Agenda

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2019                                                                                                                                              

 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

 

OPENING SESSION

Welcome and Goals for the Day

Lance Davis, former VP for R&D, Allied Signal, Co-Chair, Summit Steering Committee

Deb Crawford, VP for Research, GMU, Co-Chair, Summit Steering Committee

Norman Fortenberry, Executive Director, ASEE

Sohi Rastegar, Chair, NSF/ENG Working Group
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

 

 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING GRAND CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY


C.D. (Dan) Mote, Jr., Past President, National Academy of Engineering [Slides]
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM

 

 GENERAL SESSION 1: EXISTING COMMUNITY-DRIVEN RESEARCH MODELS AND CASE STUDIES

Chair: Deb Crawford

THE COMPUTING COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM – https://cra.org/ccc/about/
Ann W. Schwartz Drobnis, Director, CCC [Slides]

MFORESIGHT: ALLIANCE FOR MANUFACTURING FORESIGHT
–  http://mforesight.org/about-us/#whatwedo
Sridhar Kota, Executive Director, MForesight [Slides]

BASIC RESEARCH NEEDS WORKSHOPS
–  https://science.osti.gov/bes/Community-Resources/Reports
Michelle Buchanan, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, ORNL [Slides]
 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM

 

 GENERAL SESSION 2: “STAYING AT THE LEADING EDGE”

Michael Gazarik, Senior Vice President of Engineering, Ball Aerospace

Alton D. Romig, Jr., Executive Officer, NAE (former Vice President and General Manager of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Advanced Development Programs – the Skunkworks®)

Lisa Teague, Head, Research and Technology, Rolls Royce
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM Q & A FOR GENERAL SESSION 2
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM

 

 FACILITATED BREAKOUT SESSION 1

Chair: Norman Fortenberry

Informed/inspired by the morning presentations, what community-driven research models might work best for the broad engineering community? Based on what design principles?
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM BREAKOUT SESSION 1 REPORTS
 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM

 

 FACILITATED BREAKOUT SESSION 2

Chair: Lance Davis

How do we ensure the incorporation of a diversity of perspectives, including but not limited to technical, organizational and societal dimensions?
4:45 PM – 5:15 PM

 

 BREAKOUT SESSION 2 REPORTS
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM

 

GENERAL SESSION 3: FINAL COMMENTS FOR DAY 1 AND CHARGE FOR DAY 2

Assignment for attendees: Based on what we’ve  discussed and learned today, be prepared to discuss possible implementation strategies tomorrow, including operating schemes/ oversight and management approaches, and how to ensure technical breadth and inclusivity.

Sohi Rastegar, NSF

 

 

THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2019

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

 

 GENERAL SESSION 4: SUMMARY OBSERVATIONS FROM DAY 1/CHARGE FOR DAY 2

Deb Crawford, VP for Research, GMU, Co-Chair, Summit Steering Committee [Slides]

Lance Davis, former VP for R&D, Allied Signal, Co-Chair, Summit Steering Committee
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM

 

 FACILITATED BREAKOUT SESSION 3

Chair: Sohi Rastegar

How best do we validate model(s) we’ve identified with the engineering community at large?
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM

 

 BREAKOUT SESSION 3 REPORTS
   10:30 AM – 11:15 AM

 

 FACILITATED BREAKOUT SESSION 4

Chair: Deb Crawford

How best do we pursue implementation of the model(s)?
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

 

 BREAKOUT SESSION 4 REPORTS
12:00 PM – 12:15 PM

 

 CLOSING SESSION: FINAL REFLECTIONS AND NEXT STEPS

Deb Crawford, VP for Research, GMU, Co-Chair, Summit Steering Committee

Lance Davis, former VP for R&D, Allied Signal, Co-Chair, Summit Steering Committee

Sohi Rastegar, Chair, NSF/ENG Working Group