoldt

, computing, and expert systems • New hazard and risk assessment and mitigation measures • Water quality and management and irrigation Two individual programs • Engineering, Products, and Processes • Nanotechnology for Agricultural and Food Systems Grant awards up to $500K, and up to five years durationAg Systems & Technology Engineering, Products, and Processes • Enable computing and information systems to collect, manage, interpret and apply geospatial information about factors such as crops, soils, pests, invasives, animal and plant diseases, and climate to assess and mitigate risks, protect water quality, and manage water use • Contribute to improved animal welfare through enhanced or alternative housing, transport, or harvest systems

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2012 ERC

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Thomas W Peterson

synthetic biology10ENG will strategically support betterCommunications and Cyberinfrastructure• Enhancing Access to the Radio Spectrum (EARS) $14 M for ENG will prioritize research on more efficient radio EARS spectrum use and energy-conserving device technologies• Cyberinfrastructure for the 21st Century (CIF21) $11 M for The ENG investment will focus on cyber–physical systems, engineering modeling and simulation, smart CIF21 networks, and sensors• Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) ENG support will focus on the engineering aspects of $4 M for the Networking and Information Technology Research SaTC

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2012 ERC

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Farnam Jahanian

:• It underpins our economic prosperity and national security.• In an increasingly global market, it is a driver of US Competitiveness and has played a pivotal role in our economic growth through innovation and idea-driven “creative” industries.• It accelerate the pace of scientific discovery and technological innovation in nearly all other fields of scientific and engineering inquiry• are crucial to achieving our major national and global priorities in energy and transportation, education and life-long learning, healthcare, and national and homeland security 2NIT has the potential to form a pervasive intellectual fabric that

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2012 ERC

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Reginald Brothers

2012 ASEE Engineering Research Council (ERC) Annual Conference 21 February 2012 Dr. Reginald Brothers Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for ResearchEmerging Technologies Symposium02/21/2012 Page-1 Key Elements of Defense Strategic Guidance • The military will be smaller and leaner, but it will be agile, flexible, ready and technologically

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2012 ERC

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Steven McKnight; George Hazelrigg

• Research leading to transformative advances in manufacturing and building technologies, with emphases on efficiency, economy, and sustainability• Supporting programs – Manufacturing Machines and Equipment – Manufacturing Enterprise Systems – Materials Processing and Engineering – Nanomanufacturing 3 CMMI Research Clusters Mechanics and Engineering Materials• Research aimed at advances in the transformation and use of engineering materials efficiently, economically, and sustainably PI: Chiara Daraio Cal Tech• Supporting programs – Geomechanics and

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2012 ERC

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Theresa Maldonado

investments. ENG investment: $1M FY13. Cyberlearning, Data, & Observations for STEM education (FY13 Request: $49M total)Alternative Pathways: The Veteran’s Initiativepilot in ENG/EEC has quickly permeated manysolicitations across NSF. $10M for five years EHR/DUE and ENG/EEChttp://epicenter.stanford.edu/Engineering Education: Federal Funding "The Federal Science, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Portfolio," National Science and Technology Council, 2011. Engineering Centers• Engineering Research Centers (ERC) – Three generations (50 total) since 1985 – Current competition • Nano-Systems ERCs POC: Lynn Preston • Awards ~ Fall 2012 - Next

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2012 ERC

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Kam Ng

(MURI)• Teams of researchers investigating high-priority topics that intersect more than one technical discipline.Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)• Funds ($.5M to $1M) will be used for the acquisition of major equipment to augment current or develop new research capabilities in support of DoD- relevant research.Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)• Honors and supports the extraordinary achievements of young professionals at the outset of their independent research careers in science and technology. 8 In-House Laboratory Independent Research (ILIR

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2012 ERC

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Matt Hourihan

Engineering Investments Advanced Manufacturing +41% ($68 million) CEMMSS doubling to $110 million CIF 21: doubling to $11 million CAREER (Young Investigator Support): +4.8% to $53 million, 125 awards Clean Energy Technology: +5% to $128 million NNI: +4.8% to $174 million; NITRD: $4.3 million SBIR/STTR: +8% to $165 million SEES, S+T Centers, ERCs essentially flatU.S. R&D INVESTMENTU.S. R&D INVESTMENTU.S. R&D INVESTMENTNASA Investments Science: Planetary Science: No more ExoMars, but alternate study underway James Webb ST continues growth (+21%, $628 million) Exploration: Orion MPCV on track for FY14 but System Dev down (-7.9%, $2.8 bil) Commercial crew transport system funding doubled ($830 mil

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2012 ERC

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Ali Khademhosseini

An introduction to microengineered hydrogels forstem cell bioengineering and tissue regeneration Ali Khademhosseini, Ph.D. alik@rics.bwh.harvard.edu Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School ERC Washington, DC, USA March 5, 2012 - Prof. Rui Reis Collaborators - Prof. Vasif Hasirci- Prof. Robert Langer- Prof. Joseph

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2012 ERC

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John P Holdren

Assessment.• New USGCRP Strategic Plan will guide efforts to understand, assess, predict, and respond to global change.• Science for sustainability is a priority (NSF, EPA, USDA, NOAA).“That’s why when I took office, I called for an all-hands-on-deck approachto science, math, technology, and engineering. Let’s train more teachers.Let’s get more kids studying these subjects. Let’s make sure these fields getthe respect they deserve.” - President Barack Obama February 7, 2012Educating Our Students in STEM• $3.0 billion for Federal STEM education programs in the 2013 Budget.• Prepare 100,000 new STEM teachers over a decade: $135 million ($80 million in

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2012 ERC

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Thomas L Doligalski

instrumentationQuantum Molecular Control • Emphasis is onH. Rabitz, Princeton University instrumentation vital to the discovery of new science and the advancement of Army transformational technologies • Research instrumentation awards average approximately $200K each, $1M max per award • Allows researchers to take immediate advantage of fast paced

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2012 ERC

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Harriet Kung

2012 Engineering Research Council Conference American society for Engineering Education 5 March 2012 Dr. Harriet Kung Director, Basic Energy Sciences Office of Science, U.S. Department of EnergySome Energy Facts… 400 Years of Energy Use in the U.S. 19th C discoveries and 20th C technologies are very much part of today’s infrastructure Still ~85% reliant Petroleum 40 U.S. Energy Consumption by Source on fossil fuelsQuadrillion Btu

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2012 ERC

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Van Stephen Blackwood

and engineers - 64 workshops conducted; 195 conferences co-sponsored - Int’l liaison offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America - 227 short-term foreign visitors; 22 personnel exchanges• Foster Revolutionary Basic Research for Air Force Needs - 1327 extramural research grants at 228 U.S. universities - 590 fellowships; 2224 grad students, 344 post-docs on grants - 268 intramural research projects at AFRL, USAFA, AFIT - 96 summer faculty; 50 postdocs/senior scientists at AFRL• Transition Technologies to DOD and Industry - 153 STTR small business - university contracts - 700 funded transitions (follow-on-uses) from FY10 PI data call 6 Shaping the Research

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2012 ERC

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William Heetderks

Tissue Biosensors Processing Engineering X-ray Nuclear Biomechanics Medicine Magnetic Surgical Technologies Resonance Optical Telemedicine Imaging mHealthHHMI-NIBIB Public Forum 1/10/2005NIBIB RO1 Weissleder: Molecular Analysis of Cells at the Point-of-CareNIBIB RO1 Weissleder: Molecular Analysis of Cells at the Point of Care