The 2012 Indo-American Frontiers of Engineering will be held March 1-3, 2012, at Lockhead Martin's Center for Leadership Excellence in Bethesda, Maryland. About 60 outstanding engineers under the age of 45 will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium to discuss cutting-edge developments in four areas: Intelligent Transportation Systems, Engineering at the Interface of Science, Technology Enablers for Advances in Aerospace Materials, and Engineering Large Infrastructure for Disaster/Hazards. The event is intended to facilitate international and cross-disciplinary research collaboration, promote the transfer of new techniques and approaches across disparate engineering fields, and encourage the creation of a transatlantic network of world-class engineers.
The Indo-U.S. Science & Technology Forum sponsors this event, and the 2012 IAFOE will be hosted by Lockheed Martin. Participation is by invitation only.
LIST OF SESSIONS
Symposium co-chairs: Lisa Alvarez-Cohen, University of California, Berkeley, and Upadrasta Ramamurty, Indian Institute of Science
ENGINEERING LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NATURAL HAZARDS
Session co-chairs: Annie Kammerer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and C.S. Manohar, Indian Institute of Science
Hazard Assessment Methods for Large and Critical Infrastructure
Christine Goulet, University of California, Berkeley
Performance- and Risk-based Design Approaches for Seismic Safety
Nicolas Luco, U.S. Geological Survey
Challenges in Disaster Mitigation of Large Infrastructure by Engineering Design
Baidurya Bhattacharya, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Engineering of Nuclear Power Plants in India: Present and Future
A. D. Roshan, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
ENGINEERING AT THE INTERFACE OF SCIENCE
Session co-chairs: Gautam Menon, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and Huimin Zhao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Soft Modes and Related Phenomena in Materials: A First-Principles Theory
Umesh Waghmare, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research
Engineering the Microstructure of Semicrystalline Polymers
Guruswamy Kumaraswamy, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
Protein Nanocapsules for Therapeutic Applications
Yi Tang, University of California, Los Angeles
Programming Cellular Behavior with RNA Controllers
Christina Smolke, Stanford University
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Session co-chairs: Brian Smith, University of Virginia, and Senathipathi Velmurugan, Central Road Research Institute
United States Connected Vehicles Research Program
Benjamin McKeever, U.S. Federal Highway Administration
Wireless Communications Applications in Surface Transportation
Mashrur Chowdhury, Clemson University
Design and Evaluation of an Adaptive Traffic Control System for Heterogeneous Flow Conditions
Tom Mathew, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Data Collection and Modeling for APTS and ATIS under Indian Conditions
Lelitha Vanajakshi, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
TECHNOLOGY ENABLERS FOR ADVANCES IN AEROSPACE MATERIALS
Session co-chairs: Jyotsna Iyer, Lockheed Martin, and Samir Kamat, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory
Integrated Computational Materials Engineering
Gregory Ho, Lockheed Martin
Advancements in Qualifying New Materials for Aerospace Systems
James LaManna, Alliant Techsystems
Challenges in Developing New Coatings to Improve Performance
Ashutosh Gandhi, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Trends in Joining of Aerospace Materials
Amitava De, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay