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2012 Advisory Panel CEM Overview

2012 Advisory Panel CEM Overview. Bob Hebner Center for Electromechanics The University of Texas at Austin 12/4/2012. Setting the stage. Year of Financial Challenges. Sources of Problems and Promise for Future. Sources of difficulty Three major programs winding down simultaneously

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2012 Advisory Panel CEM Overview

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  1. 2012 Advisory PanelCEM Overview Bob Hebner Center for Electromechanics The University of Texas at Austin 12/4/2012

  2. Setting the stage

  3. Year of Financial Challenges

  4. Sources of Problems and Promise for Future • Sources of difficulty • Three major programs winding down simultaneously • Recession • Election damped new program starts • Promise • Five transfers from elsewhere in UT • Likely new programs • Revamped efforts in program development

  5. Who we are

  6. UT Research Center • Perform and publish world-class research • Design, build, and test first-of-a-kind devices and systems • Transfer products to industry • Spinout companies • Educate students • Provide technology and advice to the government

  7. CEM Staff Biology 3 Total CEM Staff 84* + about 60 students and academic faculty Physics 3 Degree by Engineers Electrical 9 Mechanical 25 Students 10 Admin 19 Engineers 40 Techs 15 Degree Type PhD 14 Bachelors 15 * includes all staff appointed anytime FY 2011-12 (total employees Aug. 2012 = 59) Masters 11

  8. Academic Collaborators Biological Sciences Jerry Brand Martin Poenie Center for Energy and Environmental Resources Frank Seibert Chemical Engineering David Allen Tom Edgar John Ekerdt Civil Engineering Lynn Katz Kerry Kinney Ken Stokoe Electrical and Computer Engineering Ari Arapostathis Mircea Driga Alexis Kwasinski Surya Santoso Mechanical Engineering Halil Berberoglu David Bogard Maggie Chen AshishDeshponde Thomas Kiehne Dale Klein Raul Longoria Rodney Ruoff Carolyn Seepersad Michael Webber Physics Mark Raizen Fusion Research Center Bill Rowan Perry Phillips Institute for Fusion Studies Mike Kotschenreuther SwadeshMahajan PrashantValanju LBJ School CharlesGholz McDonald Observatory John Booth Mark Cornell Karl Gebhardt John Good Gary Hill Dan Jaffe David Lambert Mark Rafal Richard Savage

  9. Assets - Students

  10. How we innovate

  11. Areas of Technology Biotech Electric Power • Electromechanical cell manipulation • Advanced Generators • Electric Grid Control • Energy Storage • Distributed Generation Technology Defense • Missile and Aircraft Launcher • All Electric Ship • Advanced Wheeled and Tracked Vehicles • Electromagnetic Guns • Electromagnetic Armor Space • Space Power • Electromagnetic Launch • Satellite Attitude Control Transportation • Advanced Trains • Hybrid Vehicles • Active Suspension for Vehicles • Wheel Motors • Intelligent Highways Oil & Gas • Exploration • Transmission

  12. Innovation Process CEM uses successful spiral between applications and science Entry for University Commercialization Applications Science • Superconductivity • Magnetic materials • Composite performance • Dielectric materials • Advanced manufacturing • Simulation . . . Entry for Industry

  13. How we are managed

  14. The University of Texas at Austin PRESIDENT Dr. William Powers, Jr. EXECUTIVE VP & PROVOST Dr. Steve Leslie VP RESEARCH Dr. Juan Sanchez COCKRELL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Dr. Greg Fenves DEAN COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES Dr. Linda Hicke DEAN MCCOMBS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Thomas Gilligan DEAN CENTER FOR ELECTROMECHANICS Dr. Robert Hebner DIRECTOR APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES TEXAS ADVANCED COMPUTING CENTER

  15. Internal Management Administrative • Executive Team • Nine members • Program development • Technical quality • Policy • Staffing • Operations Team • Eight members • Equipment • Facilities • Information technology • Support staff utilization • Safety Technical • Project Teams • Seven teams • Long-term and floating contributors • Size and number depend on contract mix • Team-allocated salary pool, unless raises are cancelled; Team leader allocates to individuals

  16. Task Structure

  17. How we are funded

  18. Sources of Income • About 89% from projects • Some from other UT units • Remainder split about evenly from • Industry • Government • Remaining 11% from UT • Required administrative support • Proposal development

  19. Assets – CEM Budget

  20. Contract Size Distribution 38 2007 36 34 2008 32 30 2009 28 26 2010 24 22 2011 Number of Contracts 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 ≤ $275k > $275k, ≤ $1M > $1M

  21. Research Measures — Collaborations

  22. Research output

  23. Research Measures — Publications Theses and Dissertations 60 Final Reports 2 50 Non-Refereed Papers 15 15 40 2 Refereed Papers 1 10 3 Number of Publications 30 12 10 1 10 20 32 8 4 17 17 13 10 10 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

  24. Research Measures — Staff Recognition • 9 Invited talks • 32 Conference presentations • 14 Conferences attended without presentations • 2 Members of review panels for outside organizations • 5 CEM staff on PhD or Master’s committees • 1 Research faculty appointment • 2 Reviewers for 12 technical journals • 7 Records of Invention filed • 1 IEEE Fellow

  25. Where we are going

  26. Important Continuing Trends • Positive • Many long-term industrial partners • Good Navy relationship • Continuing growth in the interaction with other UT researchers • Improving working relationship with the research support administrative offices • Effective leadership transitions • Continuing Challenges • Hire with a strong view to program development and management • Staff morale and commitment • Establishing a culture of innovation

  27. Focus for Past Year • Restructure of both Executive and Operations Teams • New folks assuming new authority and responsibility • Depend more on other UT researchers • Center for Energy Security • Algae Program • EverGreen Cloud • Wind Power Research • Pecan Street • Unique leading edge outputs • Develop PRC as a recognized research campus • Strengthen Program Development Process

  28. This Year’s Focus • Reinvigorate innovation • Improve proposal hit rate • Better understand misses • Better pre-work • Strengthen technical capability

  29. Important, But Not New Challenges • Program development funding • Administrative side of industrial interactions • Visibility • Upgrading hardware • Software costs

  30. Closing Thoughts • What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger • F. Nietzsche • Need to continue to enhance the value of CEM to UT and to the nation • Need to keep the job fun • Rebuild morale • Rebuild entrepreneurial spirit

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