Program

Below is the program from the 2018 Accelerating Engineering Research Center Preparedness Workshop, held October 2 – 3, 2018 in Arlington, VA.

Tuesday, October 2

8:30 – 9:45 AM	Welcome and Overview Welcome and Introduction Margaret Palmer, Director, SESYNC and Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland NSF Priorities for ERC Program [Recording] [Slides] Don Millard, Acting Division Director, Division of Engineering Education & Centers, NSF The Promise and Challenges of Convergent Research [Recording] [Slides] Yannis Yortsos, Dean of the Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California
10:15 AM – 12:30 PM	Social Innovation and Impact Designing Research for Innovation and Social Impact [Recording] [Slides] Dean Chang, Associate Vice President, Academy for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Maryland Multi-Level Social Systems and Social Change [Recording] [Slides] Jennifer Cross, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University Panel [Recording] Diversity for Convergence and Capacity Building James Moore, Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Ohio State University Anticipating Social Implications to Advance Goals [Slides] Eleonore Pauwels, Research Fellow—Emerging Cybertechnologies, United Nations University
1:30 – 3:00 PM	*Team Science and Transdisciplinary Research* Team Science: Current State of Knowledge [Recording] [Slides] Kara Hall, Director, Science of Team Science Team, NCI, National Institutes of Health Panel [Recording] Transdisciplinary Research: Principles, Processes, and Products [Slides] Shalini Misra, Assistant Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech University The Role of Bridging Individuals Jonathan Kramer, Director for Interdisciplinary Science, SESYNC
3:30 – 5:00 PM	Bringing It All Together for Successful Convergence Research [Recording] [Slides] L. Michelle Bennett, Director, Center for Research Strategy, National Institutes of HealthPI/Co-PI Activity followed by Discussion/Questions Each PI team should articulate: 1) their mission statement; 2) its linkage to social innovation/value; 3) disciplinary/sector categories of team composition and multi-level stakeholders; 4) mechanisms to facilitate effective transdisciplinary work.
5:00 – 5:15 PM	Day’s Wrap-Up [Recording] Junhong Chen, Dana Denick, Deborah Jackson, Kathleen McCloud, and Eduardo Misawa, NSF Program Officers

Wednesday, October 3

8:45 – 9:45 AM	Introduction and Goals for the Day Jonathan Kramer, Director of Interdisciplinary Science, SESYNCThe Birth of Regenerative Engineering Cato Laurencin, University Professor, University of Connecticut
9:45 – 10:30 AM	Center Processes and Organization Theory to Maximize Success System Mechanisms & Leadership Shape Team Learning, Development & Effectiveness [Recording] [Slides] Steve Kozlowski, Professor, Organizational Psychology, Michigan State University
10:45 – 11:15 AM	Panel The Center as Experiment: Adaptation and Evolution of Center Processes [Recording] [Slides] Margaret Palmer, Director, SESYNCRole of Organizational Design in Solving Complex Problems [Recording] [Slides] Guy Lotrecchiano, Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership, George Washington University
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM	Measuring Value The Problem of Attribution [Slides] James Boyd, Director of Social Science & Policy, Resources for the Future and SESYNC On Measuring Value and Impacts [Recording] [Slides] Nic Berente, Associate Professor, Mendoza College of Business, Notre Dame University
12:15 – 2:00 PM	Ending Thoughts and Wrap-up [Recording] Perspectives on the Future of Engineering Centers Sharon Glotzer, John Werner Cahn Distinguished University Professor of Engineering, University of Michigan Closing Remarks Dawn Tilbury, Assistant Director for the Engineering Directorate