The 2012 Japan-American Frontiers of Engineering will be held October 29-31, 2012, at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, California. Sixty of the most promising engineers under the age of 45 from Japan and the United States will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium on developments at the cutting edge of engineering technology. 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 transpacific network of world-class engineers.
The National Academy of Engineering would like to express their gratitude to the following sponsors for their support of the 2012 JAFOE Symposium: The U.S. National Science Foundation and The Grainger Foundation.
LIST OF SESSIONS
(Order of sessions and speakers TBD. Working titles listed.)
Symposium co-chairs: Katharine Frase, IBM, and Ichiroh Kanaya, Osaka University
VIDEO CONTENT ANALYSIS
Organizers: Andrew Gallagher, Eastman Kodak, and Yoshikazu Nakajima, University of Tokyo
Human-Computer Aspects
Rogerio Feris, IBM
Video Surveillance Action Recognition
Alex Berg, Stony Brook University
Video Conference
Yoshinobu Hotta, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Visual Tracking and Recognition
Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Osaka University
SPORTS ENGINEERING
Organizers: Patrick Drane, University of Massachusetts Lowell, and Yasuo Nakamura, Doshisha University
State-of-the-Art Composite Design and Manufacturing for Sports Equipment
Matt Vacek, Jarden Team Sports
Functional Footwear Design
Kenta Moriyasu, ASICS Corporation
Biomechanical Analysis of Motion of Professional Baseball Pitchers
Kei Aoki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Dynamics and Biomechanics in Sports
Allison Sheets, Nike
ENGINEERING FOR NATURAL DISASTER RESILIENCY
Organizers: Akihiro Kusaka, Kajima Technical Research Institute, and Sissy Nikolaou, Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers
I. Understanding Natural Hazards
Developments and Risk Analysis and Management to Reduce Effects from Natural Disasters
Yuko Murachi, Kozo Keikaku Engineering, Inc.
Advancing Our Understanding of Earthquake Hazards
Nadia Lapusta, California Institute of Technology
II. State-of-the-Art Technologies
Post-Earthquake Damage Screening System
Masahiro Kurata, Kyoto University
Technologies to Resist Natural Hazards for Offshore Structures in Extreme Environments
Daniel Fenz, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
ENGINEERING FOR AGRICULTURE: PROVIDING GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
Organizers: Yoshisada Nagasaka, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, and Luis Rodriguez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Building Environmentally Aware Watershed Models
Keigo Noda, University of Tokyo
Applications of Precision Agriculture in Rural Communities (tentative)
Amy Kaleita, Iowa State University
Topic
U.S. speaker TBD
Food Safety and Quality Assurance of Food Products
Yoko Obayashi, Ajinomoto