Standing, l to r: K. Carter, W. Dunne, W. Helmrath; seated, l to r: H. Richards, J. Huskey, M. McDonaldProposal Support (4-person team) • ERO staff handles administrative requirements and “red tape” of proposal submission so faculty can focus on technical writing.Proposal Development (1 person) • Staff partners with faculty to develop research agendas, prepare a strategic funding plan, articulate research and proposal narratives, and approach funding agencies. Tools for connecting with faculty include TCE’s ERO services brochure (also used for recruiting when interviewing faculty candidates), a web presence, and most importantly, personal engagement.ERO “Meet
. collaborations: ASU-Mayo Center for Innovative Imaging Lead DOT Tier 1 University Science and Technology Demonstration Transportation Center - Teaching Old Centers (Wearable devices, Blockchain) Models New Tricks (TOMNET) Continued 20+ years SRP relationship with $2.5M annual funding ~350 tenured and tenure-track faculty + 50 research faculty + > 100 post-docs + > 1200 PhD studentsFSE entrepreneurship Responsible for 192 patents andand innovation
training: 1. Process-based: case studies and group problem solving 2. Awareness-raising and reflection 3. A confidential and brave forum to share the collective experience of mentors across a range of experiences 4. Distribute and adapt resources to improve mentoringStandard Competencies• Aligning expectations• Maintaining effective communication• Addressing equity and inclusion• Assessing understanding• Fostering independence• Cultivating ethical behavior• Promoting professional development• Promoting self-efficacy• Fostering wellbeing (beta)Adaptations for Career Stage
fellowships allowed us120 to be competitive to our best prospective100 80 students but control our long-term 60 funding risk at the same time.” 40 20 2016 2017 2018 2019 “Faculty offered safety nets were able to 0 be more aggressive in pursuing students. We have matriculated five new 1:4 T3 Faculty to Ph.D. Student Ratio outstanding Ph.D. students we would
4 Bootstrapping the Engineering Graduate Program:The College of Engineering Graduate Tuition PolicyBeginning April 1, 2016, the College of Engineering required that tuition be includedin all grants that fund graduate students through extramural sponsored research.Funds (1.5 x tuition collected) returned to the college from theProvost’s Office will be disbursed as follows:• 1/2 of the funds will be returned to the faculty member for their use in the targeted support of graduate students in their programs.• 1/2 of the funds will be returned to the Office of Academic Programs to create a graduate assistant pool in the college. 5
researcherProgram Modular professional development courses Industry Residency (as in medical school) Industry Partners / GOALI / Donors contribute $50,000/year for four years for each student ($200K total) + support during ResidencyFunding Lehigh University contributes IC, and reduces tuition rate by 50% Team and Project-Based Learning Intellectual Property Constraints Economic Considerations and the Global MarketplaceModular Ethical ConsiderationsCourses Diversity and Cultural Competence Creativity and Innovation Techniques **1-2 credit hours each, students take 6
TIPS FOR ASSOCIATEDEANS“A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A RESEARCH LEADER – LESSONS LEARNED”1) Get a Good White Board2) Understand Your Role• Research proposal submission • Management of cost-sharing arrangements• Research proposal development • Management of conflict-of-interest matters• Pre-proposal research development for single PIs and/or • Research-related compliance and/or Research-related multidisciplinary teams financial compliance• Development of new research involving corporations, • Laboratory safety compliance and culture foundations and/or new government sources • Research
almost done but need two more months to finish”• August 2018 “We need one more month and went $70,000 over budget. It will not happen again”• Oct – Dec 2018 “Finishing the punch list and only the gas cabinet is left”• January 2019 “The gas cabinet as installed is not correct. They are redesigning it”• Feb – June 2019 Gas cabinet redesign, $90,000 more• Summer 2019 Weekly 1-2 hour meetings with entire project team including all contractors $150,000 more.• Fall 2019 “Almost done but your PI has made changes. $120,000 more.• Dec 2019 “It will be done by Feb 1 and we need more money. Do you want commissioning tests?”• Feb 2020 Project Manager Replaced – they are finishing it soon for $30,000 more as
Sexual Sexual Harassment, Attention, Coercion including including discrimination sexual assaultWorking Group ReportRecommendations Accepted by NIH Director (Dec. 2019) • Recommendations Around Report Themes: 1. Increase Transparency and Accountability in Reporting of Professional Misconduct, especially Sexual Harassment 2. Establish Mechanisms for Restorative Justice 3. Ensure Safe, Diverse, and Inclusive Research and Training Environments 4. Create System-wide Change to Ensure Safe, Diverse, and
The Federal R&D Budget OutlookMatt HourihanMarch 10, 2020For the ASEE Research Leadership InstituteAAAS R&D Budget and Policy Programhttp://www.aaas.org/rd Copyright © 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science 1 Select Science & Tech Programs in FY 2020 Appropriations Estimated percentage change from FY 2019, nominal dollars25%20%15%10% NASA 5% DARPA 0% -5
over the first year. • Outlines the six main thrusts of the strategy, as well as Federal progress to date in these areas. Available on AI.gov 4American AI Initiative:Year One Annual Report Timeline of U.S. government actions to advance the American AI Initiative 5Key principles of the AI Executive Order (paraphrased for brevity) 1) Drive technological breakthroughs in AI to promote scientific discovery, economic competitiveness, and national security. 2) Drive development of appropriate technical standards and reduce barriers to the safe
Legislation – Higher Education Act, Section 117 – Immigration and Nationality Act (J-visa program) – Export Administration Act • Proposed new legislation on research security – New reporting requirements (individual and institutional) – New lists of “sensitive technologies” • New export controls on emerging technologies (EAR)7 COGR FRAMEWORK 1. Receipt of Information Regarding International Activities 2. Governance, Decision-Making, and Oversight 3. Policy Basis for Review: What Institutional Policies/Procedures Authorize Solicitation of Information from Investigators and Review? 4. Facts for Analyzing the Engagement 5. Compliance with
, tools, policies, and governance for handling data and developed comprehensive approaches for storing, protecting, and ensuring the appropriate use of different types of data. In particular, institutions have identified appropriate protections for sensitive data in grants and contracts to ensure compliance with NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 1, “Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations.”• Improved data security measures. Institutions have taken measures to improve data security and internal breach prevention and incident response processes. This includes bolstering network perimeter security and conducing enhanced monitoring of network traffic. Institutions are using encryption, multi-factor
with known surfacetension. Once the surface tension data is collected, ancillary surfactant adsorption properties areextracted from the data. The overarching goals of the experiment are to impart to students anunderstanding of the impact of adsorbed surfactant on surface tension, to quantify this effect 1through the collection and interpretation of data, and actively engage students in hands-onlearning. The latter is important as it is well-understood that hands-on laboratory experimentsenhance learning.1 Details on the assessment and attainment of key learning outcomes of theexperiment are provided as well.BackgroundDerivation of the Drop-Weight
Compressive Mechanical Properties of Three-Dimensional (3D) Printed Thermoplastics Raymond K.F. Lam, Michael Orozco, Erick Mendieta, Bernard Hunter, and Joseph Seiter Queensborough Community College, The City University of New York, New York, U.S.A._____________________________________________________________________________________________1. Introduction Impact and adoption rate of 3-dimensional (3D) printing in manufacturing will increasedramatically over the next few years. The market for 3D printing technology itself is expected togrow to $5.2 billion by 2020 [1]. One example is General Electric (GE)’s decision to deploy 3Dprinters to manufacture nozzles for its LEAP engines. GE Aviation
A Scholarship Program for Students Transferring from Two-Year Colleges Franz Foltz1 and Surendra Gupta2 1 Departments of Science, Technology, and Society and Public Policy 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstract: This paper provides a mid-project report on a scholarship program funded by theNational Science Foundation that focuses on students who transfer at the 3rd year level from 2-year schools to the engineering and engineering technology BS programs at our university. Thegoals of the program are: (i) to expand and diversify the
Institute of Technology ever since. The module includes both classdemo and small group project and testing.The intended learning outcomes for the hands-on active learning module are: 1) Observe the effects of different stiffness and mass on the frequency of structures. 2) Observe resonance of the building. 3) Calculate the natural frequency and stiffness of the building.The class demo project uses a 6-story comprehensive balsa wood building model simulating thereal-world building as shown in Figure 1, and the building details include mini-figures andfurniture on each floor to representing real loads, adjustable mass on each floor and adjustablelateral stiffness of the building. The input motions are simulated earthquake loads from
NASA priority area, i.e.,integrating unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system that had direct benefit tothe RIT faculty and students. In particular, several enhancements to our current curriculum werecompleted including: 1. the development of a new undergraduate/graduate dual-listed course related to unmanned aircraft systems. The new course has direct benefits to students exposing them to UASs and to RIT faculty where a new pool of potential graduate students can be recruited for research related activities RIT faculty who have area of expertise in UAS along with a benefit to the RIT for recruiting new students and soliciting external grants related to one of RIT’s
, Classification, Localization 2.6 Communications 2.7 Air Delivery 2.7 Cyber Security3 Safety Risks and Mitigations 3.1 Developmental Risks and Mitigations 3.2 Mission Risks and Mitigations4 Conclusion1 Systems Engineering Approach1.1 Mission Requirement Analysis Big Flying Lilac (BFL) was designed and developed to perform a safe and reliable package deliverymission for the 2019 AUVSI SUAS competition. BFL is capable of autonomous flight, obstacle avoidance,manual object DLC, UGV airdrop and delivery. Figure 1 outlines the mission tasks, scoring breakdown, and thesystem requirements placed on the UAS Mission Tasks Description System Requirements
the most recent executionin fall 2019, a preliminary study was conducted via student surveys to determine if studentsconsidered the module a valuable addition to the course. These preliminary findings aimed at notonly determining if the module should be continued in the future, but also at evaluating if themodule resulted in: (1) increased student engagement and interest in thermal fluids, (2) increasedlearning effectiveness compared to traditional teaching methods, and (3) increased understandingof how topics within thermal fluids are connected. Exam scores between course sections thatcompleted the module and those that did not were also compared to provide quantitative dataregarding increased learning effectiveness. Preliminary findings
programming, and non-linearprogramming.Moreover, in the undergraduate course (ENT 473), just the concepts of the above-mentioned subjects arediscussed.Each course is considered as a regular 3-credit-hour course. Additionally, the course of “Power SystemAnalysis 1” needs to be considered as the prerequisite course for ENT 573. Moreover, the students’ learningassessment will be based on students’ class participation, assignments, written exams, researches, computersimulation projects (just for ENT 573), and presentations.2. The Reasons for Addition of the Courses to CurriculumA considerable portion of energy consumption, carbon emissions, and global warming are related to thetransportation sector. Fig. 1 shows the air pollution in Donora, PA, US, on
as development tool to provide weight andbias files to be used as memory initialization files to implement the neural network onreconfigurable hardware (e.g. FPGAs); thus, evaluation of the impact of various weight and biasrepresentations on hardware can be assessed.1. IntroductionThe development of this software platform (program) started as an initial effort to understand theconstruction of neural networks and provide easy access to network parameters. The online text“Neural Networks and Deep Learning” by Michael Nielsen [1] and associated python code wasinitially used to run a three-layer fully-connected neural network that learned the weights andbiases by using the gradient-descent backpropagation algorithm. Although this is a rather
andliterature evaluating greenhouse gas emissions arising from aerobic and anaerobic decompositionof wood.The paper is organized as follows:The initial section will describe a general product life cycle model and overview the ways inwhich products are likely to move through their life cycle stages. The next section will describethe domain of wood products and why they are of particular interest here. An analysis sectionwill follow describing the carbon footprint calculations for the emissions that arise from theultimate wood disposition strategies considered here. A discussion/conclusions section willsummarize the findings and a final notes section will offer impressions on this atypical capstoneapproach.A general product life cycle modelFigure 1
to control and reduce the riskposed by each hazard. It is assumed that without measures to reduce the risk posed by the hazards,the overall risk will exceed a desirable level of safety. Therefore, propositions for risk mitigationstrategies will be presented as the second step in the risk management process. Assessment of therisks posed by the hazards will then be withheld until after the risk mitigation strategies areproposed and assumed to be in effect. Assessing the risk posed by each of these hazards will beaccomplished with a simple federal government risk assessment matrix (Fig. 1). A complex federalgovernment risk assessment matrix is also included for comparison (Fig. 2). An initial assessmentof the risks was completed in a pilot