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2014 Public Policy Colloquium

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Matt Hourihan, AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program

Federal R&D: A QuickRecap and OutlookMatt HourihanFebruary 11, 2014for the American Society for Engineering EducationPublic Policy ColloquiumAAAS R&D Budget and Policy Programhttp://www.aaas.org/spp/rdSome positive outcomes Defense Science & Technology Department of Energy  Low-carbon and fossil energy technology  DOE Science (especially fusion) NSF facilities, EPSCoR NASA Science and ExplorationNot-quite-so-positive outcomes  Defense contractors  NIH overall  But better news for IDeA, Translational science  High-performance rail  Environmental R&D  But cuts avoidedLooking ahead… President’s budget to be released March 4  Priorities: manufacturing, clean energy, climate, IT and

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2014 Public Policy Colloquium

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Auditi Chakravarty, The College Board

Do Women Select Engineering?  79% of female engineering majors decided to pursue engineering in their junior or senior year of high school  Majority identified specific classes, curricular, or co- curricular activities as when they learned about engineering as a major or professionLehr, J.L., Finger, H., Kwang, B. (2012) When, Why, How, Who – Lessons from First Year FemaleEngineering Students at Cal Poly for Efforts to Increase Recruitment. (Annual Conference of the 8Pacific Southwest Section of the American Society for Engineering Education)Students who took an AP Exam in a particular content area were more likelyto major in a related discipline in college than students

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2014 Public Policy Colloquium

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Pramod Khargonekar, National Science Foundation

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2014 Public Policy Colloquium

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Jeff Mervis, Science Magazine

As Good as It Gets… … with a Cloudy Forecast 700 600 500 400BILLIONS $ 300 200 100 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Source: CBO Projection

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2014 Public Policy Colloquium

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Tom Kalil, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

• Unleash a clean energy revolution • Support advanced vehicle technology • Drive breakthroughs in health IT • Address the “grand challenges” of the 21st century Promote Competitive Markets that Spur Productive Entrepreneurship • Promote American exports • Encourage high-growth and • Support open capital markets that innovation-based entrepreneurship

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2014 Public Policy Colloquium

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Mike Molnar

More New InstitutesPCAST/AMP Call for NNMI NNMI Framework The Design Continues … 2012 AMP Report to the PresidentCalling for Industry-led Manufacturing Innovation Institutes II. Securing the Talent III. Improving the Business I. Enabling Innovation Pipeline Climate• Establish a National Network • Improve public perceptions • Enact tax reform of Manufacturing Innovation about manufacturing • Streamline regulatory policy