CBET Overview

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CBET Overview
National Science Foundation Chemical,
Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport
Systems Division Judy Raper
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Outline

• CBET Organizational Structure
• CBET FY 2007 Budget Request
• Statistics
• CBET Priority Areas
• Funding Opportunities
• Typical Projects

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CBETs Role

• Division of Chemical, Bioengineering,
  Environmental, Transport Systems (CBET)
• Merger of CTS BES on October 1, 2006
• Support Research in Chemical, Bioengineering,
  Environmental, Transport Systems
• Catalyze the merging of biology, chemistry,
  physics and socio-economic science in engineering
  research
• Support research to enhance and protect US
  national health, energy, environment, security
  and wealth

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CBET Organizational Chart
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CBET Budget

• FY 2006 Plan
• BES 52 million
• CTS 71 million
• FY 2007 Request
• CBET 124 million

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CBET Proposals and Awards FY 04-06
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CBET CAREER Success Rates FY 04-06
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1179 Environmental Technology 1401
Catalysis and Biocatalysis 1402 Biochemical
Engineering 1403 Process and Reaction
Engineering 1406 Thermal Transport
Processes 1407 Combustion, Fire, and Plasma
Systems 1414 Interfacial Processes and
Thermodynamics 1415 Particulate and Multiphase
Processes
1417 Chemical and Biological Separations 1440
Environmental Engineering 1443 Fluid
Dynamics 1491 -- Biotechnology 5342 Research to
Aid Persons with Disabilities 5345 Biomedical
Engineering 7236 Biophotonics 7643
Environmental Sustainability 7644 Energy
Sustainability
CBET 2006 Success Rates
1401
1179
1402
1403
1406
1407
1414
1415
1417
1440
1443
5342
5345
7236
1491
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1179 Environmental Technology 1401
Catalysis and Biocatalysis 1402 Biochemical
Engineering 1403 Process and Reaction
Engineering 1406 Thermal Transport
Processes 1407 Combustion, Fire, and Plasma
Systems 1414 Interfacial Processes and
Thermodynamics 1415 Particulate and Multiphase
Processes
1417 Chemical and Biological Separations 1440
Environmental Engineering 1443 Fluid
Dynamics 1491 -- Biotechnology 5342 Research to
Aid Persons with Disabilities 5345 Biomedical
Engineering 7236 Biophotonics 7643
Environmental Sustainability 7644 Energy
Sustainability
Percentage of Average Awarded vs Average
Requested - FY 04
1401
1179
1402
1403
1406
1407
1414
1415
1417
1440
1443
5342
5345
7236
1491
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1179 Environmental Technology 1401
Catalysis and Biocatalysis 1402 Biochemical
Engineering 1403 Process and Reaction
Engineering 1406 Thermal Transport
Processes 1407 Combustion, Fire, and Plasma
Systems 1414 Interfacial Processes and
Thermodynamics 1415 Particulate and Multiphase
Processes
1417 Chemical and Biological Separations 1440
Environmental Engineering 1443 Fluid
Dynamics 1491 - Biotechnology 5342 Research to
Aid Persons with Disabilities 5345 Biomedical
Engineering 7236 Biophotonics 7643
Environmental Sustainability 7644 Energy
Sustainability
CBET Unsolicited Proposals FY 07 as of 10-20-06
1401
1179
1402
1403
1406
1407
1414
1415
1417
1440
1443
5342
5345
7236
1491
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CBETs 2007 Budget By Program
1179 Environmental Technology 1401 Catalysis
and Biocatalysis 1402 Biochemical
Engineering 1403 Process and Reaction
Engineering 1406 Thermal Transport
Processes 1407 Combustion, Fire, and
Plasma Systems 1414 Interfacial Processes and
Thermodynamics 1415 Particulate and
Multiphase Processes 1417 Chemical and
Biological Separations 1440 Environmental
Engineering 1443 Fluid Dynamics 1491 --
Biotechnology 5342 Research to Aid Persons
with Disabilities 5345 Biomedical
Engineering 7236 Biophotonics 7643
Environmental Sustainability 7644
Energy Sustainability
1401
1179
1402
1403
1406
1407
1414
1415
1417
1440
1443
5342
5345
7236
1491
7244
7243
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CBET Priority Areas FY07

• Nanoscale Science Engineering
• Cyberinfrastructure (CI)
• Energy, Environment Sustainability
• Biology in Engineering
• Multi-scale Modelling

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CBET CAREER Success Rates FY 06
1401
1179
1402
1403
1407
1406
1414
1415
1417
1440
1443
5342
5345
7236
1491
Chemical, Biochemical, Biotechnology Systems
Transport Thermal Fluids Phenomena
Biomedical Engineering Engineering Healthcare
Environmental Engineering Sustainability
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CBET CAREER Proposals Received FY 07
1401
1179
1402
1403
1407
1406
1414
1415
1417
1440
1443
5342
5345
7236
1491
Chemical, Biochemical, Biotechnology Systems
Transport Thermal Fluids Phenomena
Biomedical Engineering Engineering Healthcare
Environmental Engineering Sustainability
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CBET Funding Opportunities

• NNI (National Nanotechnology Initiative)
• 29 Million for NIRT and NER
• 22 Million for CBET core
• Sensors/Explosives
• 5 Million
• EFRI (Emerging Frontiers in Research
  Innovation)
• Support for Interdisciplinary Group Projects
• 25 Million Total for ENG
• CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE for RECONFIGURABLE SYSTEMS
• CELLULAR-MOLECULAR BIOENGINEERING

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NNI Emphasis in FY 2007

• ? Reduced budget for NIRT and NER offset by
  increases in core
• nano awards
• ? Increased investments will be dedicated to
  research and education on
• ? Complex large nanosystems including
  research on nanoscale devices
• and system architecture, dynamic and
  emerging behavior, and
• fabrication
• ? Three-dimensional measurements of domains
  of engineering
• relevance
• ? Converging science, engineering and
  technology from the nanoscale,
• by integrating nanosystems into
  applications in manufacturing,
• information systems, medicine,
  environment, etc.

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NNI Emphasis in FY 2007
(Continued)

• ? Increased investments will be dedicated to
  research and education on
• ? Joint research programs addressing
  potential implications of
• nanotechnology with other federal
  agencies (NIOSH, EPA FDA,
• USDA and NIST)
• ? Earlier educational programs and teaching
  materials, including for
• K-12, with access to NSF educational
  networks (NUE, NISE, NNIN)
• ? Partnerships of academic researchers with
  industry, medical facilities
• and states through Grant Opportunities
  for Academic Liaison with
• Industry (GOALI) and Partnerships for
  Innovation (PFI) programs

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10-20 Year Vision

• ? 1st Generation Passive nanostructures
  2000
• E.g., coatings, nanoparticles, nanostructured
• metals, polymers, ceramics
• ? 2nd Generation Active nanostructures
  2005
• E.g., transistors, amplifiers,
  targeted drugs,
• actuators, adaptive structures
• ? 3rd Generation Systems of nanosystems 2010
• E.g., guided molecular assembling
• 3D networking and new system
• architectures, robotics
• ? 4th Generation Molecular nanosystems 2020
• E.g., molecules as
  devices/components
• by design,
  based on atomic design,
• hierarchical
  emerging functions,
• evolutionary
  systems

Increased integration, system approach
Converging science and engineering
AIChE Journal, 2004, Vol. 50 (5), MC Roco
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Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

• CAREER Eligibility Applicants Must
• ? Hold a doctoral degree as of submission date
• ? Be untenured as of submission date
• ? Be employed in a tenure-track (or equivalent)
  position
• as of October 1 following submission
• ? Be employed as an assistant professor
• (or equivalent) as of October 1 following
  submission
• ? Have not competed more than two times
• previously in the CAREER program
• ? Have not previously received an NSF CAREER
• or PECASE award 

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CAREER Award Duration and Size
? 5-year duration   ? Minimum award size of
400,000   ? BIO minimum award size of
500,000   ? No maximum award size
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Award Criteria

• ? Intellectual merit
• ? Importance in advancing understanding in a
  field
• ? Creativity and novelty of approach
• ? Qualifications of investigators
• ? Completeness of research plan
• ? Access to resources
• ? Broader impacts
• ? Promotion of teaching and training
• ? Inclusion of underrepresented minorities

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TYPICAL PROJECTS Chemical, Biochemical and
Biotechnology Systems
A Synthetic Delivery Vehicle for Gene Transfer
- hitchhike gene delivery nanoparticles
onto motor protein complexes - convert
chemical energy to mechanical work -
carry nanoparticle cargo toward cell nuclei

Suzie Pun, U. of Washington

• Bloodless Biosensing
• with Carbon Nanotubes
• - implantable capillary devices
• filled with carbon nanotubes
• monitor glucose levels
• without drawing blood
• for diabetes and other biosensors

Michael Strano, UIUC
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TYPICAL PROJECTS Transport and Thermal
Fluids Phenomena
High-Fidelity Numerical Modeling Simulation of
Fire Suppression

• predicts multiphase turbulent mixing processes
  over
• a wide range of time/length scales.
• grand challenge of turbulence modeling with
  reactions
• multi-scale modeling on both large and small
  scales
• includes Sandia, Navy NIST interactions plus
  excellent
• educational components.

Paul E. DesJardin, SUNY Buffalo

• Nanocolloid Assembly and Dispersion by Quantum
  Design of van der Waals Forces
• nanocolloids have remarkable electrical, optical
  and
• reactive propoerties
• need to prevent aggregation by predicting and
• controlling van der Waals forces
• use solvent mixtures to shield nanocolloids to
  keep
• them stable

Stable Nanoparticles (groups of red atoms) with
co-solvent shield (blue)
Darrell Velegol Milton W. Cole, Penn State
Unstable (aggregated) particles
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TYPICAL PROJECTS Biomedical Engineering and
Engineering Healthcare
BQuest Crew Michael Lambert, SDSU -
completed 2,500 mile Transpac Yacht Race - each
crew member except the skipper had a
disability - Engineering students at San Diego
State University designed adaptive equipment
on the yacht for crew members with
disabilities
50 mm
5 mm
Biomimetic Bone - mimic both composition and
nanostructure of bone - prepare synthetic bone
prosthetics - load- bearing - bioresorbable -
enable regeneration of hard tissue prosthetics
into natural bone. NIRT Laurie Gower (UF),
Elliot Douglas (UF),
John Mecholsky (UF), Barbara Boyan (GTI)
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TYPICAL PROJECTS Environmental Engineering
Sustainability
An Autonomous Microbial Genosensor for Freshwater
Microbial Ecology - remote sampling - high
frequency and high degree of specificity -
multi-day deployment in lakes to detect
bacteria David Fries, Wisconsin

• Aquatic Nano Environmental Heath and Safety of
  Nanomaterials and Their Bimolecular Derivatives
• - binding of lysophospholipid onto single-walled
  carbon nanotubes (SWNTs)
• over a silicon substrate
• finalist at the Science Engineering
  Visualization Challenge 2006
• by NSF and the Science magazine. Pu Chun Ke
  Clemson University

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