NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD
Maria T. Zuber,
Chair
, Vice President for Research, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Diane L. Souvaine,
Vice Chair
, Senior Advisor to the Provost,
Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, Tufts University,
Medford, Massachusetts
John L. Anderson, Distinguished Professor, Chemical and Biological
Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
Deborah Loewenberg Ball, William H. Payne Collegiate
Professor of Education, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, and Director,
TeachingWorks, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Roger N. Beachy, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology,
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri
Arthur Bienenstock, Professor Emeritus, Department of
Photon Science, Vice Provost and Dean of Research, Stanford
University, California
Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist,
Google, Mountain View, California
Vicki L. Chandler, Dean of Natural Sciences, Minerva Schools at the
Keck Graduate Institute, San Francisco, California
Ruth David, Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Engineering,
Washington, DC
W. Kent Fuchs, President, University of Florida, Gainesville
Inez Fung, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of
California, Berkeley
Robert M. Groves, Provost and Gerard J. Campbell, S.J. Professor,
Departments of Mathematics and Statistics and Sociology,
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
James S. Jackson, Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor
of Psychology; Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education,
School of Public Health; and Director, Institute for Social Research,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
G. Peter Lepage, Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics, College of
Arts and Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
W. Carl Lineberger, E. U. Condon Distinguished Professor of
Chemistry and Fellow of JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder
Stephen Mayo, Bren Professor of Biology and Chemistry, William
K. Bowes Jr. Leadership Chair, Division of Biology and Biological
Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Victor R. McCrary, Vice President for Research and Economic
Development, Morgan State University, Baltimore
Emilio F. Moran, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor,
Michigan State University, East Lansing
Ellen Ochoa, Director, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center,
Houston, Texas
Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan, Executive Vice President,
Knowledge Enterprise Development, and Director of Cognitive
Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC), Arizona State University, Tempe
G. P. “Bud” Peterson, President, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta
Julia M. Phillips, Executive Emeritus, Sandia National Laboratories
Geraldine Richmond, Presidential Chair in Science and Professor of
Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene; 2015 President, American
Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC
Anneila I. Sargent, Ira S. Bowen Professor of Astronomy, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena
France A. Crdova,
Member ex officio
, Director, National Science
Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
John J. Veysey, II, Executive Officer, National Science Board and
Board Office Director, Alexandria, Virginia
2018
DIGEST
SCIENCE &
ENGINEERING
INDICATORS
NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD
JANUARY 2018NSB-2018-2
PREFACE
The National Science Board (Board) is required under the National
Science Foundation (NSF) Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1863 (j) (1) to prepare
and transmit the biennial
Science and Engineering Indicators
report
to the President and to the Congress every even-numbered year.
The report is prepared by NSF’s National Center for Science and
Engineering Statistics (NCSES) under the guidance of the Board.
It is subject to extensive review by Board members, outside experts,
interested federal agencies, and NCSES internal reviewers for
accuracy, coverage, and balance.
Indicators are quantitative representations relevant to the scope,
quality, and vitality of the science and engineering (S&E) enterprise.
Indicators
is a factual and policy-neutral source of high-quality U.S.
and international data; it neither offers policy options nor makes
policy recommendations. The indicators included in the report
contribute to the understanding of the U.S. S&E enterprise within a
global context.。