8:00 – 8:30

Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 12:00

Morning Session (NSF & ERC staff invited) - Lynn Preston(49KB)

12:00 – 1:00

Working Lunch

1:00 – 3:00

Afternoon Session (students only)

Welcome & Meeting Plan – Lynn Preston and Court Lewis

Film “A Partnership for Competitiveness” (1990)

Spotlight on the CNSE – Pietro Perona(PDF - 3.79MB)

Spotlight on the CEBSM – Farhang Shadman

Globalization of R&D: Implications for ERCs

Co-moderators: Vilas Mujumdar(35KB) & Rao Tummala (PRC)

Panelists: Rao Tummala (PRC), Yoram Koren(391KB) (RMS), Amr Elnashai (MAE); Buddy Ratner (UWEB); Kathleen Kingscott (Director, World-wide Innovation Policy, IBM)

Reshaping Engineering Education to Adapt to Global Realities

Moderator: Michael Celaya (CEUV)

Speakers: Kevin Powers (PERC); Scott Ashford (PEER); Beth Tranter (CPES)

New Directions in University–Industry Partnerships

Moderator: Lani Hummel (CISST ILO and Director of Industrial Initiatives, Whiting School of Engineering, JHU)

Panelists: Susanne Huttner, Assoc. Vice Provost for Research, University of California system; Wayne Johnson (3.6MB) (Hewlett-Packard); Jill Sorensen(100KB) (Director, Office of Licensing and Technology Development, Johns Hopkins)

Making Inter-university Partnerships Work

Moderator: Leigh McGrath (RMS)

Speakers: Doris Lee(350KB) (BMES), Zbigniew Pasek(215KB) (RMS)

ERCs as Leadership Training Grounds

Moderator: Kelvin Droegemeier(5.75MB) (CASA)

Speakers: Kelvin Droegemeier(6.74MB) , Bill Costerton (USC)

Strategies for Increasing Engineering Enrollments

Moderator:Michael Silevitch (CenSSIS)

Panel: Marilyn Decker (Science Dir., Boston Public Schools), Noelle Stiles (freshman, BMES), Stacy Klein (RET, VaNTH), Andrea Narino (student, CenSSIS)

Women in Engineering

Moderator:Kim Ogden (CEBSM)

Panelists: Sue Kemnitzer (NSF); Christina Hacker (NIST); Nicole Bleckmann (MedImmune, Inc.); Linda Blevins (NSF); Kim Ogden

Reporting, Database, & Financial Management –

Co-moderators: Linda Parker(60KB) (NSF/EEC), Chris Bishop and Sean Teehan (ORC Macro), & Charles Zeigler (NSF Budget Office)

Speaker: LeeRoy Bronner (Morgan State U.) on the project-level information system

Economic Impact of ERCs

Moderator: John Cristiano (RMS)

Speakers: John Cristiano; David Roessner (SRI) on Georgia impacts; Joe Giachino (WIMS); Cherisa Yarkin (UC economics researcher)

Broadening the Impact of ERCs on Graduate Education

Co-moderators: Gary Gabriele(990KB) & Gary May (PRC)

Panelists: David McLaughlin (CASA), Michael Silevitch (CenSSIS), Robert Nerem (GTEC)

Graduation Planning Workshop

Co-moderators: Fred Lee(228KB) (CPES) & Bob Carroll(183KB) (CNSE)

Speaker: Vilas Mujumdar(1.3MB) (NSF PD) on survey of graduated ERCs

Creating Effective Research & Education Partnerships with Other Universities

Moderator:Keith Hargrove
(Morgan State U.)

Presenters: Yoram Koren (RMS), on RMS-MSU partnership; Rao Tummala(5.23MB) ( PRC-Natl U. Singapore partnership); Buddy Ratner (handout - 266KB) (UWEB-GTEC collaboration)

Research Management Strategies

Moderator:Dushan Boroyevich (CPES)

Scribe: Margaret Murnane (CEUV)

Panelists: Gerald Loeb (BMES); Hassan El-Shall (PERC); Barbara Boyan (GTEC)

Topic: Balancing Research Goals Among Multiple Stakeholders

Welcome & Plan for Day – Court Lewis

Student Retreat Reporting-out – Carol Reiley, CISST SLC

Spotlight on the PERC – Brij Moudgil(14.4MB)

Spotlight on the PRC – Rao Tummala(27.7MB)

ERC Program Strategic Planning and Possible Changes – Lynn Preston

Strategies for Integration

Moderator: Ken Wise(103KB) (WIMS)

Poss. Speakers: John Baras(1.13MB) (UMd ISR), Barbara Boyan(505KB) (handout - 502KB)(GTEC), Gerald Loeb(578KB) (BMES), Russ Taylor(0.98MB) (JHU), Miguel Velez-Reyes (CPES)

Is There Sufficient Value-added for Industry in the ERC Systems Focus?

Moderator: Farhang Shadman(421KB) (CEBSM)

Speakers: Bala Subramaniam(3.32MB) (CEBC); Buddy Ratner (UWEB); Mark Humayun(2.7MB) (BMES); John Kennedy (2.1MB) (CAEFF)

Systems Education: Ways and Means

Moderator: Elijah Kannatey-Asibu (RMS)

Panelists: Kim Ogden (CEBSM); Ralph Etienne-Cummings(1.88MB) (CISST); Beth Tranter (CPES); Joe Heppert(1.08MB) (CEBC); Brian Donovan(1.2MB) (CASA student)

Improving Communication During the Site Visit: Room for Experimentation?

Moderator: Bruce Kramer(59KB)

Panel: Taylan Altan (OSU), Brij Moudgil(600KB) (PERC), Adam Powell (IMSC)

Bioengineering Centers Discussion Section –

Co-moderators: Mark Humayun (BMES), Buddy Ratner(496KB) (UWEB) & Sohi Rastegar(26KB) (NSF PD)

Topic: Improving Tech Transfer in Biotech

Speakers: Steve Dahms(1.19MB), President, Al Mann Foundation; Mark Humayun(1.93MB) (BMES), Buddy Ratner(415KB) (UWEB)

Manufacturing & Processing Centers Discussion Section –

Co-moderators: Brij Moudgil (UF PERC) &Glenn Schrader (NSF PD)

Topic: Challenges of International Manufacturing: Opportunities for Collabora-tion with Universities, Industry, and Agencies

Discussion Forum : ERC International Strategic Planning

Earthquake Engineering Centers Discussion Section –

Co-moderators: Michel Bruneau (MCEER) & Vilas Mujumdar (NSF PD)

Topic: Graduation Planning: How to Maintain Interdisciplinarity including Social Aspects of Research

Panel: Michel Bruneau (MCEER), Jack Moehle (PEER), Amr Elnashai (UIUC)

Microelectronic Centers Discussion Section –

Co-moderators: Jorge Rocca(3.02MB) (CEUV) & Bruce Kramer(55KB) (NSF PD)

Topic: Balancing Basic Research and Systems Research at an ERC while Maximizing the Benefit to Students

Panel: David McLaughlin (CASA); Michael Silevitch (CenSSIS); Jorge Rocca (EUV); Bruce Kramer (NSF)