2012 Advisory PanelCEM Overview

Bob HebnerCenter for Electromechanics

The University of Texas at Austin12/4/2012

SETTING THE STAGE

Year of Financial Challenges

Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug$0

$2,000,000

$4,000,000

$6,000,000

$8,000,000

$10,000,000

$12,000,000

$14,000,000

$16,000,000

$18,000,000

Income 2010-11Income 2011-12Expense 2010-11Expense 2011-12

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Sources of Problems and Promise for Future

• Sources of difficulty– Three major programs winding down

simultaneously– Recession– Election damped new program starts

• Promise– Five transfers from elsewhere in UT– Likely new programs– Revamped efforts in program development

WHO WE ARE

UT Research Center

• Perform and publish world-class research• Design, build, and test first-of-a-kind devices

and systems• Transfer products to industry

– Spinout companies• Educate students• Provide technology and advice to the

government

CEM StaffTotal CEM Staff 84*

+ about 60 students and academic faculty

Students 10

Engineers 40

Techs 15

Admin 19

Electrical 9

Mechanical 25

Biology 3Physics 3

Bachelors 15PhD 14

Masters 11* includes all staff appointed anytime FY 2011-12 (total employees Aug. 2012 = 59)

Degree Type

Degree by Engineers

Academic Collaborators

Biological Sciences Jerry Brand Martin Poenie

Center for Energy and Environmental Resources Frank Seibert

Chemical Engineering David Allen Tom Edgar John Ekerdt

Civil Engineering Lynn Katz Kerry Kinney Ken Stokoe

Electrical and Computer Engineering Ari Arapostathis Mircea Driga Alexis Kwasinski Surya Santoso

Fusion Research Center Bill Rowan Perry Phillips

Institute for Fusion Studies Mike Kotschenreuther Swadesh Mahajan Prashant Valanju

LBJ School Charles Gholz

McDonald Observatory John Booth Mark Cornell Karl Gebhardt John Good Gary Hill Dan Jaffe David Lambert Mark Rafal Richard Savage

Mechanical Engineering Halil Berberoglu David Bogard Maggie Chen Ashish Deshponde Thomas Kiehne Dale Klein Raul Longoria Rodney Ruoff Carolyn Seepersad Michael Webber

Physics Mark Raizen

Assets - Students

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-120

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Fiscal Year

Stud

ents

HOW WE INNOVATE

Areas of Technology

Electric Power

Space

Transportation

• Advanced Generators

• Electric Grid Control

• Energy Storage

• Distributed Generation

Technology

• Advanced Trains

• Hybrid Vehicles

• Active Suspension for Vehicles

• Wheel Motors

• Intelligent Highways

• Space Power

• Electromagnetic

Launch

• Satellite Attitude

Control

Defense• Missile and Aircraft Launcher

• All Electric Ship

• Advanced Wheeled and

Tracked Vehicles

• Electromagnetic Guns

• Electromagnetic Armor

Oil & Gas• Exploration• Transmission

Biotech• Electromechanical cell

manipulation

Innovation Process

Applications Science

CEM uses successful spiral between applications and science

• Superconductivity• Magnetic materials

• Composite performance• Dielectric materials

• Advanced manufacturing• Simulation

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.

.

Entry forUniversity

Entry forIndustry

Commercialization

HOW WE ARE MANAGED

The University of Texas at Austin

PRESIDENTDr. William Powers, Jr.

VP RESEARCHDr. Juan Sanchez

EXECUTIVE VP & PROVOST

Dr. Steve Leslie

CENTER FORELECTROMECHANICS

Dr. Robert HebnerDIRECTOR

APPLIEDRESEARCH

LABORATORIES

TEXAS ADVANCED COMPUTING

CENTER

COCKRELL SCHOOLOF ENGINEERINGDr. Greg Fenves

DEAN

COLLEGE OFNATURAL SCIENCES

Dr. Linda HickeDEAN

MCCOMBS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Thomas Gilligan DEAN

Internal Management

Administrative• Executive Team

– Nine members• Program development• Technical quality• Policy• Staffing

• Operations Team– Eight members

• Equipment• Facilities• Information technology• Support staff utilization• Safety

Technical• Project Teams

– Seven teams• Long-term and floating

contributors• Size and number

depend on contract mix• Team-allocated salary

pool, unless raises are cancelled; Team leader allocates to individuals

Task Structure

HOW WE ARE FUNDED

Sources of Income

• About 89% from projects– Some from other UT units– Remainder split about evenly from

• Industry• Government

• Remaining 11% from UT – Required administrative support– Proposal development

Assets – CEM Budget

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011$0

$2

$4

$6

$8

$10

$12

$14

$16

$18

$14.9

$12.2

$11.1

$17.5

$14.9

$13.5$14.1 $14.1

$16.1

$14.3

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Contract Size Distribution

≤ $275k > $275k, ≤ $1M > $1M

2010

2007

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38363432302826242220181614121086420

2008

2009

2011

Research Measures — Collaborations20 Industrial Sponsors

AlgEternal Technologies, LLCBalcones Technologies, LLCBiomass Energy Resources, LLCCODA Energy, LLCDirect Drive Systems, Inc.Dresser-Rand Company

GMTO OrganizationHorstman Defense Systems, LTD.Ion Geophysical Corp.KaZaK Composites, Inc.Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc.Navigant Consulting, Inc.Northrop-Grumman Corp.

Organic Fuels Algae Technology (OFAT)Oshkosh CorporationPecan Street ProjectTECO-Westinghouse Motor CompanyTetros Innovations, LLCURS Energy & Construction, Inc.Vycon

Staff Interface: 6 In-House Industry Reps: Ion Geophysical (1), OFAT (4), TECO-Westinghouse (1)

183 Active NDAs – 27 signed in 2011-128 Rivers Capital, LLCAlgEternal, Southwest Research Institute (SWRI)Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali SpA - Anselectric LLCAmerican Maglev Technology, Inc.Applied Power Systems, Inc. (APS)Baker Huges Oilfield Operations, Inc.Biomass Energy Resources, LLC (BER)Merideth Bryant (Individual)CODA Energy, LLCCosegen Bioscience, LLCCurtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corp.Diversified Technologies, Inc. (DTI)Florida State ESRDC Consortium w/QinetiQ, Inc., Graphics Research Corp. Ltd., FSU, South Carolina Research Foundation, and MITFlorida State Consortium (FSU, USC, UT Austin, Purdue) with GE

FMC Technologies, Inc. (Direct Drive Systems)Honeybee Robotics, Ltd.Horstman Defence Systems Limited (Bath), Horstman, Inc. (Michigan), Pi Innovo, LLC (Michigan)MIT Lincoln LabsMechanical Simulation Intl., Inc. (MECHSIM)Nanovoltaix, Inc.Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)Semikron, Inc.Synchrony, Inc.TECO-Westinghouse Motor Co.Ultra Electronics Precision Air & Land Systems, Inc. – LanhamUltra Electronics Flightline SystemsUnitech, LLC

RESEARCH OUTPUT

Research Measures — Publications

2010

Theses and Dissertations

Final Reports

Non-Refereed Papers

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60

50

40

30

10

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Refereed Papers

13

4

1020

2006 2007 2008 2009

32

3

15

2

1

2011

17

12

15

1

10

8

17

10

10

2

Research Measures — Staff Recognition

• 9 Invited talks

• 32 Conference presentations

• 14 Conferences attended without presentations

• 2 Members of review panels for outside organizations

• 5 CEM staff on PhD or Master’s committees

• 1 Research faculty appointment

• 2 Reviewers for 12 technical journals

• 7 Records of Invention filed

• 1 IEEE Fellow

WHERE WE ARE GOING

Important Continuing Trends

• Positive• Many long-term industrial partners• Good Navy relationship• Continuing growth in the interaction with other UT

researchers• Improving working relationship with the research

support administrative offices• Effective leadership transitions

• Continuing Challenges• Hire with a strong view to program development

and management • Staff morale and commitment• Establishing a culture of innovation

• Restructure of both Executive and Operations Teams– New folks assuming new authority and responsibility

• Depend more on other UT researchers– Center for Energy Security– Algae Program– EverGreen Cloud– Wind Power Research– Pecan Street

•Unique leading edge outputs•Develop PRC as a recognized research campus•Strengthen Program Development Process

Focus for Past Year

This Year’s Focus

• Reinvigorate innovation• Improve proposal hit rate

– Better understand misses– Better pre-work

• Strengthen technical capability

Important, But Not New Challenges

• Program development funding

• Administrative side of industrial interactions

• Visibility

• Upgrading hardware

• Software costs

Closing Thoughts

• What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger- F. Nietzsche

• Need to continue to enhance the value of CEM to UT and to the nation

● Need to keep the job fun

- Rebuild morale

- Rebuild entrepreneurial spirit