USFOE

2012 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

The 2012 USFOE will be held at the GM Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. 

LIST OF SESSIONS
(Working titles listed. Order of sessions and speakers TBD.) 

Chair: Kristi Anseth, University of Colorado, Boulder 

VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION
Session Co-chairs: Michael Degner, Ford Motor Company, and Sanjeev Naik, General Motors

Keeping up with the Increasing Demands for Electrochemical Energy Storage
Jeff Sakamoto, Michigan State University

Stronger, Lighter, and More Energy Efficient: Challenges of Magnetic Material Development for Vehicle Electrification
Matthew A. Willard, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory,

Preparing the Distribution Grid to Embrace PEVs
Arindam Maitra, Electric Power Research Institute

Automotive Architectures 20/20: From Electric Vehicles to Networked Vehicles
Rahul Mangharam, AutoPlug and University of Pennsylvania

SERIOUS GAMES
Session co-chairs: Li-Te Cheng, IBM, and Ben Sawyer, DigitalMill

Overview of Serious Games Space
Constance Steinkuehler, Office of Science and Technology Policy/University of Wisconsin-Madison

Moving Innovative Game Technology from the Lab to the Living Room
Richard Marks, Sony

How Serious Science is being Achieved with Serious Games
Zoran Popovic. University of Washington

The Intersection of Serious Games, Social Networking, Mobile, and Metrics
TBD

CLIMATE ENGINEERING
Session co-chairs: David Sholl, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Armin Sorooshian, University of Arizona

Overview of Climate Engineering
Eli Kintisch, Science Magazine

Removing Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere through Mechanical or Natural Means
Christopher Jones, Georgia Institute of Technology

Role that Atmospheric Aerosols play in Climate Engineering and Field Projects to Understand Cloud Brightening
Lynn Russell, Scripps Institute of Oceanography

Methods of Climate Engineering with an Emphasis on the Potential Effects of Simulated Volcanic Eruptions
Ben Kravitz, Stanford University

ENGINEERING MATERIALS FOR THE BIOLOGICAL INTERFACE
Session co-chairs: Karen Burg, Clemson University, and Ali Khademhosseini, Harvard Medical School

Science Overview of Interfacial Tissue Engineering
Helen Lu, Columbia University

Identification and Modulation of Signals that Control Stem Cell Function and Fate
David Schaffer, University of California-Berkeley

Cultivating 3D Tissue Systems to Better Mimic Relevant Events
Matthew Gevaert, Kiyatec

September 13, 2012—September 15, 2012
Warren, Michigan