Kenan CenterEAB Meeting Spring 2002

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Title: Kenan CenterEAB Meeting Spring 2002

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Kenan Center-EAB Meeting Spring 2002

Management Issues
Dr. Everett I. Baucom
Deputy Director
NSF STC for Environmentally Responsible
Solvents and Processes

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Management Issues

Accomplishments vs. Plan 2001
- Strategic planning
- Request for Proposals
Activities for 2002
- Continuous Improvement Initiative
- Project phase out
- System expansion
Plan for 2003 and beyond

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CERSP Strategic and Tactical Planning

Strategic Planning Process and Schedule
Vision and Mission
Objectives and Performance Measures

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Strategic Planning Process

Strategic planning as we practice it
Provides direction for alignment
Is a cascade process, with increasing
specificity
vision?
mission?
goals?
team objectives?
individual objectives
Is an inclusive, ongoing process
Is iterative, not cast in concrete

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Strategic/Tactical Planning Schedule2001

Preliminary planning Jan-Mar
- Draft vision, mission, goals, and objectives
Comments from Kenan Center and EAB April
- Input re strategic direction and commercial
needs
- Initial input regarding key technical needs
Integrate needs input into strategic plan
(PIs) May
- Finalize strategic plan
- Select target areas to address needs/RFP
Review and issue RFP June
Select projects for funding/update tactical
plan Oct
Notify PIs Oct
Begin funding next generation projects Nov

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CERSP Vision

Enable a revolution in green chemistry through
cutting-edge, integrated physical
science/engineering, social science and education

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CERSP Mission

Support multi-disciplinary, fundamental research
to
- identify sustainable processes and products
using CO2-related technology
- understand social processes that foster
collaboration and innovation in research, career
training, outreach activities, thus enabling
our science and technology to have broad societal
impact.

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Strategic Focus Areas

Research
Education
Knowledge Transfer and Collaboration
Diversity

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Research Objectives and Performance Measures

Research objectives
- Develop fundamental understanding in
selected areas
- Explore new frontiers in order to identify
new areas
- Develop and apply fundamental understanding
of social processes that foster collaboration and
innovation
Performance measures
- Number of peer-reviewed publications
- Reference citations
- Presentations at major professional meetings
- Collaborative interactions, internal and
external
- Effective utilization of facilities

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Educational Objectives and Performance Measures

Educational objectives
- Use the educational process at all levels to
build support for implementation of green
chemistry
- Enhance K-12 students and teachers
knowledge of how science/ engineering and
collaboration contribute to a cleaner environment
Performance measures
- Participation in Personal Development Program
- Number of students and post-doctoral
associates advised
- Undergrad internships and percentage
attending graduate school
- New course modules initiated
- Number of training modules produced and
disseminated
- Written evaluations of materials and
workshops
- Number of students and teachers reached
- Number of CERSP students and faculty involved
in outreach

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Knowledge Transfer Objectives and Performance
Measures

Knowledge transfer and collaboration objectives
- Establish two-way communication pathways by
which
knowledge developed in the CERSP can be
transferred efficiently
outside views and needs are factored into
plans
- Establish individual partnerships and
leverage Center resources
Performance measures
- Exchanges via consortia, symposia, workshops,
and lab tours
- Personnel exchanges and number of visiting
scientists
- Support for NSF and our Center in public
forums
- Number of joint papers
- Patent donations, filings, acquisitions, and
other IP management

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Diversity Objective and Performance Measures

Diversity objective
- Encourage students from underrepresented
groups to seek and succeed in careers in science
and mathematics
Diversity performance measures
- Number of students contacted
- Internship participation
- Number and percentage of underrepresented
groups entering
and successfully completing graduate school
- Number of CERSP participants participating in
diversity-enhancing activities

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Management Issues

Activities for 2002
- Continuous Improvement Initiative
- Project phase out
- System expansion

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CERSP Continuous Improvement Initiative

CI Process Plan?Do?Study/Check?Act

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CERSP Continuous Improvement Initiative

CI Process Plan?Do?Study/Check?Act
3x3 Study
- What can we stop doing
- What do we do well
- What do we need to change or start doing

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CERSP Continuous Improvement Initiative

CI Process Plan?Do?Study/Check?Act
3x3 Study
Action plan
- Clearer expectations
- More effective utilization of weekly
teleconference
- Improved coordination within Application
Domains
- Better understanding of project selection and
constraints
- Expanded Collaboration PDP Workshop

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Clearer Expectations

Improved Orientation
Participation in Group Meetings
- Student associate attendance expected at all
- Presentations twice per year
- Meetings to elicit discussion/collaboration
- Use standard format on website
- Use presentations to organize research

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More Effective Utilization of Weekly
Teleconferences

Upgrade equipment to avoid delays
Management communications
Include Innovation Seminar every 6 weeks
Invite industry speakers
Provide phone-in webcasting service
Explore feasibility of providing short courses

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Improved Coordination within Application Domains

Maintain existing project organization
Conduct semi-annual co-ordination meetings for
each Application Domain
Objectives of meetings
- Assure alignment among projects
- Provide forum for establishing collaboration
- Identify problem areas for attention
- Identify previously unrecognized technology
gaps
- Provide forum to discuss/agree upon change of
direction as requested by PIs
- Prepare for upcoming reviews

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Better Understanding of Project Selection and
Constraints

Selection based upon best info as of 8/2001
modifications may be in order
Project areas developed with broad input as to
focus
Seed funding offers means to renew CERSP
Flexibility in conducting research e.g., 10-20
of time focused on CERSP objectives but outside
project
No entitlements expect 20 annual turnover

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Expanded Collaboration PDP Workshop

Workshop was useful to those who took it
- Team building
- Communication/collaboration toolbox
Broader participation needed, esp. by faculty
More team building of sort used by management
team (understanding team dynamics and personal
insights)
Plan to be developed

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Additional 2002 Management Activities