CMMI Overview

Steven H. McKnight Division Director for Civil, Mechanical and

Manufacturing Innovation George A. Hazelrigg

Acting Division Director

Context: NSF Strategic Plan • Transform the Frontiers --

emphasizes the seamless integration of research and education as well as the close coupling of research infrastructure and discovery.

• Innovate for Society -- points to the tight linkage between NSF programs and societal challenges, and it highlights the role that new knowledge and creativity play in economic prosperity and society’s general welfare.

• Perform as a Model Organization --emphasizes the importance of NSF as an exemplar of an agency that expects to attain excellence in all operational aspects.

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http://www.nsf.gov/news/strategicplan/

Charting the course in challenging times

• ENG Vision/Strategy grounded in core principles – Lead in Frontier Engineering Research – Cultivate an Innovation Ecosystem – Develop the Next-Generation Engineer – Broaden participation – Strive for Excellence in ENG Organization – Support cross-cutting opportunities - OneNSF

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NSF Support by Research Field

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Science and Engineering Indicators, 2010

CMMI By the Numbers • 19 Core Research Programs accepting unsolicited proposals • Participation in numerous cross-cutting solicitations • The last 3 years:

– Total Invested: $708 Million – Proposals received & reviewed: 10,221 Proposals

• Of those, 9,358 were full research proposals – Submissions from 361 Institutions – 520 Panels with 3524 Independent Reviewers

• 127 from Industry & Government Agencies – Awarded proposals: 1,640 Awards to 177 Institutions

• This represents a 17.53% success rate • Median Award Size: ~$275k over 36 months • 768 REU Students Funded (30% of Awards have supplements)

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Resources 2009-2011

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*Includes ARRA Funding

CMMI Research Community

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CMMI Research Community

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AK 1 CO 34 GA 66 IN 48 MD 44 MS 4 NH 10 OH 43 SC 31 VA 47

AL 15 CT 20 HI 5 KS 17 ME 1 MT 5 NJ 38 OK 16 SD 2 WA 31

AR 8 DC 11 IA 31 KY 9 MI 71 NC 42 NM 11 OR 10 TN 27 WI 29

AZ 32 DE 11 ID 1 LA 13 MN 17 ND 6 NV 6 PA 125 TX 125 WV 5

CA 133 FL 65 IL 116 MA 77 MO 21 NE 14 NY 117 RI 10 UT 13 WY 1

Awards by US State FY09-FY11

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CMMI Proposals and Success Rate 2009-2011 by Academic Age

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Career Proposals

Division Director Acting George Hazelrigg

Deputy Director Acting Bruce Kramer

1786: Manufacturing Enterprise Systems

Edwin Romeijn

1788: NanoManufacturing Bruce Kramer (acting)

1467: Materials Processing and Manufacturing

Mary Toney

1632: Control Systems George Chiu

7478: Dynamical Systems Eduardo Misawa

1464: Engineering & Systems Design

Paul Collopy

5514: Operations Research Sheldon Jacobson

1787: Service Enterprise Systems

Edwin Romeijn

1639: Sensors and Sensing Systems George Hazelrigg

Mechanics and Engineering Materials Cluster

Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructures Cluster Advanced

Manufacturing Cluster

Systems Engineering and Design Cluster

1634: Geomechanics and Geomaterials Rick Fragaszy

1633: Materials and Surface Engineering

Expert: Gary Fischman

1630: Mechanics of Materials Expert: Demitris Kouris

7479: Biomechanics & Mechanobiology

Dennis Carter

1635: Structural Materials And Mechanics

Grace Hsuan

1631: Civil Infrastructure Systems

Kostas Triantis

7396/7470: NEES Joy Pauschke

1636: Geotechnical Engineering

Rick Fragaszy

1637: Hazard Mitigation and Structural Engineering

Kishor Mehta

1638: Infrastructure Mgmt. and Extreme Events

Dennis Wenger

1468: Manufacturing Machines and Equipment

ZJ Pei

Interdisciplinary and Cross-Divisional Activities

Bruce Kramer Program Support Mgt. Wayne Plummer

Operations Specialist Gwen Barber-Blount

Program Manager for Integrative Activities

Jo Culbertson

Admin Cluster Leader Tammie Jennings

Program Specialist Terria Davis

Program Assistant (STEP) Nia Owens

Admin Cluster Leader Beverly Corley

Program Specialist Elinor Bruno

Program Specialist (SCEP) Kevin Webster

Program Analyst Matthew Carnavos

Program Specialist Dianne McCormick

Admin Cluster Leader Carolyn McKinnon-Jones

Program Specialist Tom Moynihan

Program Assistant Candace Owens

Admin Cluster Leader Veronica Calvo

Program Specialist Jyesah (Joy) Smith

Office Automation Clerk (STEP)

Jasmine Spencer

Admin Support Assistant Acting Jasmine Spencer

Science Assistant Elliott Tibor

CMMI Research Clusters

Advanced Manufacturing • Research leading to transformative

advances in manufacturing and building technologies, with emphases on efficiency, economy, and sustainability

• Supporting programs – Manufacturing Machines and

Equipment – Manufacturing Enterprise Systems – Materials Processing and Engineering – Nanomanufacturing

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PI: Starly (Oklahoma)

Nano Fibers

PI: Zhang(Cal)

Plasmonic Nanolithography

CMMI Research Clusters Mechanics and Engineering

Materials • Research aimed at advances in the

transformation and use of engineering materials efficiently, economically, and sustainably

• Supporting programs – Geomechanics and Geomaterials – Materials and Surface Engineering – Mechanics of Materials – Biomechanics and Mechanobiology – Structural Materials and Mechanics

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PI: Andrew Norris (Rutgers)

PI: Chiara Daraio (Cal Tech)

CMMI Research Clusters Systems Engineering and Design • Research on the decision-making

aspects of engineering, including design, control, and optimization

• Supporting programs

– Control Systems – Dynamical Systems – Engineering and Systems Design – Operations Research – Sensors and Sensing Systems – Service Enterprise Systems

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O.R. Methods for optimized ambulance deployment

Henderson (Cornell)

SSS/EFRI: Learning from Plants Twisting

Motion Bending Motion

Multiple FMC cells

Wang , Mayer, Nielson (Michigan) Bakis, Rahn (PSU)

CMMI Research Clusters Resilient and Sustainable

Infrastructures • Research to advance fundamental

knowledge and innovation for resilient and sustainable civil infrastructure and distributed infrastructure networks

• Supporting programs – Civil Infrastructure Systems – NEES – Ops and Research – Geotechnical Engineering – Hazard Mitigation and

Structural Engineering – Infrastructure Mgt. and

Extreme Events

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NEES: New Concepts for Damage-Tolerant,

Self-Righting Steel-Framed

Buildings

CIS/GOALI: Mitigating Accidents via Advanced Active Safety Systems

CMMI Research aligned to OneNSF and National Priorities • National Priorities

– National Nanotechnology Initiative – National Robotics Initiative

• OneNSF Initiatives – Advanced Manufacturing including

Materials Genome Initiative – Cyber-Infrastructure for the 21st

Century (CIF-21) – Education and Workforce – Innovation Ecosystem – Interdisciplinary Research – Sustainability and Clean Energy

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CMMI RAPID Research: Learning from Extreme Events Japan 2011 Earthquake & Tsunami

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Haiti 2010 Earthquake

CMMI Award Profile

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Majority of Awards 250-300k; 36 Months in Duration

CMMI Enabling the Frontiers of Research At all Scales

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Nanoscale to Infrastructure Scale Research

Systems Science

• Focus – Mathematical theory of systems engineering – Understanding the failure of current approaches – Providing tools to implement rigorous theory

• Broad areas of opportunity: – Design of Large-scale Engineered Systems – Robotics and autonomous systems – Resilient Civil Infrastructure Systems – Advanced Manufacturing and Service Systems

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Questions?

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U.S. Research and Development Where do we fit?

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Basic Applied Development

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57% of Academic Funding comes From Federal Sources

Basic $69B

Applied $88B

Development $240B

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CMMI Service Research: Engineering for Society

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New mathematical models for the distribution of aid after disasters Computer-driven

disease models to plan optimal Diabetes Treatment

Optimizing the yearly design of the Flu Vaccine under uncertainty

Advanced Manufacturing • Support multi-scale modeling, nanomanufacturing,

and complex engineering systems design • Cyber-Enabled Materials, Manufacturing, and

Smart-Systems (CEMMSS) – Materials Genome, Robotics, Cyber-Physical Systems

• Research at the Interface of the Biological, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences, and Engineering (BioMaPS)

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Materials Genome Initiative: New paradigm-“twice as fast, at a fraction of the cost”

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Discovery Property Certification Deployment optimization

Development system Manufacturing design and integrations

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Sustainability and Clean Energy

• Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES) – ENG’s investment will focus on sustainable research networks,

sustainable materials, and human dimensions

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CMMI Research Community

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