4th NEES Annual Meeting – June 21-23, 2006

EOT Issue Forum1. In what ways can the NEES CI, including

(multi-site) experiments, high-fidelity data, visualization, etc. be more effectively utilized for education, outreach, and/or training activities? How can the tools and outcomes facilitate other opportunities for EOT projects? What partnerships need to be established to accomplish these goals?

– Innovative tools– Collaborative

4th NEES Annual Meeting – June 21-23, 2006

1. In what ways can the NEES CI, including (multi-site) experiments, high-fidelity data, visualization, etc. be more effectively utilized for education, outreach, and/or training activities? How can the tools and outcomes facilitate other opportunities for EOT projects? What partnerships need to be established to accomplish these goals?

• DATA/CI/EXPERIMENTS – how use?• Shake Tables• Tours / How coordinate among sites?• Partnerships with outside?• Anything different?

4th NEES Annual Meeting – June 21-23, 2006

EOT Issue Forum2. Should a NEES Student Association be

formed? What type of model would this organization follow, and what are the roles and responsibilities of the members? of a possible leadership council? What would be the benefits to the students and to the NEES community? What expenses would occur and how could these be funded? – Leadership skills– Advisory role– Distributed nature of NEES

4th NEES Annual Meeting – June 21-23, 2006

2. Should a NEES Student Association be formed? What type of model would this organization follow, and what are the roles and responsibilities of the members? of a possible leadership council? What would be the benefits to the students and to the NEES community? What expenses would occur and how could these be funded?

• Pros• Cons• Activities• Models• Funding

4th NEES Annual Meeting – June 21-23, 2006

EOT Issue Forum3. How will the NEES EOT community

effectively support researchers in the development and offering of short courses and seminars designed to bring the latest research outcomes to practicing engineers? How can NEESinc assist with coordination? How does the community avoid duplication of efforts by different NEESR teams? – Supporting coordination– Engaging practitioners

4th NEES Annual Meeting – June 21-23, 2006

3. How will the NEES EOT community effectively support researchers in the development and offering of short courses and seminars designed to bring the latest research outcomes to practicing engineers? How can NEESinc assist with coordination? How does the community avoid duplication of efforts by different NEESR teams?

• How can NEESinc support? • How to engage practitioners?• Where announce?

4th NEES Annual Meeting – June 21-23, 2006

EOT Issue Forum

4. What should be NEES’ lasting EOT legacy? What programs/activities would need to be successfully undertaken in order to establish these legacy goals?– Post year 10– What is success?

4th NEES Annual Meeting – June 21-23, 2006

4. What should be NEES’ lasting EOT legacy? What programs/activities would need to be successfully undertaken in order to establish these legacy goals?– Post year 10– What is success?– Do we need a Vision/Mission statement? – Measureable outcomes? – Website & NSDL interactions?