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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
Bala BalaguruProgram Director
CMMI ENG
March 19-20, 2007
www.nsf.gov
Engineering at the National Science Foundation
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
Current Programs / Future DirectionsENG Overview• Mission and Vision• Current Organization
ENG Divisions• Organization• Priorities• Nuggets
ENG Priorities• National Priorities• Frontier Areas• Unique Programs
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG Overview
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
NSF Directorate for EngineeringMission/Vision
• Mission: To enable the engineering and scientific communities to advance the frontiers of engineering research, innovation and education, in service to society and the nation.
• Vision: ENG will be the global leader in advancing the frontiers of fundamental engineering research, stimulating innovation, and substantially strengthening engineering education.
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG Divisions
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
(EFRI)Emerging Frontiers in
Research and Innovation
Sohi Rastegar
Chemical, Bioengineering,Environmental, And Transport
Systems(CBET)
Judy Raper
Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing
Innovation(CMMI)
Adnan Akay
Electrical, Communications
and Cyber Systems(ECCS)
Usha Varshney
EngineeringEducation and
Centers(EEC)
Allen Soyster
IndustrialInnovation andPartnerships
(IIP)Kesh Narayanan
Directorate for Engineering(OAD)
Assistant DirectorRichard Buckius
Deputy Assistant DirectorMichael Reischman
(OAD)Assistant DirectorRichard Buckius
Deputy Assistant DirectorMichael Reischman
Senior AdvisorNanotechnology
Mihail Roco
Senior AdvisorNanotechnology
Mihail Roco
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
EFRI Office• Support higher risk, higher payoff opportunities
leading to: – new research areas for NSF, ENG, and other
agencies – new industries or capabilities that result in a
leadership position– significant progress on advancing the “cutting
edge” or a grand challenge • Successful topics would likely require:
– small- to medium-sized interdisciplinary teams with significant funding
– the necessary time to demonstrate substantial progress and evidence for follow-on funding through other established mechanisms
• The recommended investment range from $3 million, with a time frame of 3 years, but can be up to 5 years
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
Chemical, Biochemical, and
Biotechnology Systems
Chemical, Biochemical, and
Biotechnology Systems
Biomedical Engineering and
EngineeringHealthcare
Biomedical Engineering and
EngineeringHealthcare
Transport andThermal Fluid
Systems
Transport andThermal Fluid
Systems
EnvironmentalEngineering and
Sustainability
EnvironmentalEngineering and
Sustainability
CBETDivision Director
Deputy Division Director
CBETDivision Director
Deputy Division Director
Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems
Senior AdvisorSenior AdvisorSenior AdvisorSenior Advisor
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
EngineeringInfrastructure
Systems
EngineeringInfrastructure
SystemsInnovation Sciences
and DecisionEngineering
Innovation Sciencesand DecisionEngineering
CMMIDivision Director
Deputy Division Director
CMMIDivision Director
Deputy Division Director
Materials Transformation and Mechanics
Materials Transformation and Mechanics
Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation
Engineering AdvisorEngineering Advisor
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
Electronics, Photonics and
Device Technologies
Electronics, Photonics and
Device Technologies
Power,Controls and
Adaptive Networks
Power,Controls and
Adaptive Networks
Integrative, Hybridand Complex
Systems
Integrative, Hybridand Complex
Systems
ECCSDivision Director
Deputy Division Director
ECCSDivision Director
Deputy Division Director Senior AdvisorSenior Advisor
Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
Deputy Division DirectorCenters
Deputy Division DirectorCenters
Deputy Division DirectorEducation
Deputy Division DirectorEducation
ResearchExperience
For Teachers
ResearchExperience
For Teachers
Research Experience for
Undergraduates
Research Experience for
Undergraduates
EECDivision Director
EECDivision Director
Engineering ResearchCenters
Engineering ResearchCenters
EarthquakeEngineering
Centers
EarthquakeEngineering
Centers
Network forComputational
Nanotechnology
Network forComputational
Nanotechnology
NanoscaleScience andEngineering
Centers
NanoscaleScience andEngineering
Centers
Engineering Education
Engineering Education
Engineering Education and Centers
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
Industry UniversityCooperative
Research Centers
Industry UniversityCooperative
Research CentersPartnerships for Innovation Partnerships for Innovation
Grants Opportunitiesfor AcademicLiaison With
Industry
Grants Opportunitiesfor AcademicLiaison With
Industry
Office of IndustrialInnovation
Office of IndustrialInnovation
Small BusinessInnovationResearch
Small BusinessInnovationResearch
Small BusinessTechnology
Transfer
Small BusinessTechnology
Transfer
IIPDivision Director
IIPDivision Director
Industrial Innovation and Partnerships
Senior AdvisorSenior Advisor
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
Chemical, Biochemical, and
Biotechnology Systems
Chemical, Biochemical, and
Biotechnology Systems
Biomedical Engineering and
EngineeringHealthcare
Biomedical Engineering and
EngineeringHealthcare
Transport andThermal Fluid
Systems
Transport andThermal Fluid
Systems
Process and Reaction
Engineering
Process and Reaction
Engineering
Catalysis andBiocatalysis
Catalysis andBiocatalysis
Biochemical Engineering
Biochemical Engineering
EnvironmentalEngineering and
Sustainability
EnvironmentalEngineering and
Sustainability
Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems
BiotechnologyBiotechnology
Chemical andBiological
Separations
Chemical andBiological
Separations
Thermal TransportProcesses
Thermal TransportProcesses
InterfacialProcesses and
Thermodynamics
InterfacialProcesses and
Thermodynamics
Particulate andMultiphase Processes
Particulate andMultiphase Processes
Fluid Dynamics
Fluid Dynamics
Combustion,Fire, and
Plasma Systems
Combustion,Fire, and
Plasma Systems
Research to Aid Persons
With Disabilities
Research to Aid Persons
With Disabilities
Biomedical EngineeringBiomedical Engineering
BiophotonicsBiophotonics
EnvironmentalEngineering
EnvironmentalEngineering
EnvironmentalTechnology
EnvironmentalTechnology
Energy forSustainability
Energy forSustainability
EnvironmentalSustainability
EnvironmentalSustainability
Division DirectorDivision Director
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation
EngineeringInfrastructure
Systems
EngineeringInfrastructure
Systems
Innovation Sciencesand DecisionEngineering
Innovation Sciencesand DecisionEngineering
Division DirectorDivision Director
Information Technology and
Infrastructure Systems
Information Technology and
Infrastructure Systems
Geoenvironmentaland Geohazard
Mitigation
Geoenvironmentaland Geohazard
Mitigation
Manufacturing Machines and
Equipment
Manufacturing Machines and
Equipment
Structural Systems and Hazard Mitigation
of Structures
Structural Systems and Hazard Mitigation
of Structures
Infrastructure Systems Management and Hazard Response
Infrastructure Systems Management and Hazard Response
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
Research
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
Research
Control SystemsControl Systems
Dynamic SystemsDynamic Systems
Engineering DesignEngineering Design
Manufacturing Enterprise Systems
Manufacturing Enterprise Systems
Operations ResearchOperations Research
Service EnterpriseEngineering
Service EnterpriseEngineering
Sensor Innovationand Systems
Sensor Innovationand Systems
Geomaterials and Geotechnical
Systems
Geomaterials and Geotechnical
Systems
Infrastructure Material and
Structural Mechanics
Infrastructure Material and
Structural Mechanics
Materials Processing and Manufacturing
Materials Processing and Manufacturing
Mechanics and Structures of Materials
Mechanics and Structures of Materials
Nano/Bio MechanicsNano/Bio Mechanics
Materials Transformation and Mechanics
Materials Transformation and Mechanics
NanoManufacturingNanoManufacturing
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
Electronics, Photonics and
Device Technologies
Electronics, Photonics and
Device Technologies
Power,Controls and
Adaptive Networks
Power,Controls and
Adaptive Networks
Integrative, Hybridand Complex
Systems
Integrative, Hybridand Complex
Systems
Topics
• Micro / Nanoelectronics• Molecular Electronics• Flexible Electronics• Spin Electronics • Bioelectronics• Micromagnetics• Optoelectronics• Sensors and Actuators• MEMS/NEMS• Power Electronics• Microwave Photonics
Topics
• Micro / Nanoelectronics• Molecular Electronics• Flexible Electronics• Spin Electronics • Bioelectronics• Micromagnetics• Optoelectronics• Sensors and Actuators• MEMS/NEMS• Power Electronics• Microwave Photonics
Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems
Topics
• System-on-a-chip• System-in-a-package• Diagnostic and Implantable Systems
• Organic and Silicon-based Hybrid Systems
• Optical, Wireless and Hybrid Communications Systems
• Cyberengineering Systems
Topics
• System-on-a-chip• System-in-a-package• Diagnostic and Implantable Systems
• Organic and Silicon-based Hybrid Systems
• Optical, Wireless and Hybrid Communications Systems
• Cyberengineering Systems
Topics
• Embedded, Distributed and Adaptive Control
• Telerobotics• Power and Energy Networks• Sensing and Imaging
Networks• Quantum Modeling and
Simulation of Devices and Systems
• Adaptive Dynamic Programming
Topics
• Embedded, Distributed and Adaptive Control
• Telerobotics• Power and Energy Networks• Sensing and Imaging
Networks• Quantum Modeling and
Simulation of Devices and Systems
• Adaptive Dynamic Programming
Division DirectorDivision Director
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
Engineering Education and Centers
EngineeringCenters
EngineeringCenters
Engineering Education
Engineering Education
ResearchExperience
For Teachers
ResearchExperience
For Teachers
Research Experience for
Undergraduates
Research Experience for
Undergraduates
Division DirectorDivision Director
Bioengineering (6)
Bioengineering (6)
Manufacturing and Processing
(5)
Manufacturing and Processing
(5)
EarthquakeEngineering
(3)
EarthquakeEngineering
(3)
Microelectronics Systems andInformation
Technology (8)
Microelectronics Systems andInformation
Technology (8)
Engineering Education Program
Engineering Education Program
NanotechnologyUndergraduate
Education
NanotechnologyUndergraduate
Education
NanoscaleScience
and Engineering(7)
NanoscaleScience
and Engineering(7)
InternationalResearch
and Educationin Engineering
InternationalResearch
and Educationin Engineering
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
Industry UniversityCooperative
Research Centers
Industry UniversityCooperative
Research Centers
Partnerships for InnovationPartnerships for Innovation
Grants Opportunitiesfor AcademicLiaison With
Industry
Grants Opportunitiesfor AcademicLiaison With
Industry
Office of IndustrialInnovation
Office of IndustrialInnovation
Industrial Innovation and Partnerships
Small BusinessInnovationResearch
Small BusinessInnovationResearch
Small BusinessTechnology
Transfer
Small BusinessTechnology
Transfer
Division DirectorDivision Director
• Advanced Electronics (4)• Advanced Manufacturing (3)• Advanced Materials (7)• Biotechnology (4)• Civil Infrastructure Systems (3)• Energy and the Environment (5)• Fabrication and Processing
Technology (7)• Health and Safety (4)• Information and Communications (6)• Quality, Reliability and
Maintenance (2)• System Design and Simulation (1)
• Advanced Electronics (4)• Advanced Manufacturing (3)• Advanced Materials (7)• Biotechnology (4)• Civil Infrastructure Systems (3)• Energy and the Environment (5)• Fabrication and Processing
Technology (7)• Health and Safety (4)• Information and Communications (6)• Quality, Reliability and
Maintenance (2)• System Design and Simulation (1)
• Advanced Materials andManufacturing
• Biotechnology• Chemical Technology• Electronics• Information Technology• Special Topics
• Advanced Materials andManufacturing
• Biotechnology• Chemical Technology• Electronics• Information Technology• Special Topics
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
CBET: Nuggets and Discoveries
Carbon nanotubes are yielding a new class of biological sensors. This glass capillary tube, shown here on a fingertip, has been loaded with glucose-sensitive nanotubes. The capillary tube keeps the nanotubes confined, but has porous walls so that glucose molecules can get to them.
Credit: Michael S. Strano, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Engineers envision an entire array of
nanowires connected to a catheter, which could be guided through the circulatory system to the brain. Once there, the nanowires would branch out into tinier and tinier blood vessels until they reached specific locations. Each nanowire would then be used to record the electrical activity of a single nerve cells, or small groups of nerve cells.
Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation, Rodolfo R. Llinás, New York University School of Medicine
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
CBET: Nuggets and Discoveries
By harnessing the activity of billions of bacteria, researchers have engineered a bio-filtration system that produces hydrogen gas while cleaning wastewater.
Hong Liu and Bruce Logan of Penn State University and Stephen Grot of Ion Power, Inc.
Researchers at Cornell, MIT and the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have developed a new breed of powered, energy efficient, two-legged robots with a human gait. The engineers have crafted robots that can walk on level ground, in some cases using as little as one-half the wattage of a standard compact fluorescent light bulb.
Credit: NSF. Andy Ruina, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
CMMI: Nuggets and Discoveries
Engineers have developed an automated home building technique that will make it possible to build a house from foundation to roof in less than 24 hours. "Automated Construction by Contour Crafting" consists of robots that deliver concrete through a jet.
Credit: Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis of the University of Southern California
Shoebox-sized robots were deployed in rescue effort at “Ground Zero.” Graduate students and the experimental robots they helped to develop were among the early responders who joined the search and rescue efforts shortly after the Sept. 11 collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
One of the search and rescue robots.Credit: Robin Murphy, associate professor of computer science, University of South Florida
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
CMMI: Nuggets and Discoveries
A new study of American National Standards suggests some of the lead creeping into tap water in metropolitan areas may be trace to valves and other components--not just pipes further from the home.
Credit: Marc Edwards, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
Using some of the same manufacturing techniques that produce microchips, researchers have created a porous-silicon diode that may lead to improved betavoltaics. Such devices convert low levels of radiation into electricity and can have useful lives spanning several decades.
Credit: Wei Sun, University of Rochester; BetaBatt, Inc.
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG) NEES Shared Use
Infrastructure[Operated by NEES Consortium, Inc.]
NEESit: San Diego
Supercomputer Center @ UCSD
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
Outdoor Shake Table 7-Story Test Structure
Platen 12.20 m x 7.6 m Max stroke 1.5 m Max velocity 1.8 m/sec Laminar soil box Two adjacent refillable soil pits
7-story reinforced concrete building test at UCSD NEES outdoor shake table showed that a structural wall with half the amount of reinforcing steel required by most
building codes, but with more optimal layout, can better resist seismic loads. (Test funded by industry
consortium)
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ECCS: Nuggets and Discoveries
Breakthrough brings laser light to new regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. A "waveguide" coaxes extreme-ultraviolet light waves into forming a tightly focused laser-like beam that will allow researchers to "see" tiny features and carve miniature patterns.
Credit: Henry Kapteyn and Margaret Murnane, University of Colorado and the National Science Foundation
Plasma engineering and brain-like control could increase aircraft speed, perhaps so much that we could reach earth orbit at the cost of an airplane ticket.
A side view of the new design Credit: Ramon Chase, ANSER
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
EEC: Nuggets and DiscoveriesA Madison Dynamo Experiment points the way to understanding Earth’s core. In the full experiment, the one-meter wide, stainless steel shell is filled with molten sodium metal. (The prototype used water.) The metal is stirred so that its motions simulate the Earth’s magnetic field-generating dynamos.
University of Wisconsin physicist Cary Forest
Experiment uses biomolecules to write on a gold substrate. Duke University's Ashutosh Chilkoti explains how a nanoscale "pen" laid down thin trails of enzyme "ink," which then carved out the 400-nanometer-wide channels shown in the background.Credit: Duke University photo by Jim Wallace
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG Priorities
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG Aligns With National R&D Priorities1. Homeland Security R&D: Research on
sensors could raise the alarm at the first sign of chemical and biological attacks. Also, clusters of "smart" sensors could be scattered across a stretch of hostile territory to monitor traffic and troop movements.
2. High-end Computing: ENG supports the development of high-end computers, including efforts in the Control, Networks and Computational Intelligence program, which centers on the analysis and design of intelligent engineering networks for control, communications, computation and energy.
Image of the Schottky diode sensor. Courtesy of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Chemical Engineering.
Neural Network Learning on a chip. Chris Diorio,University of Washington and Impinj Inc.
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG Aligns With National R&D Priorities3. National Nanotechnology Initiative: NSF
leads the U.S. nanotechnology research effort, and the NSF Engineering Directorate is the focal point within NSF for this critical national research endeavor.
4. Energy and the Environment:ENG funds research in Environmental Engineering and Technology, including a focus on hydrogen fuel cell research.
5. Understanding Complex Biological Systems: ENG supports a wide range of programs that shed new light on complex biological systems, including interagency metabolic engineering research.
Penn State microdisplacement print process for nanofabrication
Univ. South Carolina Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
Nanomix carbon nanotubes for respiration monitoring.
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG Frontier Research Areas
1. Biology in Engineering: Gene therapy, neural implant acceptance, nanobioelectronics, energy and the environment, etc.
Photoactivated Coupling of Nanoparticle Multilayers and Nerve Cells
Nanoscale composites are a tremendously abundant resource for new functionalities in biomaterials. A team of material chemists and physicists at Oklahoma State University and neurophysiologists and bioengineers at the University of Texas Medical Branch successfully interfaced neurons and nanoparticle film and observed ion/electron communication between them. This research will play a key role in the successful application of neuro-prosthetic devices.
Credit Bruce Logan,Pennsylvania State University
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG Frontier Research Areas
2. Complexity in Engineered and Natural Systems: neurons in the human brain, economic markets, power grid, etc.
Fire Phenomena
An advanced simulation is now better able to predict the complex interactions of how water mists and sprays suppress large-scale fires. This work will point the way to better fire suppression techniques to protect both our natural resources and infrastructure.
Credit: Paul DesJardinSUNY at Buffalo
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG Frontier Research Areas
3. Critical Infrastructure Systems: Agriculture and food, water, public health, emergency services, etc.NEES: George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
The NEES infrastructure (experimental facilities and cyberinfrastructure) facilitates a variety of innovative experimental approaches that will lead to a better understanding of how the built environment. NEES can also enrich lessons for K-12 students and teachers by making them “virtual partners” in the process of experimental discovery and analysis.
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG Frontier Research Areas
4. Manufacturing Frontiers: New materials and zero waste use, nano and nano-bio manufacturing, convergence of bio-engineered discoveries and manufacturing innovations, etc.
Rapid Prototyping for Semiconductor Manufacturing Process Simulation
A new process developed at the University of Maryland uses complicated nonlinear models to predict poorly understood reactions. New methods predict the process parameters in Semiconductor Manufacturing, which will yield an order-of-magnitude improvement in computational efficiency in process manufacturing.
Credit: Raymond AdomaitisUniv. of Maryland
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG Frontier Research Areas5. New Frontiers in Nanotechnology: Nano and Nano-bio
manufacturing, nanoelectronics, etc.
Researchers Carve with Electricity at the Nanometer Scale
Researchers from the University of Arkansas, by applying electric current through a thin film of oil molecules, have developed a new method to precisely carve arrays of tiny holes only 10 nanometers wide into sheets of gold. The new system, called Electric Pen Lithography (EPL), uses a scanning-tunneling microscope, fitted with a tip sharpened to the size of a single atom, to deliver the charge through the dielectric oil to the target surface.
Ajay Malshe (Principal Investigator) University of Arkansas
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG Unique Programs
• Engineering Research Centers• Nanoscale Science and Engineering• Industrial Innovation and partnerships: Small
Business Innovation Research & Small Business Technology Transfer
• Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
EEC Centers
• EEC's centers promote partnerships among researchers in different disciplines and between industry and universities.
• They focus on integrated engineered systems and produce technological innovations that strengthen the competitive position of industry.
• Engineering Research Centers (NSF 04-570)• Industry/University Cooperative Research
Centers (NSF 01-116)
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
Nanoscale Science and Engineering
• Support fundamental research and catalyze research and education in emerging areas of nanoscale science and technology.
• Includes biosystems at the nanoscale; nanoscale structures, novel phenomena, and quantum control; nanoscale devices and system architecture; nanoscale processes in the environment; multi-scale, multi-phenomena theory, and studies on the societal and educational implications of scientific and technological advances on the nanoscale.
• Supports Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT), Nanoscale Exploratory Research (NER), and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers (NSEC)
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
Industrial Innovation and Partnerships
• Through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs, NSF supports important scientific, engineering, or science/engineering education problems and opportunities that could lead to significant commercial and public benefit.
• STTR requires researchers at universities and other research institutions to play a significant intellectual role in the conduct of each STTR project. These university-based researchers, by joining forces with a small company, can spin-off their commercially promising ideas while they remain primarily employed at the research institution.
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG ThemesComplex Engineered and Natural Systems
• Addresses unifying principles that enable modeling, prediction, and control of emergent behavior in complex systems ranging from critical infrastructure to the intersection of the life sciences and bioengineering.
• Includes critical infrastructure systems, such as the power grid, communications infrastructure, and health care; and bioengineering systems, such as molecular biomachines and biomimeticdevices, the brain-computer interface, and new biophotonicsimaging methods.
BION2 Bidirectional Interface System
StimulationEMG Sensing
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG ThemesEnergy and the Environment
• Environmentally and economically sustainable energy is among the most pressing concerns for this nation and the world.
• A new ENG program on Energy for Sustainability will be initiated in FY 2007.
• ENG’s investments will directly impact national research goals: – Use of hydrogen, nuclear, and solar energy through
basic research in materials; and– Research critical to nanotechnology, biotechnology,
alternative energy, and the hydrogen economy through essential infrastructure.
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ENG Themes Innovation
• What are the basic theories of innovation? Can innovation be taught? What are the elements that need to be integrated into engineering education to drive the nation’s innovation engine?
• Innovation is a principal objective of engineering research and pervasive in ENG investments. ENG is uniquely able to integrate research, education, and innovation through existing programs:– SBIR/STTR– GOALI– I/UCRC, and – PFI.
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG ThemesManufacturing Frontiers
• Multiscale manufacturing – from fundamental metrology through atomic-scale control of raw materials – is needed.
• Innovation through manufacturing –especially nanomanufacturing – will ensure U.S. competitiveness.
• ENG’s investments in manufacturing frontiers will directly impact the following national research goals: – World-class capability in nanofabrication and
nanomanufacturing; and– Improved sensor and detection capabilities resulting
in world-leading automation and control technologies.
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National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering (ENG)
ENG ThemesNanotechnology
• NSF is the lead institution in this nation’s efforts to develop nanotechnology from a nascent field to a truly path-breaking innovation.
• Capabilities in nanotechnology are leading to active and complex nanosystems; and the integration with biology, neurology, energy, and water resources.
• Fundamental need for tools to move into the 3rd dimension, and into time resolutions of chemical reactions.
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NSF Program Emphasis in FY 2007Increased investments will be dedicated to research and education on:• Increased focus on complex large nanosystems. Research on nanoscale
devices and system architecture, dynamic and emerging behavior, and their respective fabrication, will be emphasized
• Increased focused on three-dimensional measurements of domains of engineering relevance with good time resolution
• Converging science, engineering and technology from the nanoscale, by integrating nanosystems into applications (in manufacturing, information systems, medicine, environment, etc.)
• Expanded joint research program addressing potential implications of nanotechnology with NIOSH, EPA and FDA, USDA and NIST
• Earlier educational programs and teaching materials, including for K-12, by using remote access to NSF educational networks (NU, NISE, NNIN)
• Expand partnerships of academic researchers with industry, medical facilities and states through two programs (GOALI, PFI), using the CBAN (Collaborative Board for Advancing Nanotechnology)
MC Roco, 9/09/06