NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Civil and Mechanical Systems (CMS)

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Civil and
Mechanical Systems (CMS)
Commitment To Excellence Strategic Plan for
CMS DRAFT Ken P. Chong, PhD, PE Interim Division
Director A. Galip Ulsoy, Ph.D. Former Division
Director Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems
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Outline of DRAFT Report

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Background
• Vision, Mission, Goals, Objectives, Processes
• Frontiers of CE ME Research
• People and Organization
• Recommendations
• Appendices
• CMS Data
• CoV 2004
• CMS Retreats
• NEES Partnership
• Solicited vs Unsolicited

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Introduction

• Introduction
• Civil and mechanical engineering contributed
  significant benefits to society during 20th
  Century
• For the 21st Century, CMS enables research
  progress in advanced materials, micro- and nano-
  scale systems, intelligent civil and mechanical
  systems, biomechanics and biomedical devices,
  hazards mitigation, and many other areas
• Background
• During 2003-2004 CMS conducted strategic planning
  activities to develop a shared vision, a clear
  statement of mission, specific common goals and
  actions to capture emerging opportunities and
  to improve processes and organization.
• CoV March 2004
• Retreats December 2003 and August 2004
• Others (Workshops, Reports, Meetings,
  Celebrations, etc.)

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CMS Vision, Mission

• We envision CMS as the acknowledged leader in
  advancing the frontiers of civil and mechanical
  engineering research, innovation and learning, in
  partnership with the civil and mechanical
  engineering community, and in service to society
  and the Nation.
• The Mission of CMS is
• to expand the foundation of fundamental knowledge
  for the engineering profession in application to
  mechanical systems and the constructed
  environment,
• To support the transmittal of that knowledge to
  new generations, and
• to support the rapid development and deployment
  of research to reduce risks induced by natural
  and technological hazards.

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CMS Goals, Objectives, Values, Processes

• The Report also lists Shared Values, and specific
  Objectives under the Goals of People, Ideas,
  Tools and Organizational Excellence.
• Also lists CMS Processes for continuous
  improvement
• Proposal Processes
• Personnel Processes
• Administrative Budget
• Reporting Communications

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CMS Research Frontiers

• BETTER ECONOMY, e.g.,
• Energy and Environment
• Energy independence
• Hydrogen economy
• Sustainable Development
• Advanced Materials
• Smart Materials
• Material Design and Nanoscale
• Environmentally Benign Materials
• High Durability Infrastructure Materials
• Complex Systems
• Intelligent Civil and Mechanical Systems
• Simulation Based Engineering Science
• Cyberinfrastructure (NEES)

50 nm
Nano structured materials
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CMS Research Frontiers

• BETTER HEALTH, e.g.,
• Infrastructure Systems for Water Sewage
• Leakage, In-Situ Robotic Repair
• Lead Contamination
• Biomechanical Devices and Medical Instrumentation
• Mobility Assistance for Elderly
• Wearable Biosensors
• Biomedical Implants
• Converging Technologies
• Nano, bio, info and cogno

Effect of Osteoporosis on Bone
Bending of Carbon Nanotubes
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CMS Research Frontiers

• IMPROVED SECURITY AND SAFETY, e.g.,
• Hazard Prevention, Mitigation and Response
• Earthquakes, Wind Storms (Hurricanes and
  Tornados), Tsunamis, Wild Fires, Floods,
  Landslides and Terror Attacks
• Fire Safety
• Structural Health Monitoring
• Transportation Safety
• Infrastructure Information Technologies
• Vehicle Active Safety Systems
• Defense, Military and Space Systems
• MEMS and micro satellites
• Self-Repair and Maintenance

Southern California earthquakes and two
permanently instrumented sites
Collecting Structural Damage Data at WTC Post 9/11
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CMS Priority AreasInvestigator Initiated
Research

• Investigator initiated (i.e., unsolicited)
  research has gone from over 80 to less than 50
  of the CMS portfolio.
• NSF is unique among funding agencies for its
  emphasis on merit-based investigator-initiated
  research.
• High-impact discovery at the frontiers is often
  associated with investigator-initiated research,
  e.g.,
• MRI
• CAD

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CMS Priority Areas NEES

• Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
  (NEES)
• MREFC project, FY00 - FY04, 82M
• World-class experimental facilities and a
  cyberinfrastructure to support earthquake
  engineering research
• NAE study, NRC report, NEES brochure
• Operations, FY05 through FY14, 20M/yr funds
  NEES Consortium Inc.
• NEES Research solicitation 10M per year
  developing partnerships

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CMS Priority Areas - Others

• ADDITIONAL PRIORITY AREAS
• Nano and Bio Mechanics
• Approximately 40 of 400 mechanics/materials
  related proposals are now in the nano and bio
  mechanics area
• Intelligent Civil and Mechanical Systems
• Significant growth in proposals in areas such as
  mechatronics, smart structures, structural health
  monitoring, sensing and sensor networks, etc.
• Hazard Mitigation and Response for Critical
  Infrastructure Protection
• A major focus in CMS for over 25 years.
  Learning from earthquakes, Hazards Center, Post
  9/11 Research Symposium, Recent Tsunami
• Simulation Based Engineering Science
• Multi-scale, multi-phenomenon computational
  modeling/analysis. Held workshop 4/04, and formed
  blue ribbon panel.

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CMS Organization Chart

• Albert Kobayashi is directing 1630 from 4/05 to
  6/05 Adnan Akay will come in as DD in 7/05
• Proposal pressures in emerging areas such as
  nanomechanics, biomechanics, mechatronics and
  smart structures.

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DRAFT Recommendations

• 1. Leadership and communications in research and
  education for civil and mechanical engineering
  systems. In partnership with the CMS research
  and education community, articulate the benefits
  to society of research in the rapidly evolving
  fields of civil and mechanical systems through
  divisional workshops to identify emerging
  research opportunities and curricular innovation
  in CE and ME organization of CMS programs into
  clusters identified with broad and
  forward-looking themes summer institutes to
  train faculty in rapidly emerging areas career
  enhancement workshops for junior CE and ME
  faculty, especially from underrepresented groups.

2003 Workshop for Young Engineering Educators
from Underrepresented Groups in Civil and
Mechanical Engineering. Norma Jean Mattei,
(CMS-0305673)
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DRAFT Recommendations
Komvopoulos CMS-0095156

• 2.      Priorities for CMS research. Strengthen
  investigator-initiated research for high-impact
  discoveries innovative research utilizing the
  Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
  cyberinfrastructure nano- and bio- mechanics of
  materials intelligent civil and mechanical
  systems simulation-based engineering science
  hazard mitigation and response for critical
  infrastructure protection.

Medical Applications of Polymers
Bypass
This research focuses on the surface, mechanical
and chemical properties of polymers with or
without plasma treatment.
Balloon Angioplasty Procedure
Catheter
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DRAFT Recommendations

• 3.      Proposal loads and success rates. Make
  the case for increased funding, take measures to
  limit the increasing numbers of proposals
  develop research partnerships for NEES
  utilization develop mutually beneficial
  partnerships with other funding agencies ongoing
  continuous improvement of all administrative
  processes.

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DRAFT Recommendations

• 4. Assessment. Carry out longitudinal studies to
  identify NSF role in seminal developments in CE
  and ME over the past few decades regular
  evaluations of all programs and solicitations
  objective surveys of research communities served
  by CMS award a CMS (or ENG) prize of national
  stature to recognize most significant outcomes of
  CMS funded research.

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy Paul C.
Lauterbur, SUNY Stonybrook CMS - 8008629 Funded
by the CMS in the early 1980s to refine nuclear
magnetic resonance into a routine diagnostic
technique. In 2002, about 22,000 MRI machines
were in use worldwide, and more than 60 million
MRI examinations were performed. For this
contribution, Prof. Paul Lauterbur, now with
University of Illinois, was awarded the 2003
Nobel Prize in Medicine