Conference Session

Session/Panel 2: New Opportunities – Breaking into Federal Agencies that are New for You

Collection

2017 ERC

Authors

Reginald Williams

Initiativesand fosters the continued development of the • SEAP • NREIPcurrent naval science, technology, engineering, • Summer Faculty/ Sabbatical Leaveand mathematics (STEM) workforce Naval STEM Coordination Office• Develop the workforce and capabilities needed today and HBCU/MI Programs in the future• Emphasize Total Force approach to workforce

Conference Session

Panel 1: New Opportunities – Creating Corporate/University Partnerships

Collection

2017 ERC

Authors

Lawrence Hornak

• Integrated view of UGA capabilities• Determine what type of solution is needed – and how to best structure a collaboration and agreements to achieve the desired output. • Basic research • Technology development • Core capabilities • Technology licensing • Start-up and commercializationDiscovery andInnovation Partnerships New Joint appointment between Office of Research and College of Engineering in ‘16  Accountability for looking across the University for opportunities  Enhanced focus on College of Engineering Ultimate goal is to Increase industry-funded research across the University, with specific efforts toward  Strategic partnerships  Interdisciplinary projects leveraging engineering Focus on

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Session/Panel 7: New Research Initiatives and Directions at NSF Including the Process for Shaping Them

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2017 ERC

Authors

Sohi Rastegar

15. Household Appliances6. Radio and Television 16. Health Technologies7. Agricultural Mechanization 17. Petroleum and Petrochemical8. Computers Technologies9. Telephone 18. Laser and Fiber Optics10. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration 19. Nuclear Technologies 20. High-performance MaterialsSource:NationalAcademyofEngineeringTop Engineering Achievements of the 21st Century • What will this list look like? 5Larger Context• Employment, economic growth & competitiveness, and sustainability imperatives• Mega problems: food, health, energy, water, security, education, infrastructure, …• Global flows

Conference Session

Session/Panel 2: New Opportunities – Breaking into Federal Agencies that are New for You

Collection

2017 ERC

Authors

Tom McCreery

Rocket Engine 2DARPA MissionThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)was established in 1958 to prevent strategic surprisefrom negatively affecting U.S. national security and createstrategic surprise for U.S. adversaries by maintaining thetechnological superiority of the U.S. military.To fulfill its mission, the Agency relies on diverseperformers to apply multi-disciplinary approaches to bothadvance knowledge through basic research and createinnovative technologies that address current practicalproblems through applied research.As the DoD’s primary innovation engine, DARPAundertakes projects that are finite in duration but thatcreate

Conference Session

Session/Panel 2: New Opportunities – Breaking into Federal Agencies that are New for You

Collection

2017 ERC

Authors

Addison Stark

Qualifications • Ph.D. in science or engineering; strong analytical, Program Director Support research, and communication skills; ability to • Help develop future programs through technical initiate independent projects; passion to change analysis, discussions, debate and workshops the world through energy technology research; • Support existing programs through technical and U.S. citizenship economic analyses and on-site project visits If you are interested in

Conference Session

Panel 1: New Opportunities – Creating Corporate/University Partnerships

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2017 ERC

Authors

Barry Johnson

FY 2016 – $30.00 M (Estimate)• Designed to foster entrepreneurship that will lead to the commercialization of NSF-funded research – Uses customer discovery and business model development to validate commercialization opportunities – Successful I-Corps projects will be prepared for business formation• Distinct components of I-Corps program – Teams – Principal Investigator (PI), Entrepreneurial Lead (EL), Mentor (M) – Nodes – Hubs for education, infrastructure, and research that engage academic scientists and engineers in innovation – Sites – Academic institutions that catalyze the engagement of local teams in technology transition and strengthen local innovation 8

Conference Session

Session/Panel 2: New Opportunities – Breaking into Federal Agencies that are New for You

Collection

2017 ERC

Authors

Rosemarie Hunziker

fundamental knowledge biomedical technologies… about the brain and nervous [via] integrating the physical and system and to use that engineering sciences with the knowledge to reduce the life sciences to advance basic burden of neurological disease. research and medical care. Novel polymer Neural progenitor Pivotal largescaffold for tissue cells in biomimetic animal studies for regeneration matrix in rat brain

Conference Session

Session 3: Data Management, Open Access and Data Sharing

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2017 ERC

Authors

Julia Speer

Open Access and Data Management Julie Speer, Associate Dean University Libraries, Virginia Tech ASEE Engineering Research Council Annual Conference March 7, 2017Virginia Tech Libraries, Research and Informatics● Offering critical new digital services in support of the creation, management, sharing, and preservation of digital data and scholarship ○ Data Management and Sharing ○ Data Education ○ Digital Library Development ○ Technology Development ○ Open Access Publishing ○ Open Education ○ Digital Imaging ○ Digital Scholarship Projects ○ Digital PreservationData Management & Sharing● Data Services (9 FTE) and Digital Library Development (6

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Session/Panel 6: Federal Research and Government Relations in “a New World”

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2017 ERC

Authors

Matt Hourihan

S&T Funding in the NewAdministration & CongressMatt HourihanMarch 8, 2017For the ASEE Engineering Research CouncilAAAS R&D Budget and Policy Programhttp://www.aaas.org/program/rd-budget-and-policy-program Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 8/26/15 1 Where We Are and Upcoming Milestones FY 2017 DOD S&T in FY 2017 Appropriations percent change from FY 2016 levels, nominal dollars  Appropriations stuck since fall 15%  Trump Admin budget amendment