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Division of Chemical, Bioengineering,Environmental & Transport Systems
(CBET)Overview (2006-2008)
John McGrathDivision [email protected]
ENG Advisory Committee MeetingOctober 21, 2009
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Expansion & Focus
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CBET Serves a Diverse Community
• Dominated by ChE & ME• Significant BME & Environmental• Chemistry (MPS), Math/Physics (MPS), EE Eng
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Discovery Goals
Strategic Objective 1:Fund more unsolicited awards
Goal:• Dedicate at least 50% of CBET budget
to this in core programs by 2010
Status:• FY06 to FY09: 75-80% of CBET Budget to “Non-Targeted”, Unsolicited Awards
Outlook: • Emphasize Unsolicited Awards• Sharpen Program Foci
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NSF and ENG Level Activities
• ADVANCE• Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI)• National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN)• Petascale Applications (PetaApps)• Interdisciplinary Research (IDR)• WATERS
• Building Engineered Complex Systems (BECS)
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Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) Initiatives
FY07Auto-Reconfigurable Engineered Systems (Burka, Hamilton)Cellular & Biomolecular Engineering (Heineken, Wellek)
FY08Cognitive Optimization & Prediction (Demir, Heineken)Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructures (Hamilton, Schultz)
FY09Hydrocarbon from Biomass (Regalbuto, Burka, Hamilton, Schultz)BioSensing and Bioactuation (Esterowitz)
FY10Renewable Energy Storage (RESTOR) (Esterowitz, Bergman, Wesson)Science in Energy & Environmental Design (SEED) (Hamilton)
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Strategic Objective 2:-Emphasize four thematic research areas
• Energy, Water and Sustainability (EWS)• Integration of Life Sciences with Engineering (LSE)
• Nano-scale Science and Engineering (NSE)• Systems and Multi-Scale Modeling Engineering (SME)
Goal:Maintain NSE and Increase activity in EWS, LSE and SME by 20%
Status: Achieved
Outlook: Continued relative emphasis on these foci• Energy, Environment, Water and Sustainability (EEWS)
Discovery Goals
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Learning Goals
Strategic Objective 3: Support new faculty
Goal:• Support CAREER awards: Success rates > 15% by 2010and More Uniformity Across Programs
Status: • Achieved >15% for FY06 through FY09; Non-uniform
Outlook:• Seek >15% success rate- challenge of proposal number• Seek more uniformity across programs
Comment:• 40% to 45% Proposals from New PIs (FY06-09)
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Infrastructure GoalsStrategic Objective 5:Encourage interdisciplinary, group projects
• Goal is 15% of annual budget
• Status: Exceeded (~40%)
• Outlook: Continued emphasis
Strategic Objective 6:Apply cyber-infrastructure to CBET fields
• Goal: Not defined quantitatively
• Status: - $4.125M Division funds in CDI (FY09)- Additional Program funds
• Outlook: Continued investment in CDI
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“Hot” AreasProduced Increased Workload:
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Funding Rate Comparisonfor Research Awards
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Comparison of Annual Award Size
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Average Award Duration-Little Change-
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Program Strategies:
Opportunities and Directions
• New Tool (Program Strategies)• In Process of Integrating These
Into Division Plan• Share with PI Community and
Reviewers
--Now, let’s take a look at the CBET Clusters and Programs
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• Clean energy, hydrogen biofuels (“Green Gasoline”)• Photo-catalysis and fuel cell catalysts• Structure/function, kinetics and mechanisms• Novel synthesis methods and materials• Computational catalysis
• Water purification (nano-materials)• Renewable energy (biomass energy conversion)• Climate change (carbon sequestration)
• Reaction engineering• Control• Design• Reactive polymer processing
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• Cellular synthesis of desired chemicals• Carbon dioxide sequestration• Human stem cell proliferation & differentiation
• Minimally invasive diagnostics and therapy• Early cancer and precancer detection• Image guided diagnostics and therapy
• Novel platforms and target recognition strategies based onfunctionalized micro and nanostructures & advanced materials
• Food safety, health acre, water quality, environmental monitoring, chem-bio threat monitoring
• Neural engineering • Gene and drug delivery systems• Cellular and tissue engineering
• Research and development for persons with severe disabilities (Locked-In Syndrome)
• Exoskeletal robotics for assist and rehabilitation• Sensory organ augmentation and replacement• Internal systems monitoring and drug delivery
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• Transport and fate of nanomaterials in environment• Health effects of nanomaterials• Chemical sensors for environmental detection
• Solar photovoltaic/photocatalytic systems • Biomass conversion/biofuels/bioenergy
• Water supply source protection• Advanced water and wastewater treatment technology• Air quality and pollution control in changing environment• Watershed hydrology and storm runoff management• Soil remediation
• Hydrocarbons from biomass (“Green Gasoline”)• Complex systems (Life cycle assessment) of land use• Green IT• Sustainable water resources• Energy-water nexus• Climate change and mitigation
PI Amy Pruden sampling water at a stream site where she is studying changes in microbial community during passive in-situ treatment. Her research is evaluating antibiotic resistance genes as emerging contaminants.
CAREER: Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARG) as Emerging Pollutants in Our Water: Pathways,
Mitigation, and TreatmentAmy J. Pruden - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University CBET-050547342/ 0852942
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• Energy and climate, Manufacturing• Health and biological applications• IT, Security
• Computational modeling for climate and environment• Materials synthesis and processing• Develop and use cyberinfrastructure
• Nanotechnology, Healthcare, Biotechnology• Energy, Environment
• Healthcare systems, Water quality and quantity• Climate change mitigation and threat reduction• Energy, Environment
• Materials development, Manufacturing• Nanotechnology, Biotechnology• Clinical diagnostics, Drug delivery• Energy, Environment
Desjardin, Univ at Buffalo
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CBET: Well-Aligned with National Priorities
CBET
Foc
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• “Green Gasoline”• Sustainable Water• DOE/CBET Partnership
Being Discussed• Bio-Economy
Examples: Current/Emerging Activities
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• Address National Needs: Retain current research foci; Bio-Economy
• Assure Adequate PI Support: Increase award size
• Improve Success Rate: Larger budget, Partnerships, Reduce number of proposals (“Tighten” foci of programs, limit windows, phase out programs, etc)
• Improve Quality of Life for Staff• More staff to reduce workload, achieve
work load equality
Strategic & Tactical Considerations-Summary-
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• Improve Review Process: Continuity of reviewers, define and enforce Broader Impacts criteria, Novelty, “tele-panels”
• Broaden Participation: Proactive action to produce more proposal submissions from minorities & disabled persons
• Assess Impact of Investments: AAAS Fellow• Improve Strategic Planning: Explicit integration
of program strategies, Share strategies with PIs and reviewers, Targeted workshops
Strategic & Tactical Considerations-Summary-