ONR Command OverviewDr. Larry SchuetteDirector of ResearchMarch 2016 The Office of Naval ResearchThe S&T Provider for the Navy and Marine Corps • 4,000+ People • 23 Locations • $2.1B / year • >1,000 PartnersDiscover Develop Technological Deliver Advantage 2 Strategic Guidance is theFoundation for our Naval S&T National & Naval Strategy/Direction Warfare Enterprise’s S&T Objectives + Fleet Warfighting Capability Gaps
Bill Drummer EH&S Manager Northeast Technology Center The Dow Chemical Company March 9, 2016The Dow Chemical Company Dow-University Safety Partnership Why How ResultsBill DrummerEH&S ManagerNortheast Technology CenterThe Dow Chemical CompanyDow & University Connections Advisory Committees Sponsored Research Campus Recruiting Technical Committees Professional Societies Alumni Conferences 3 New Employee Observations“The striking difference [between University and Dow safety]was in the training & awareness
UNCLASSIFIED Open Campus Enabling a Strong Collaboration Ecosystem • Partners include international and domestic: – Academia – Industry, Small Business – Government, Military • Research efforts align with partner research interests and ARL S&T Campaigns • International collaborations enabled by updated policies, layered security, dedicated facilities & network access • Entrepreneurial activities enabled • Efficient, effective, and agile research system created through collaboration • Responds to national security challenges of the 21st CenturyUNCLASSIFIED 4 The Nation’s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces
/OSHA inspections, and legal fillings.• Chancellor• Vice Chancellor for Research• Associate Vice Chancellor for Research – Laboratory Safety• UC Center for Laboratory Safety• Laboratory Safety Committee• Environment, Health and Safety• Departments• Faculty• Research Staff• Graduate Students and Undergraduate StudentsChanges top to bottom were required to change the safety culture UCLA Response: Chancellor’s Office• Chancellor made safety a high priority on campus• Chancellor has allocated financial resources (mainly to EH&S) to meet increased safety demands• Vice Chancellor for Research charged with follow-through• Associate Vice Chancellor for Research – Laboratory Safety - new position to
% NIH NASA-20% USDA R&D-25% DOD S&T-30% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016*Includes EERE, OE, Fossil, Nuclear; excludes ARPA-E (regular appropriations began in FY 2011
Winning Large NSF Proposals D. Keith Roper Engineering Research Centers Program Leader Network for Computational Nanotechnology Program Leader Engineering Education and Centers Division, Engineering Directorate National Science Foundation ASEE Engineering Research Council Annual Conference Bethesda, MD Mon Mar 7 - Wed Mar 9, 2016Disclaimer: The comments in this presentation are of the author, and do not necessary reflect those ofthe National Science Foundation (NSF)Thanks to: D. Brzakovic, R. Gupta, C. Hemingway, P. Kharghonekar, S. Lim M. Molnar
in university chemistry research laboratories, particularly over the past two decades • Notable incidents • Dartmouth University – 1996 • UCLA – 2008 • Texas Tech University – 2010• Serious accidents in research labs are not limited to academia• These incidents have evoked a broad range of institutional responses• Deficient safety culture identified as a primary cause BOARD ON CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY The Study Team: Broad Community EngagementCommitteeH. Holden Thorp (Chair), Washington Andrew S. Imada, A. S. Imada & AssociatesUniversity in St. Louis Kimberly Begley
Relationships• Promote Awareness – Accelerate S&T advances and transitions to the U.S. and avoid technological surprise• Engagement – Strengthen partnerships• Build Relationships – International goodwill • Nano-Bio Information Technology (Taiwan, Korea) • Brain Science (Korea) • Space Situational Awareness (Chile) • Ultra-Short Pulse Lasers (Europe) • Quantum Information Science (UK) 11 Explore AFOSR• APAN Collaboration Website – Presentations – Portfolio
/story.asp?S=13833909• Failure! http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/hazards-of-the- cloud-data-storage-services-crash-sets-back-researchersThese are not a backup:• Backing up your laptop to an SD Card in the same laptop is #notabackup• Backing up to a hard drive that is 6 inches away from your computer is #notabackup• Backing up your Gmail to another Gmail account is #notabackup• Backing up your book by copying it to another folder is #notabackuphttp://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheComputerBackupRuleOfThree.aspxYour goals as a researcher• Organize your data• Store and backup your data• Preserve data for the future• Share data with colleaguesFrom MIT Libraries websiteGood Data Management- OrganizingFile naming:• Keep it short if possible
USDA 10 All Other 0 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013FY 2009 figures include Recovery Act appropriations. 2016Research includes basic research and applied research.February 2016 OSTPInvesting in Innovation for National Security• $12.5 billion for DOD’s Science & Technology (S&T) program of basic research, applied research
• Innovation Corps 4 Chemical, Bioengineering,Environmental, & Transport Systems JoAnn S. Lighty Division DirectorInnovations at the Nexus of Food,Energy, and Water Systems (INFEWS) Growing populations, economic growth, and increased variabilityin precipitation and temperatures will increase stress on the food- energy-water resources Image credits, from left: courtesy of Richard Luthy, Stanford University; Zhiyong Jason Ren, University of Colorado Boulder, Constantine M. Megaridis, Aritra Ghosh, Ranjan Ganguly, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering