Discovery to Innovation

within the Academic Community

Theresa A. Maldonado, Ph.D., P.E.Division Director

Engineering Education and Centers

Building Partnerships and Pathwaysto Address the Foundational Grand

Challenge for Engineering Education Miami, FL

March 9, 2012

Session III: HSI/HBCU/MSI-National Research University Partnerships for Innovation

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NSF ENG Organization

Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation

(EFRI)Sohi Rastegar

Office of the Assistant DirectorThomas Peterson, Assistant Director

Kesh Narayanan, Deputy Assistant Director Program Director for Diversity

Omnia El-Hakim

Senior Advisor forNanotechnology

Mihail Roco

Chemical, Bioengineering,Environmental, and Transport

Systems(CBET)

John McGrath

Civil, Mechanical, and

ManufacturingInnovation

(CMMI)Steven McKnight

Electrical, Communications,

and Cyber Systems(ECCS)

Robert Trew

EngineeringEducation and

Centers(EEC)

Theresa Maldonado

IndustrialInnovation andPartnerships

(IIP)Grace Wang

Program Director for Evaluation & Assessment

Alexandra Medina-Borja

Engineering Education & Centers

Division DirectorTheresa Maldonado Division DirectorTheresa Maldonado

EngineeringCenters

Lynn Preston

EngineeringCenters

Lynn Preston

Network for Computational

Nanotechnology

Network for Computational

Nanotechnology

Engineering Research Centers

Lynn PrestonDeborah JacksonBarbara Kenny

Engineering Research Centers

Lynn PrestonDeborah JacksonBarbara Kenny

Nanoscale Science

and EngineeringDaniel De Kee

Deborah JacksonBarbara Kenny

Nanoscale Science

and EngineeringDaniel De Kee

Deborah JacksonBarbara Kenny

ResearchExperiences for

Teachers Mary Poats

ResearchExperiences for

Teachers Mary Poats

Research Experiences for

Undergraduates Esther Bolding

Research Experiences for

Undergraduates Esther Bolding

“Engineer of the Future”

“Engineer of the Future”

Diversityand Pre-College

EducationMary Poats

Diversityand Pre-College

EducationMary Poats

EngineeringEducation Research

R. Alan Cheville Sue Kemnitzer

EngineeringEducation Research

R. Alan Cheville Sue Kemnitzer

NanotechnologyUndergraduate

Education Mary Poats

NanotechnologyUndergraduate

Education Mary Poats

Veterans Initiative

R. Alan Cheville Sue Kemnitzer

Veterans Initiative

R. Alan Cheville Sue Kemnitzer

Engineering Education Research

Sue Kemnitzer

Engineering Education Research

Sue Kemnitzer

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CoreEEC EEC/IIP

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM0342.pdf

The STEM workforce continues to be a national and an international discussion.

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Socioeconomic Issues & Poverty

• Homelessness• Addiction• Lack of food* and clothing• No adult supervision• Foster care

– 25,000 kids/yr. “age out”– Many with no high school

diploma– 70% of these kids wish they

could go to college– < 10% enroll in college– < 1% graduate from college– Homeless– Twice as many kids with PTSD

than veterans returning from war zones

•“You are not poor if you know where your •next meal is coming from.”

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Personalized education should be met with the same urgency as personalized medicine.

Lionel Logue: Why should I waste my time listening to you?

King George VI: Because I have a voice!

The Directorate will invest in preparing the Future Engineering Workforce.

CAREER awardsENG will support young investigators who exemplify the role of teacher–scholar through outstanding research, excellent education, and the integration of education and research.

Expeditions in Education (E2)

Non-traditional StudentsENG will invest in activities that promote the entry and retention of veterans and other non-traditional students in engineering programs

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$53 M for CAREER

OneNSF: Expeditions in Education (E-2) will integrate STEM education R&D to improve learning for the 21st century.

Research-intensive activity Three focus areas:

◦ Transforming UG STEM Learning through S&E◦ Learning and Understanding Sustainability and

Cyberlearning◦ Data and Observations of STEM Education

Timeline: 5-year initiative◦ FY12: Draft guiding principles. Evaluation planning.◦ FY13: Issue Dear Colleague Letter. Investment framework.

Outcome: Transform the NSF education portfolio into a coordinated and strategic set of investments.

ENG investment: $1M FY13. Cyberlearning, Data, & Observations for STEM education (FY13 Request: $49M total)

Alternative Pathways: The Veteran’s Initiative pilot in ENG/EEC has quickly permeated many solicitations across NSF.

http://epicenter.stanford.edu/

$10M for five yearsEHR/DUE and ENG/EEC

Engineering Education: Federal Funding

"The Federal Science, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Portfolio," National Science and Technology Council, 2011.

Network for Computational Nanotechnology

Cyber Platform: $2.9M/yr for five years; renewal possible after five years

Nodes: $700K/yr for five years

Engineering Centers• Engineering Research Centers (ERC)

– Three generations (50 total) since 1985– Current competition

• Nano-Systems ERCs• Awards ~ Fall 2012

- Next competition (hopefully)• Solicitation FY13• Awards FY14

• Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers (NSEC)– 19 NSECs since 2001– 3 graduated NSECs from FY01 class

• Science and Technology Centers (STC)

• Science of Learning Centers (SLC)

POC: Lynn Preston

http://www.erc-assoc.org/

Engineering Research Centers: Platforms for Innovation in Partnership

with Industry

ERC Program Goals

• Create an interdisciplinary academic culture joining research, education, engineering practice to stimulate innovation

• Build partnerships with industry to strengthen the innovative capacity of the U.S. in a global context

• Produce creative and innovative engineering graduates, capable of leading teams to advance technology in a globally competitive world

These core values have never changed over three generationsi.e., over 26 years.

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QoLT 3-plane chart

Barriers

Enabling Technologies Technology Base

Barriers

Fundamental Knowledge Knowledge Base

Systems Technology Integration

Requirements

Stakeholders

Barriers

Technology Elements

Fundamental Insights

Technology Elements

Products & Outcomes

ERC (Research) Strategic Framework:

Sys

tem

Req

uir

emen

ts

Testbed(s)Systems Research

Systems Research

Testbeds

Enabling Technology Research

Enabling Technology Research

Fundamental Research Fundamental Research

Fundamental Research Fundamental Research

Fundamental Research Fundamental Research

Testbed(s)

Testbed(s)

Testbeds

Testbeds

INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM& VALLEY OF DEATH

Engineering-Business School Partnerships Develop Champions to Run the Gauntlet of Risk

Innovation Bridge Structures Turn“Valley of Death” into “Challenge Basin”

Valley of Death

Res

ou

rces

ERC Research atUniversities

New Products Sold by Companies

Level of Development

ExistingResearchResources

ExistingCommercialization

Resources

InventingCommercializing

Championship shift

Credit: Dr. Deborah Jackson, 2011

Valley of Death

Investment Focus Group Educate potential investors to reduce their

riskR

esou

rce

s

ERC Research atUniversities

New Products Sold by Companies

Level of Development

ExistingResearchResources

ExistingCommercialization

Resources

InventingCommercializing

Championship shift

Risk mitigation shift

Risk mitigation shift

Innovation Bridge Structures Turn“Valley of Death” into “Challenge Basin”

Credit: Dr. Deborah Jackson, 2011

Valley of DeathChallenge Basin

Engineering-Business School Partnerships Develop Champions to Run the Gauntlet of RiskRapid Prototype Infrastructure

Mitigate small business demonstration costsR

esou

rce

s

ERC Research atUniversities

New Products Sold by Companies

Level of Development

ExistingResearchResources

ExistingCommercialization

Resources

InventingCommercializing

Championship shift

Prototype capital expensePrototype capital expense

Risk mitigation shift

Risk mitigation shift

Innovation Bridge Structures Turn“Valley of Death” into “Challenge Basin”

The ERC family expands in FY11.

NSF/DOE Co-Fund

NSF/DOE Co-Fund

Core Partner Institutions Serving Underrepresented Groups

San Diego State University

TuskegeeUniversity

University of New Mexico

Florida A&M University

Norfolk State

University

University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

FY 2012 ERCs

New Mexico State University

North Carolina A&T

University

ERC Diversity Policy(Gen-2 and Gen-3)

All ERCs and EERCs will:

Operate with strategic plans that include goals, milestones, actions and impacts to increase diversity at all levels to exceed national engineering-wide averages for women, underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities

Form sustained partnerships with affiliated deans and department chairs to enable this enhancement

Develop core partner or outreach connections with predominantly female and underrepresented-minority institutions

Develop outreach connections with at least one LSAMP and one AGEP awardees (long-term REUs and bridge fellowships)

Operate diversity oriented REUS and pre-college programs focused on diversity involving teachers and students

Build a climate of respect for national cultures, integrate foreign students and faculty into the team, and report on the diversity of foreign faculty and students,

In compliance with federal law, no quotas or set-asides based on gender race or ethnicity. No numerical goals can be used, quantification of impacts will be reported.

ERC Diversity Policy(Gen-2 and Gen-3)

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

6.7 6.4

7.7

9.8 10.2 10.4

3.2

4.7

6.47.2

6.3

-1.2

5.2

7.98.4 8.7

13.5

2.8

17.417.8

18.719.3

11.8

16.1

Women in ERCs: Percentage Point Differential from ASEE National Averages

ERC Faculty ERC Doctoral Students ERC Master's Students ERC Undergraduates

Undergraduates

Faculty

Master's Students

Doctoral Students

ASEE National Average Baseline

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

2.0

3.1

3.9 4.1 3.9

6.2

2.5 2.7 2.9 2.9

4.8 4.8

3.8

9.3

7.9

6.87.2

6.7

11.1

12.6

15.7

13.2

9.1

15.2

Underrepresented Minorities in ERCs: Percentage Point Differential from ASEE National Averages

ERC Faculty ERC Doctoral Students ERC Masters Students ERC Undergraduates

Undergraduates

Faculty

Master's Students

Doctoral Students

ASEE National Average Baseline

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

1.2

2.9

4.34.4

3.1 3.2

0.1

-0.5

0.10.4

1.3

3.8

3.6

2.92.6

3.9

9.7

5.7

-0.2

3.3

4.4

2.52.3

3.7

Hispanics in ERCs: Percentage Point Differential from ASEE National Averages

ERC Faculty ERC Doctoral Students ERC Masters Students ERC Undergraduates

Undergraduates

Master's Students

Faculty

Doctoral Students

ASEE National Average Baseline

Our Panelists

Class of 2000

Class of 2008

Extra slides

Assessment & Evaluation: BRIGE Logic Model

•Funding•Logistics/ Broadening Participation Plans•Research Plan•Inputs from other coordinating agencies

• URM undergrad, grad & post-doc participate in Research & training via supplements (REU, RET, GRDS).

• MSIs and community colleges engage with the project.

• High school students and K-12 teachers participate in research and training activities.

•K-12 teachers & URM students trained in labs.•URM student participation in ENG increased.•New grad students & research funded.•Workshops/meetings held. •Community outreach events conducted.•Curricula developed.•Research results published by faculty and students. •Faculty role models and mentors increased.

•Academic career of BRIGE awardees thrives.• Increased excitement about STEM among URM. •Teachers trained start introducing research topics in their classes.•ENG graduates start considering ENG careers in academia or industry.•Faculty experience recognition.

•Increased number of successful URM groups in ENG fields.•Increased URM faculty actively engaged in STEM research.•Increased number of successful URM students graduating with STEM degrees (undergraduate and graduate).

OUTPUTS & IMMEDIATE OUTCOMES

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

INTERMEDIATE OUTCOME

INPUTS LONG TERM OUTCOME

Life of the

award

Year 1-4 after the award

Year 5-10 after the award

Year 6-10 after the award

Documented from BRIGE PI’s survey

Intermediate-term

Long-termShort-term

San Diego State University

TuskegeeUniversity

University of New Mexico

Florida A&M University

Norfolk State

University

University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

New Mexico State University

North Carolina A&T

University

Core Partner Institutions Serving Underrepresented Groups

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

17.317.7

19.5

22.122.9

23.6

16.016.4

17.9

20.4 20.821.6

10.611.3

11.812.3

12.713.2

Women Faculty in ERCsERC Faculty ERC Faculty -MSI National Faculty

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

24.7

26.3

28.229.1

28.3

20.8

25.2

26.9

28.929.8

29.2

21.622.0 22.2 22.5 22.6 22.9 22.8

Women Doctoral Students in ERCsERC Doctoral- MSI ERC Doctoral Students National Doctoral

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

27.3

30.1 30.4 30.7

35.1

24.625.1

27.4

25.426.6

29.1

16.0

22.1 22.2 22.0 22.0 21.6 21.8

Women Masters Students in ERCsERC Master's Students ERC Master's Students-MSI National Master's

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

17.4 17.5 17.5 17.9 18.2 18.6

33.7 33.1 31.935.2

26.3

32.5

34.8 35.3 36.2

37.2

30.0

34.7

Women Undergraduates in ERCsNational Undergrads ERC Undergraduates-MSI ERC Undergraduates

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

4.75.0

5.2 5.2

7.16.9

4.5

4.84.7

4.9

6.7

6.4

2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.32.1

URM Doctoral Students in ERCsERC Doctoral Students ERC Doctoral- MSI National Doctoral

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

4.4

5.5

6.46.6 6.6

8.7

3.3

4.0

4.95.3

5.0

6.7

2.4 2.4 2.5 2.52.7

2.5

URM Faculty in ERCsERC Faculty ERC Faculty-MSI National Faculty

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

4.75.0

5.2 5.2

7.16.9

4.5

4.84.7

4.9

6.7

6.4

2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.32.1

URM Doctoral Students in ERCsERC Doctoral Students ERC Doctoral- MSI National Doctoral

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

4.75.0

5.2 5.2

7.16.9

4.5

4.84.7

4.9

6.7

6.4

2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.32.1

URM Doctoral Students in ERCsERC Doctoral Students ERC Doctoral- MSI National Doctoral

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

4.75.0

5.2 5.2

7.16.9

4.5

4.84.7

4.9

6.7

6.4

2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.32.1

URM Doctoral Students in ERCsERC Doctoral Students ERC Doctoral- MSI National Doctoral

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

4.75.0

5.2 5.2

7.16.9

4.5

4.84.7

4.9

6.7

6.4

2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.32.1

URM Doctoral Students in ERCsERC Doctoral Students ERC Doctoral- MSI National Doctoral

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

4.75.0

5.2 5.2

7.16.9

4.5

4.84.7

4.9

6.7

6.4

2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.32.1

URM Doctoral Students in ERCsERC Doctoral Students ERC Doctoral- MSI National Doctoral