8:00 a.m

Arrive at NSF Headquarters bldg., 4201 Wilson Blvd., and pick up badges

8:30 a.m.

Introductions and Agenda Review. Tom Anderson

8:45 a.m.

NSF Directorate for Engineering Welcome. Louie Martin-Vega

9:00 a.m.

Civil and Mechanial Systems Division Welcome. Priscilla Nelson

9:10 a.m.

NEES Program: NSF 00-6, 00-7 and 01-56. Joy Pauschke

9:40 a.m.

The "Nitty Gritty" of the Equipment Awards. Tom Anderson, Andrea Kline

10:00 a.m.

Univ. of Nevada, Reno, shake tables. Ian Buckle

10:15 a.m.

State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, shake tables. Michel Bruneau

10:30 a.m.

State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, large-scale laboratory systems. File1, File2, and File3 in PPT format. File4 in PDF format.  Michel Bruneau

10:45 a.m.

Univ. of Minnesota, large-scale laboratory systems. Cathy French

11:00 a.m.

Univ. of California, Berkeley, large-scale laboratory systems. Jack Moehle

11:15 a.m.

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, fast hybrid test platform. Benson Shing

11:30 a.m.

Oregon State Univ., tsunami/wave tanks. Solomon Yim

11:45 a.m.

Univ. of California, Los Angeles, field testing and monitoring. John Wallace

12:00 noon

Univ. of Texas, Austin, field testing and monitoring. Ken Stokoe

12:15 p.m.

Univ. of California, Davis, centrifuge. Bruce Kutter

12:30 p.m.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, centrifuge. Ricardo Dobry

12:45 p.m.

Lunch (box lunch brought in)

1:30 p.m.

Wireless Sensors/Digital MEMS (Univ. of Michigan ERC). Ken Wise

2:00 p.m.

Move to ACCESS Center, NCSA/UIUC

2:10 p.m.

Review of NEES SI Scoping Study -- Status Report. Tom Prudhomme

3:10 p.m.

Teleparticipation – view 1 (see below). Andrei Reinhorn

3:25 p.m.

Return to Stafford Place II

3:35 p.m.

Break

 3:45 p.m.

Overviews of four common challenges – issues and suggested solutions

3:45 p.m.

Instrumentation. Bruce Kutter

4:00 p.m.

Teleparticipation – view 2. Cherri Pancake

4:15 p.m.

Procurement. Benson Shing

4:30 p.m.

Project Management. Jack Moehle

4:45 p.m.

Open Discussion of Common Opportunities and Challenges including:
Instrumentation – sensors – teleparticipation – project management – data acquisition – integrated testing – user fees (current best practices) – teaming – project controls – reporting – community outreach – project web site content –external advisory boards – procurement/vendor relations – standards between NEES sites and vendors – requirements document –web-based training

6:00 p.m.

Prioritize issues requiring action.  Assign breakout group membership, leads and scribes for top five action issues.

6:30 p.m.

Adjourn

6:45 p.m.

No host, working dinner at Tutto Bene Restaurant – seating by breakout groups to continue discussions.

8:30 a.m.

Plenary Session to re-assemble breakout groups (up to five) to continue discussions from dinner.  Set breakout meeting objectives.  Confirm leads and scribes.

8:45 a.m.

Breakout sessions in separate rooms (II-515, II-517, II-555, II-565, and II-585).  Further define the issue, who should participate, timing, formulate workable action plan, assign responsibilities, and establish method for future communications.

10:45 a.m.

Break – leaders and scribes compile session results

Plenary Session, – Breakout groups report back status and path forward

11:10 a.m.

Breakout group 1, Telepresence

11:40 a.m.

Breakout group 2, Shared Use/Procurement

12:10 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Breakout group 3, Instrumentation/Sensors/Data Acquisition

1:30 p.m.

Breakout group 4, SI Interface

2:30 p.m.

Review and assign action items; assign teams to remaining issues; set expectations for further actions; establish means of coordination and communication until next meeting; establish date for next meeting.

3:00 p.m.

Adjourn