The 2018 Germination workshop was held on June 21-22, 2018 at the National Science Foundation Headquarters, Alexandria VA.
The Germination program challenges the research community to propose exploratory ideas to design learning framework, platforms, and/or environments to enable participants to conceive research ideas and questions with potential for substantive societal impact.
Agenda
Thursday, June 21, 2018
| 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Welcome and Introduction of Assistant Director, NSF/ENG Louise R. Howe, Program Manager, ENG/EFMA Sohi Rastegar, Office Head, ENG/EFMAWelcome from NSF/ENG Assistant Director Dawn Tilbury, Assistant Director, NSF/ENG |
| 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM |
Setting the Stage: Question Formulation Technique |
| 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM | Session 1: Driving Force: Motivating Impactful Research |
| 11:00 AM | Driving Force: Needs-Inspired Research Murali Chandrashekaran, Vice Provost, International, University of British Columbia |
| 11:30 AM | Driving Force: Grand Challenges Roger Wakimoto, Vice Chancellor for Research, UCLA |
| 12:00 PM | PI Talk: Engaging ENG Students Patrick Little, J. Stanley and Mary Wig Johnson Professor of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College |
| 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Session 2: Research Teams: Diversity of People |
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1:00 PM |
Teams: The Importance of Diverse Inputs Mónica I. Feliú-Mójer, Director of Communications & Science Outreach, Ciencia Puerto Rico |
| 1:30 PM | Teams: Convergence Accelerators Dawn Tilbury, Assistant Director, NSF/ENG |
| 2:00 PM | Teams: Science of Team Science Kara Hall, Program Director, National Cancer Institute |
| 2:30 PM | Teams: HIBAR-Infusing Real World Perspective Lorne Whitehead, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia Janet E. Nelson, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, University of Idaho |
| 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Session 3: Getting the Questions |
| 3:30 PM | Questions: Diversity as a Key Driver Brandon Jones, Program Director, NSF/GEO |
| 4:00 PM | PI Talk: Ideation & Iteration William Barley, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 4:15 PM | PI Talk: The QFT in higher education Dan Perlman, Professor of Biology & Environmental Studies, Brandeis University |
| 4:30 PM | PI Talk: Incentivization Grace Wang, Interim Provost & Kemper Lewis, Professor & Chair, SUNY System |
| 4:45 PM | LEAP HI: Leading Engineering for America’s Prosperity, Health and Infrastructure Deborah Goodings, Division Director, ENG/CMMI |
| 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Poster Session |
Friday, June 22, 2018
| 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Session 4: Fostering Individual Capabilities |
| 9:00 AM | Individual Capabilities: ENG Student Education Gregory Washington, The Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering, UC Irvine |
| 9:30 AM | Individual Capabilities: Teaching Creativity David Wallace, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT |
| 10:00 AM | PI Talk: Mindfulness for Creativity Susan Hagness, Philip Dunham Reed Professor, University of Wisconsin Madison |
| 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM | Session 5: Facilitative Environments |
| 10:45 AM | PI Talk: Center for Transformative Research Will Hughes, Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, Boise State University |
| 11:00 AM | Facilitative Environments: Physical Spaces Khanjan Mehta, Vice Provost for Creative Enquiry, Director of Mountaintop Initiative, Lehigh University |
| 11:30 AM | Facilitative Environments: Maker Spaces Ian Charnas, Manager, think[box], Case Western Reserve University |
| 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Session 6: Breakout Discussions: Integration of Component Strands |
| 12:30 PM | Integration: Breakout Group Discussions |
| 1:30 PM | Integration: Breakout Group Report Outs |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Synthesis Pramod Khargonekar, Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Irvine |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Farewell Charge to Participants Louise R. Howe, Program Manager, ENG/EFMA |