Welcome & Meeting Plan – Lynn Preston and Court Lewis

Remarks by the AD for Engineering – Dr. Thomas Peterson

NSF & ERC Program Update – Lynn Preston

Mr. Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer, White House Office of Science and Technology - "Innovation for America"
Video [Suggestion: Open the presentation file and video in separate windows on your desktop]
- introduction by Dr. Thomas Peterson

Major Impacts of the Gordon-CenSSIS ERC & Lessons Learned – Michael Silevitch, Director (Lynn Preston intro)

Play Colbert-Keasling interview (with commentary by Jay Keasling)

Welcome and remarks by Lynn Preston, including NSF’s expectations for the SLCs

Technical Presentations on ERCs by SLC representatives: MIRTHE–Tracy Tsai; CASA– Anthony Hopf; CIAN–Adam Jones; RMB–Matt Fisher

How-to-SWOT – Garrett Grindle (CMU QoLT SLC)

Dr. Bryan Willson (Colorado State University) – The role of engineers and scientists in today’s world

Roundtable breakouts – Topics: (1) Student/Adviser Interaction;
(2)  Student/Industrial Interaction; (3) Student Communication between Institutions; (4) SLC Organizational Structures; (5) Student Outreach (two tables)

Co-moderators:  Brent Shanks (Director, CBiRC) and David Castañon (Deputy Director, Gordon-CenSSIS)

Working Lunch - Topics raised by Directors/Deputy Directors for discussion with NSF

Claire Gmachl (MIRTHE), report on Leveraging Academic Research

Strategic planning
Alex Huang (FREEDM) – ERC strategic planning
Dr. Richard Albright, The Albright Strategy Group: Connecting ERC strategic plan to industry-led roadmapping (CCEFP example)

Time with Lynn Preston and Allen Soyster

Moderator:  Doris Lee (BMES)

Conversation with NSF’s Jamie French and Kimberly Crabb (DGA)

ENG’s Jo Culbertson and Cecile Gonzalez briefing on GPRA highlights

Time with Lynn Preston, Barbara Kenny,  Shalika Walton, and LaTanya Brooks

Report-out from working group on managing the data gathering exercise and engaging all center participants more actively in the ERC data collection exercise (includes integrating strategic planning with the data collection system)

Co-moderators:   Brenda Philips (CASA) and Robert Norwood (CIAN)

Overall Topic: Industrial Partner Relations & Issues

Open Discussion: What are your greatest challenges and how could the ERC Program help? (Develop issues for visit by NSF program staff)

Panel Discussion and Presentation - Technology Transfer Models
Panelists: Dr. Fred Lee (Va Tech CPES); Dr. Anthony Boccanfuso (Executive Director, National Academies University-Industry Demonstration Partnership); Stefano Di Rocco (IDS Supplier Management - Industrial Participation, Boeing)

Time with Lynn Preston and Deborah Jackson

Eric Erenrich (C-SOPS ILO) with industrial partner Dr. Richard LaRoche, VP for Engineering & US General Mgr., DEM Solutions, on how to improve university/industry interactions, including industry members’ “teaming” interactions with each other as a group

Co-moderators:  Kate Spohr (SynBERC) and Leda Lunardi (FREEDM)

Working Lunch –

• Welcome & Overview of the session (Leda and Kate)
• Who are we? (overview of 15 ERCs: brief PPts)

Leslie Goodyear (NSF EHR/DRL Div.)

• How to design and manage a high-quality evaluation program
• Hiring and working with outside consultants
  

Time with Mary Poats & Esther Bolding (NSF EEC Div.)
How to propose a stronger RET and REU program

Dr. Barbara Bogue, American Women in Engineering (AWE)
Research to Practice: AWE Research, Assessment Tools, and Resources

"Burning E&O Issues" - structured discussion groups:

1. Expanding funding for education with an eye to sustaining Centers after graduation
2. Building an effective SLC
3. Mobilizing outreach volunteerism among Center staff, faculty, students

Victoria Kwasiborski (EEC Division Science Assistant), summarizing results of an NSF survey of ERC education program expenditures

Co-moderators: Wendell Lim (SynBERC) and Henry Kapteyn (EUV)

Working Lunch: Review/revise outline of Research Management Best Practices chapter (Court Lewis to provide background/introduction)

Continue work on Research Management Best Practices chapter –subsection review & revision

Time with Barb Kenny & Lynn Preston

Continue work on Research Management Best Practices chapter – subgroups and full group discussion

Welcome & Plan for the Day and introduce speakers –  Court Lewis

Results of a Survey of Graduated ERCs on Sustainability Experiences – Mr. James Williams, former Executive Director, Carnegie Mellon Data Storage Systems Center

Students With Startups – Panel: (1) Allan Evans (graduate student, WIMS); (2) Brian Ziebart (CEO, NavPrescience—a QoLT startup) ; (3) Dr. Michael McCorquodale (Founder & CTO, Mobius Microsystems), panel moderator
 – includes 15 minutes Q&A

iGEM: The International Genetically Engineered Machine competition – Dr. Randy Rettberg, MIT

Nano song video – Presented by Brittany McClinton, EUV ERC SLC member, UC-Berkeley

International Partners: Issues and Opportunities (e.g., getting the foreign funding in place; ITAR, export control, operational issues such as personnel exchanges—esp. student exchanges, since US tuitions are usually higher; communication challenges—e.g., using webcasts)

Co-moderators: Abhaya Datye (International Program Director, CBiRC) & Frank Witte (Global Site Coordinator, RMB)

CD/DDs, INTILOs, EDs, F/TLs, SLCs, IND, NSF PD

Speakers:  Abhaya Datye  & Frank Witte; Dan Mirota (JHU CISST PhD student who did an international exchange); Edward Murdy (NSF, OISE) on NSF’s Partnerships for International Research & Education (PIRE) program

Sustaining the ERC After Graduation (Successful approaches to sustainability.  How to keep system-level work alive on soft money when staff are needed? The education mission of the ERCs should appeal to corporate foundations. Have a speaker from a corporate foundation?)

Moderator:  Jim Williams (former Executive Officer, DSSC)

CD/DDs, ILOs, EDs, ADs, F/TLs, NSF PD

Panelists:  John Baras (founding Director, University of Maryland ISR); Bob Lewis (Director of Tech Transfer, UMinn iPrime); William Michalerya (former ILO, Lehigh University ATLSS)

Conveying the ERC’s Value to Prospective (and Current)  Industry Partners (e.g., How to keep the consortium alive in a recession economy)

Moderator:  Eric Erenrich (ILO, C-SOPS)

CD/DDs, ILOs, IND, NSF PD

Panelists:  Mike Gust; Mark Johnson (ILO, FREEDM Systems ERC); Fernando Muzzio (Director, C-SOPS) with Eric Erenrich (ILO, C-SOPS)

Precollege Outreach: Effectiveness of Center K-12 Programs in Addressing STEM Needs (best practices, lessons learned, etc.)

Moderator:  Paula Sturdevant-Rees (Director of Education & Outreach, CASA)

EDs,  F/TLs, SLC, CD/DDs ADs, NSF PD

 Speaker: Margaret Blanchard (NCSU College Of Education) “Effectiveness of Inquiry Experience for Reforming Science Teaching and Learning” Panel: Margaret Blanchard (STEM Ed Expert); Meredith Whitaker (CIAN) “The NASEP Experience–Summer Camps”; Joe Cocozza (BMES) “High School Curricula Partnering”; Linda Western (CCEFP) “Hands-On Workshops”; Claire Duggan (Gordon-CenSSIS) “Young Scholars”

Translational Research Strategies
Topics:
- Focus on translational research awards
- Explore the differences between fundamental research & applied R&D

Moderator: Mark Johnson (ILO, FREEDM)

CD/DDs, ILOs, F/TLs, NSF PD

Speakers:  Peter Kazanzides, Director of Engineering, CISST, on the collaborative project between the CISST ERC and Intuitive Surgical to create a prototype Surgical Assistant Workstation for Teleoperated Surgical Robots (SAWTSR); Dr. Angus Kingon, Professor of Engineering , Entrepreneurship and Organizational Studies, Brown University; Michael Zink, Deputy Director, & Brenda Phillips, Director of Industry, Government, & End User Partnerships, CASA, “A System Development Case Study”

Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Engineers
Topics: General principles and case studies of best practices in education for innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship

Co-moderators: Devdas Pai (RMB) and Henrik Pedersen (C-SOPS)

EDs, CD/DDs, SLCs, F/TLs, NSF PD

Speakers:  Dr. Pedro Arce, Chair, Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University; Dr. Wil Clouse, Director, Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Western Kentucky University

Strategic Risk Mitigation with Startups as Partners
Topics: What are the different issues for Gen-2 and Gen-3 ERCs in engaging startups in the research program using core funds? Are the membership agreements and industrial member structure adequate? What are some lessons learned in Gen-2 that can apply to Gen-3?

Moderator: Joe Montemarano (Exec. Director, MIRTHE)

CD/DDs, ILOs, NSF PD

Panelists:  Joe Montemarano (overview of Gen-2/Gen-3 difference w/ respect to startups); Mr. Thomas Melzer, Managing Director, RiverVest Venture Partners (what VCs look for in a startup, issues in dealing with a university-based startup); Curt Stone on QoLT’s Foundry (issues encountered, lessons learned)

The AD's Role in Preparing for Graduation: Transitioning the ERC and Transitioning Yourself

Moderator: Kevin Costa (AD, SynBERC)

ADs

Panel:  How ADs can assist in the transition to self-sufficiency, and career planning for post-ERC life – Beth Tranter (former AD, Va Tech CPES; now Chief of Staff
Office of the Vice President for Research), Nichole Phillips (former AD, USC IMSC; now Director of Research Administration, USC Viterbi School of Engineering); Sheila Davis (AD, EUV ERC)

Welcome & Plan for Day – Lynn Preston & Court Lewis

Major Impacts of WIMS & Lessons Learned – Ken Wise, Director (Lynn Preston intro)

Impact of Past ERCs: Some Case Studies – Panel with Q&A:  Rao Tummala (GaTech PRC); Brij Moudgil (UFla PERC); David Marcum (Mississippi State CCFS)

Discussion Section for Center Directors, ILOs, and IABs
Topics: Small Companies & startups vs. Large Companies: Partnership Issues

Co-moderators:  Claire Gmachl (MIRTHE) and Erik Sander , former UFla PERC ILO

CD/DD, ILOs, IND, NSF PD

Speakers: Kim Stelson (Director, CCEFP); Eric Erenrich (ILO, C-SOPS); Bernadeta Wysocka (ILO, MIRTHE); Phil Cheney (Sr. Consultant for Corporate & Govt. Partnerships, Gordon-CenSSIS)

Achieving More Effective Outreach
Topic: Developing a common instrument to measure impact on student attitudes towards STEM
 
Co-moderators:  Joe Cocozza (BMES) and Alyssa Burger (CCEFP)

EDs,  SLC, ADs, NSF PD

Panelists:  Joe Cocozza on BMES surveys;Alyssa Burger; Adah Leshem-Ackerman (CBiRC); Meredith Whitaker (CIAN)

Bridging the “Valley of the Shadow of Death”
Topic: Are we spending enough R&D money in the infamous Valley of the Shadow of Death (or will other nations eat our lunch?)

Moderator: Curt Stone (ILO, QoLT)

CD, ILOs, IND, NSF PD

Speakers: Curt Stone on QoLT’s Foundry; Alberto Cuitino (CSOPS); Mr. Aca Gacic, Project Manager, Robert Bosch GMBH

Implementing a Strategic Plan in “Product-oriented” vs. “Process-oriented” Centers
Topic: Strategic planning and research management challenges for both Center Directors and Thrust Leaders in different types of centers
Co-moderators: Michael Silevitch (Director, Gordon-CenSSIS) and Dan Siewiorek (Thrust Leader, QoLT)

CD/DDs, F/TLs, ADs, NSF PD

Panelists:  Case studies of research management in product- and process-focused centers:  Miguel Velez-Reyes (Associate Director and Site/Thrust Leader, Gordon-CenSSIS); Margaret Murnane (Deputy Director and Thrust Leader, EUV ERC; Chandra Chandrasekar (Deputy Director and Thrust Leader, CASA)

Meeting Feedback & Action Items – Lynn Preston and Court Lewis