Program Director
Biomedical Engineering
National Science Foundation
Arlington, VA, USA

Abstract:
Dr. Demir will present (1) the vision, mission, and overview of NSF, (2) NSF's current priority areas, (3) a summary of different NSF funding opportunities, (4) biomedical engineering funding opportunities (4) the NSF Merit Review Criteria.

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Biographical information:
Dr. Demir has 18 years experience in academic research, 10 years experience in teaching in academia, 2 years experience in medical industry and 3.5 years experience in research funding administration in the US federal government.
Dr. Demir is the Program Director for Biomedical Engineering at NSF. She participates in 10 other NSF and interagency funding programs: Multiscale Modeling (MSM), Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS), Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT), Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems (DDDAS), Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Nanoscale Explanatory Research (NER) "Multi-scale, Multi-phenomena Theory, Modeling and Simulation at the Nanoscale", Active Nanostructures and Nanosystems, Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT) on Nanoscale Devices and System Architecture and NIH/NSF solicitation for Bioengineering Approaches to Energy Balance and Obesity, Engineering Research Centers (ERCs), Emerging Frontiers Research and Innovation (EFRI) and Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities (RAPD). She has been the solicitation coordinator for the Interagency Opportunities in Multi-Scale Modeling in Biomedical, Biological, and Behavioral Systems for NSF, NIH, NASA and DOE. She initiated and sponsored an international benchmarking study called "Brain Computer Interface". Dr. Demir chairs the Neurotech Working Group for Engineering Directorate. She was a sponsoring program director for the Systems Biology Study and Simulation-based Science Engineering Study. She is an NSF representative on the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Subcommittee on Biometrics and Identity Management. She represented NSF Engineering Directorate in the NSF Cyberinfrastructure Learning and Workforce Development Team and NSF Neuroscience and Cognition Initiative. She has been a Science Officer on the NIH Roadmap National Center for Biomedical Computing "Physics-based Simulation of Biological Structures" at Stanford University. Dr. Demir co-chairs NIH Bioengineering Consortium (BECON) Bridges Team. At NSF, she received Program Officer Excellence Award and Director's Award for Collaborative Integration at NSF. She received 55 professional awards and honors.
Dr. Demir has served on the governing boards of 6 technical organizations including IEEE EMB AdCom. Currently she is the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Director of External Affairs (2006-2008). She has served as a reviewer for 11 journals and publishers. Currently Dr. Demir serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (IJBET) and has been the Associate Editor for Industry Affairs of EMB Magazine since 2001.
Before joining NSF, Dr. Demir held the positions of professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Joint Biomedical Engineering Program of University of Memphis and University of Tennessee; Technical Manager and Medical Laser Engineer for Messerschmidt Bolkow Blohm and Rodenstock in Turkey; and research and development engineer in the X-Ray Division of the Medical Engineering Center of Siemens Company in Erlangen, Germany. Dr. Demir's own academic research is in the area of computational bioengineering and has 125 publications and has given 173 invited presentations, keynotes, talks, seminars and workshops.
Semahat Demir received her BS degree in electronics engineering from Istanbul Technical University, MS degree in biomedical engineering from Bosphorous University, and second MS degree and PhD degree in electrical and computer engineering from Rice University. She did her postdoctoral training at Biomedical Engineering Department, Johns Hopkins University.