NSF Bridge Workshop
Final Agenda
Download the final agenda (671KB PDF)
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
6:45 - 8:30 p.m. |
Organizational dinner meeting for steering committee, leads and scribes |
Thursday, 20 November 2008, Day 1
7:30 - 8:00 |
Registration and Breakfast Buffet |
8:00 - 8:15 |
Welcome and introductions Steve Crouch, Dean, UMN Institute of Technology; M. P. Singh, NSF CMMI Program Director; David H-C Du, Professor CSE (former NSF CNS Program Director); Ian Friedland, FHWA |
8:15 - 8:20 |
Workshop objectives |
8:20 - 9:30 |
Participant introductions (2-3 min. each, summarizing two-three technical challenges from individual perspective and potential grand challenge concept) |
9:30 - 10:00 |
Chuck Farrar, President, Los Alamos Dynamics LLC, Los Alamos |
10:00 - 10:30 |
Break |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Hoon Sohn, Associate Professor, KAIST, Korea |
11:00 - 11:30 |
David Culler, Professor, Dept. of EE and CS, UC-Berkeley |
11:30 - 12:00 |
M. Myint Lwin, Director, Office of Bridge Technology, FHWA |
12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 - 1:30 |
Bill Spencer, Professor, Nathan M. and Anne M. Newmark Endowed Chair of Civil Engineering, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engrg., UIUC |
1:30 - 3:30 |
Breakout Session A |
3:30 - 4:00 |
Break |
4:00 - 5:15 |
Reconvene in large group and present bullet point summary of the outcomes of the individual breakout sessions |
5:15 - 6:00 |
Optional tour of NSF George E. Brown, Jr. MAST Laboratory |
6:00 - 7:00 |
Reception (cash bar) |
7:00 - 9:00 |
Dinner banquet |
Friday, 21 November 2008, Day 2
7:30 - 8:00 |
Breakfast Buffet |
8:00 - 8:20 |
Presentation that summarizes some of the outcomes from Day 1 and provides instruction for final Breakout Session B |
8:30 - 10:30 |
Breakout Session B |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Break |
11:00 - 12:15 |
Reconvene in large group and present bullet point summary of the outcomes of the individual breakout sessions |
12:15 - 1:15 |
Lunch and workshop closure for most of the participants |
1:15 - 5:30 |
Session for steering committee, scribes/moderators to develop white paper document for NSF prior to departure. |
Breakout session topics and format
During the course of the workshop, each participant participated in two breakout sessions which lasted for two hours on Day 1 (Breakout A) and two hours on Day 2 (Breakout B). A total of three parallel breakout sessions were conducted simultaneously to provide greater opportunity for interaction among the 10-15 participants in each small group session. To ensure each small breakout group had broad representation among the different disciplines, the breakout groups were carefully chosen to have at least two to three participants from among each of the different disciplines (i.e., sensors; networking/communication; data interpretation/decision making).
The first breakout session, Breakout Session A (groups 1-3), had three parallel sessions. All three parallel sessions were focused on the technical challenges and research needs in all of the individual disciplines associated with the three topic areas (i.e., sensors, networking/communication, and data interpretation/decision making), as well as the associated integration issues with the topic areas across the disciplines.
The second group of breakouts, Breakout Session B (groups 1-3), had three parallel sessions in which each of the small groups will work to identify grand challenge research projects associated with an interdisciplinary approach to the topic areas and integration issues across the topic areas.
After each of the breakout sessions, the groups reassembled to discuss and prioritize the findings of the individual groups.
Download breakout group assignments (107 KB PDF)
Summary of breakout session structure:
Breakout Session A (three parallel groups, 10-12 participants each, mixed across disciplines): During this breakout, the leads were charged with directing the discussion to cover all three of the major topic areas (sensors, networking/communication, data interpretation/ decision making), and the associated integration issues across the disciplines.
Breakout Session B (three parallel groups, 10-12 participants each, mixed across disciplines): During this breakout, identification of grand challenge research projects associated with an interdisciplinary approach to the topic areas and integration issues across the topic areas.
Issues which were to be addressed during breakouts included:
Breakout Session A:
- Identify the gaps in knowledge and associated technological challenges related to bridge monitoring and prognostication. Focus discussion on each of the individual topic areas (e.g., sensors, etc.) and the integration issues associated with the individual topics relative to the broader scope (multiple topics).
- Identify new and emerging technologies and research needs to address the technological challenges identified in Question 1. What are new and emerging technologies that must be developed to realize next-generation bridge monitoring and prognostication.
- Identify disciplines identified that must be engaged in multidisciplinary approach to address research needs identified in Question 2.
Breakout Session B:
- What are common issues identified among the discussions in the topic areas of the previous breakout sessions.
- Prioritize potential research needs.
- Identify potential grand challenge topics. For each grand challenge topic or proposed research theme, list: objectives; technological challenges/barriers; identification of emerging technologies; potential impacts of the research