Design Manufacture and Industrial Innovation

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Design Manufacture and Industrial Innovation

• Kesh Narayanan
• Acting Division Director

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OverviewDMII Division

• What are the unique features of the division of
  Design, Manufacture and Industrial Innovation
  (DMII)?
• How is the division aligned with overall NSF
  priorities?

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Design,Manufacture and Industrial Innovation

• Two distinct groups under one roof
• Design and Manufacture (DM)
• Academic Research Education within ENG
• Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering
  roots
• Industrial Innovation (II)
• Industrial Sector Research Partnerships
  extending to ENG NSF
• Small Business Research major feature

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Design Manufacture

• Two clusters One is
• Engineering Decision Systems
• Engineering Design-George Hazelrigg
• Manufacturing Enterprise Systems-Jan Twomey
• Service Enterprise Systems-Ron Rardin
• Operations Research-Ron Rardin
• Replaces
• Integration Engineering Production Systems

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Design Manufacture

• Second Cluster
• Manufacturing Processes and Equipment Systems
• Materials Processing and Manufacturing-Delcie
  Durham
• Manufacturing Machines and Equipment-Kamalakar
  Rajurkar
• Nanomanufacturing-Haris Doumanidis

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Industrial Innovation

• Small Business Research Programs for NSF
• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
• Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
• Organized along four technologies
• Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (AM)-Joe
  Hennessey, Cheryl Albus,Rose Wesson
• Biotechnology (BT)-Om Sahai
• Electronics (EL)-Winslow Sargeant, James Rudd
• Information-Based Technologies (IT)-Jean Bonney,
  Sally Nerlove

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Industrial Innovation

• II Programs for ENG
• GOALI - Don Senich
• Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with
  Industry
• Research Partnerships
• People Exchange
• Co-funding for all ENG
• IOC - Don Senich
• Innovation Organizational Change
• Joint with SBE

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DMII Budget( Million)
2002 increase 8
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NSF Research Priorities

• Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE) - Haris
  Doumanidis (Nanoscale
  Manufacturing and Processes)
• Information Technology Research (ITR) - Ron
  Rardin
• Biocomplexity and Environment (BE) - Delcie
  Durham (MUSES)
• Mathematical Sciences Initiative (MSI) - Ron
  Rardin

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ENG Research Emphasis

• Engineering the Service Sector - Ron Rardin
  (currently open solicitation)
• Environmentally Benign Manufacturing (PREMISE) -
  Delcie Durham (currently open Dear Colleague
  Letter)
• Sensing Systems - Jan Twomey (future plans for
  2003)

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Security

• DMII Response to 9-11
• Dear Colleague Invitations
• Engineering Design for Uncertainty-George
  Hazelrigg (currently open)
• Supplements to all Active Grants
• SBIR/STTR Solicitation
• Invitation under current broad technology
  topics-Joe Hennessey

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Education/Work Force

• CAREER
• Mentorship for EPSCoR Declines
• REU RET
• including SBIR/STTR
• Student Engineering Design Competition
• Future Truck
• Hispanic Engineers
• Outreach to Minority Groups
• Native Americans, Physically Disadvantaged

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Future of DMII

• Leadership in pushing the envelope
• Drive manufacturing into the Nano world and bring
  the connection to societal benefits
• Expand into the world of Service Sector building
  on a strong foundation of manufacturing knowledge
  base

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DMII Success Metrics

• Dramatical reduction in the discovery to
  innovation process in Nanotechnology
• Noticeable productivity gains in the Service
  Sector
• Significant Business Growth of SBIR firms