Naval Engineering in the 21st Century The Science and Technology Foundation for Future Naval Fleets -- Special Report 306 (2011) / Chapter Skim
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Recommendations for changes in management processes would require action by senior ONR administrators. NEED FOR AND VALUE OF NNR-NE Need for Navy Support Navy support is necessary for basic and early applied research in fields that are critical to naval engineering and lack other sources of support, that have a long-term horizon, and that have potential for discoveries of broad application leading to advances in naval capabilities.
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research capability in problems important to the Navy, maintain the supply of scientists and engineers in disciplines of unique Navy importance, and ensure that ONR can continue to provide the science and technology necessary for naval superiority. The need for NNR designation is particularly great in the case of naval engineering, an essentially integrative activity that must apply scientific knowledge from an expansive array of disciplines to solve complex problems of naval ship design.
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General conclusions are presented below, as well as a recommendation for a process for ONR to follow in monitoring the health of these fields. State of Research The task statement for this study indicates that ONR seeks to "ensure a healthy research and educational enterprise" supporting naval engineering.
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Physical infrastructure is the facilities required to carry out research, for example, towing tanks, wave basins, and cavitation flow tunnels. The institutions participating in naval engineering science and technology are the Navy, the shipbuilding and ship design industries, commercial ship operators, and research universities and other research organizations.
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The committee calls the attention of ONR to the 2000 report of the NRC Committee for Naval Hydromechanics Science and Technology, which noted that these facilities require ongoing investment in updated instrumentation and strong technical support staffs to produce cutting-edge research. WHOLENESS OF THE NNR-NE PORTFOLIO The task statement directs the committee to "assess the wholeness of the program" and to "assess whether [the six technical areas]
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Each of the fields, if broadly defined, receives support from sources other than the Navy and has application beyond naval engineering, but the need to maintain expertise in the problems of unique importance to naval engineering justifies including each within NNR-NE. The major gap in the present definition is inadequate acknowledgment of the need for basic and early applied research in support of the integrative function that is central to the practice of naval engineering.
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OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION Opportunities exist for offering significantly improved capabilities to the fleet through basic and applied research in the scientific and technical fields supporting naval engineering. Opportunities presented by new technology and demands for technology arising from Navy requirements, as well as opportunities for enhancing ONR education programs, are identified in Chapter 5.
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NNR-NE EFFECTIVENESS The task statement directs the committee to "assess the NNR-NE's progress in the ability to: (l) provide and sustain robust research expertise in the United States working on long-term problems of importance to the Department of the Navy; (2)
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• To fulfill the requirement of the 2001 memorandum for creation of consortia to foster naval engineering science and technology, ONR should consider adoption of the alternative organizational models for cooperative research proposed by the 2002 NRC Committee on Options for Naval Engineering Cooperative Research. • ONR should revise the definition of NNR-NE, specifying educational responsibilities and requirements for coordination of related research outside the Ship Systems and Engineering Research Division.
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Moreover, the committee could not identify a process by which NNRNE mission area needs and research strategies are prioritized or a systematic process by which ONR funds are allocated according to needs or prioritized research strategies. Finally, the committee did not find Feedback Planning Execution Assessment • Articulate research • Support and fund • Measure outcomes mission research • Evaluate results • Align research agenda • Support and fund • Benchmark with mission graduate education performance • Identify researchers • Support and fund • Assess portfolio impact and research associated and contribution to opportunities infrastructure discovery and invention • Establish key • Gather performance • Provide feedback performance indicators data • Communicate lessons learned • Align incentives with research mission and research agenda • Establish continuous process improvement program FIGURE S-1 Framework for research portfolio management.
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The NNR NE strategic planning and assessment process should encompass all facets of the NNR-NE mission and should include the following elements: • A process to articulate and prioritize mission area needs and research priorities on an annual and continuing basis; • A process for allocation of funds that is aligned with the needs and priorities; • Metrics for measuring the activities of needs identification, resource allocation, management performance, and continuous process improvement; • A continuous process improvement activity that utilizes the met rics to assess research portfolio management and to evaluate and report annually on progress; • An enterprisewide communication system to promulgate lessons learned and best practices; and • A research portfolio management procedure to guide planning and information collection, administration, and assessment. The procedure should follow recognized standards for research port folio management, including performance benchmarking.
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throughout the research project selection process would offer the opportunity to strengthen project selection and to obtain the advice and counsel of technical experts, NAVSEA technical authorities, and industry practitioners who are the ultimate recipients of the developed technology, while maintaining the ONR program officer's independence in making decisions for his or her program. Recommendation 15: ONR should establish a process for NNR-NE in which the program officer assembles a small group of Navy labora tory technical experts and NAVSEA technical authorities to assess and rank research proposals.
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In addition to the review panels, personnel dedicated to improving communications and execution could significantly improve NNR-NE integration with Navy missions and operational requirements. Maintaining Connections Across the Wider Naval Engineering Community Maintaining connections across the wider naval ship systems engineering community means bridging the valleys that naturally exist between the naval research, design, manufacturing, and operational communities and the commercial and offshore communities.
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Developing Human Capital and Revitalizing Naval Ship Systems Engineering Recommendation 20: ONR should reinvigorate its efforts in develop ing the 21st century naval engineering workforce, including improve ment of outreach activities to underrepresented groups. ONR's lead role in STEM primary and secondary education activities should be strengthened and incorporated into its enterprisewide strategic plan ning processes, and performance metrics for workforce development and STEM achievements should be identified.
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