1. Discovery to Innovation within the Academic Community
Theresa A. Maldonado, Ph.D., P.E.
Division Director
Engineering Education and Centers
Building Partnerships and Pathways
to Address the Foundational Grand
Challenge for Engineering Education
Miami, FL
March 9, 2012
Session III: HSI/HBCU/MSI-
National Research University
Partnerships for Innovation

2. NSF ENG Organization Office of the Assistant Director
Program Director for
Evaluation &
Assessment
Alexandra Medina-Borja
Office of the Assistant Director
Thomas Peterson, Assistant Director
Kesh Narayanan, Deputy Assistant Director
Senior Advisor for
Nanotechnology
Mihail Roco
Emerging Frontiers in
Research and Innovation
(EFRI)
Sohi Rastegar
Program Director for Diversity
Omnia El-Hakim
Engineering
Education and
Centers
(EEC)
Theresa Maldonado
Chemical,
Bioengineering,
Environmental,
and Transport
Systems
(CBET)
John McGrath
Civil,
Mechanical, and
Manufacturing
Innovation
(CMMI)
Steven McKnight
Electrical,
Communications,
and Cyber
Systems
(ECCS)
Robert Trew
Industrial
Innovation and
Partnerships
(IIP)
Grace Wang

3. Engineering Education & Centers
Division Director
Theresa Maldonado
Engineering
Centers
Lynn Preston
Network for Computational Nanotechnology
Engineering Research Centers
Deborah Jackson
Barbara Kenny
Nanoscale Science
and Engineering
Daniel De Kee
Engineering
Education Research
R. Alan Cheville
Sue Kemnitzer
Nanotechnology
Undergraduate
Education
Mary Poats
Veterans Initiative
Research
Research
Experiences for
Teachers
Mary Poats
Undergraduates
Esther Bolding
“Engineer
of the
Future”
Diversity
and Pre-College
Education

4. Core
EEC
EEC/IIP

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

6. 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.”

7. 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!

9. The Directorate will invest in preparing the Future Engineering Workforce.
CAREER awards ENG 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 Students ENG will invest in activities that promote the entry and retention of veterans and other non-traditional students in engineering programs
$53 M for CAREER

10. 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)

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

12. $10M for five years
EHR/DUE and ENG/EEC

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

14. Network for Computational Nanotechnology

15. Cyber Platform: $2.9M/yr for five years;
renewal possible after five years
Nodes: $700K/yr for five years

16. Engineering Centers Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers (NSEC)
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

17. 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 generations
i.e., over 26 years.

18. ERC (Research) Strategic Framework:
QoLT 3-plane chart
Barriers
Enabling Technologies
Technology Base
Fundamental Knowledge
Knowledge Base
Systems
Technology Integration
Requirements
Stakeholders
Technology Elements
Fundamental Insights
Products & Outcomes
ERC (Research) Strategic Framework:
System Requirements
Testbed(s)
Systems Research
Testbeds
Enabling Technology Research
Fundamental Research
INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
& VALLEY OF DEATH

20. Innovation Bridge Structures Turn
“Valley of Death” into “Challenge Basin”
Engineering-Business School Partnerships
Develop Champions to Run the Gauntlet of Risk
Existing
Commercialization
Resources
Valley of Death
Resources
Championship shift
Existing
Research
Resources
Inventing
Commercializing
ERC Research at
Universities
New Products Sold by Companies
Level of Development
Credit: Dr. Deborah Jackson, 2011

21. Innovation Bridge Structures Turn
“Valley of Death” into “Challenge Basin”
Investment Focus Group
Educate potential investors to reduce their risk
Existing
Commercialization
Resources
Risk mitigation shift
Valley of Death
Resources
Championship shift
Existing
Research
Resources
Inventing
Commercializing
ERC Research at
Universities
New Products Sold by Companies
Level of Development
Credit: Dr. Deborah Jackson, 2011

22. Innovation Bridge Structures Turn
“Valley of Death” into “Challenge Basin”
Engineering-Business School Partnerships
Develop Champions to Run the Gauntlet of Risk
Rapid Prototype Infrastructure
Mitigate small business demonstration costs
Existing
Commercialization
Resources
Risk mitigation shift
Challenge Basin
Valley of Death
Resources
Championship shift
Existing
Research
Resources
Prototype capital expense
Inventing
Commercializing
ERC Research at
Universities
New Products Sold by Companies
Level of Development

23. The ERC family expands in FY11.
NSF/DOE Co-Fund

24. FY 2012 ERCs Core Partner Institutions Serving Underrepresented Groups
Norfolk State University
New Mexico State University
North Carolina A&T University
University of New Mexico
San Diego State University
Tuskegee University
Florida A&M University
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

25. 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

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

27. Notes:
Clemson, Hopkins, Virginia Tech, and Georgia Tech (Tissue) accounted for 35% of the Women Doctoral Students reported in 2009; this data was not reported in 2010 as those centers had graduated.
There were no substantial differences in the 2009 and 2010 data reported by the CENSISS and WIMS ERCs with respect to women:
WIMS. 2009: 64 Women, 2010: 60 Women
CENSISS. 2009: 116 Women, Women
Overall, approximately 20% of Gender data is “Not Reported.”
Creating a STEM percentage point differential cannot be done because there are not data points for every year, and doctoral and master’s students data are combined.

29. CPES accounts for the rise of Hispanic Master’s students in 2009.

30. Our Panelists
Class of 2000
Class of 2008

31. Extra slides

32. 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
Long-term
Short-term
Intermediate-term

33. Core Partner Institutions Serving Underrepresented Groups
San Diego State University
Tuskegee University
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