For This Robot's Next Trick, a Backflip! Fri, March 15, 2019 MIT's Sangbae Kim (USFOE 2016) has engineered an updated Mini Cheetah robot that can run at five miles per hour, bound across uneven terrain, and even rapidly right itself when it is pushed over. Read More
Fighting Climate Change Using Natural Gas Thu, March 14, 2019 Rice University's Matteo Pasquali (USFOE 2008) is engineering a process to break down natural gas into valuable carbon nanotubes and hydrogen that manufacturers can use to produce clean electricity. Read More
Robotic Muscle from Spider Silk Mon, March 11, 2019 FOE alum Markus Buehler at MIT has discovered that spider silk, already known as one of the strongest materials for its weight, turns out to have another unusual property that might lead to new kinds of artificial muscles. Read More
Fibers That Are Stretchy But Tough Thu, March 07, 2019 Michael Dickey (USFOE 2014) at North Carolina State University has engineered fibers that combine the elasticity of rubber with the strength of metal, creating a material that could be incorporated into soft robotics or super-tough textiles. Read More
Spiking Tool Improves Artificially Intelligent Devices Mon, March 04, 2019 Brad Aimone (USFOE 2017) at Sandia National Lab has engineered a software tool that sharpens the output of artificial neurons, enabling neural computer networks to process information up to a hundred times more efficiently than the current industry standard. Read More
Wanted: 100,000 Volunteers to Help Predict Disease Progression Thu, February 28, 2019 FOE alum Amina Qutub at the University of Texas, San Antonio has embarked on an ambitious project using computer models that combines behavioral data with cellular testing to shed light on the development of diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer’s. Read More
Upcoming Mar 21 2019 - Mar 23 2019 2019 German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The 2019 German-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium will be held March 21 - 23 in Hamburg, Germany. Sixty of the most promising engineers under the age of 45 from Germany and the United States will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium on developments at the cutting edge of engineering ... Hamburg, Germany
Upcoming Jun 20 2019 - Jun 22 2019 2019 China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The 2019 China-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium will be held June 20-22 in San Diego, California. Sixty of the most promising engineers under the age of 45 from China and the United States will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium on developments at the cutting edge of ... San Diego, California
Upcoming Sep 25 2019 - Sep 27 2019 2019 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The 2019 US Frontiers of Engineering will be hosted by Boeing in North Charleston, South Carolina, September 25-27. About 100 outstanding early career engineers will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium to discuss cutting-edge developments in four areas. The goal of the ... North Charleston, South Carolina
Register for March 27 Webinar: QED-C: An Industry-Government Partnership to Grow a Competitive US Quantum Industry This GUIRR webinar will discuss the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C), which will facilitate connections among government, industry, and academic members of the quantum community to enhance quantum-related research, innovation, education, and technology transfer. Read More
NAE Elects New Members The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced the election of 86 new members and 18 foreign members. Read More
Spiderwebs That Sing FOE alum Markus Buehler at MIT engineered "Spider’s Canvas," an exploration that sonifies the threads of a spider web by applying different frequencies of sound to different lengths of spider webs. Spider webs feature hierarchical structures similar to the complex harmonies and rhythms music. Read More
Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change This video introduces a new study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine asserting that climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for--and in many cases is already affecting--a broad range of human and natural systems. Read More
Aiming for the Stars - the James Webb Space Telescope Northrop Grumman's Amy Lo (USFOE 2015) is building the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the famed Hubble. Check out these fascinating photos of the assembly process. Read More
Will AI Diversify Human Thinking or Replace It? A new global study from Tata Communications and UC Berkeley Professor Ken Goldberg separates fact from fiction and shows how AI could lead to a more productive and inclusive future for humans. Read More
Engineering and Science for Grades 6-12 Centering science instruction around investigation and design can improve learning in middle and high schools and help students make sense of phenomena in the world around them. Read More
Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2017 Symposium This volume includes 12 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's 2017 US Frontiers of Engineering (US FOE) Symposium held in September 2017. US FOE meetings bring together 100 outstanding engineers (ages 30 to 45) to exchange information about leading-edge technologies in a range of engineering fields. The 2017 symposium covered four topic areas: Machines That Teach Themselves, Energy Strategies to Power Our Future, Unraveling the Complexity of the Brain, and Megatall Buildings and Other Future Places of Work. The papers describe leading-edge research on such topics as whether machines can spot diseases faster than humans, wireless charging of electric vehicles, brain-machine interfaces, and functional natural materials for high-rise structures, among other topics. Appendixes include information about contributors, the symposium program, and a list of meeting participants. This is the twenty-second volume in the US FOE series. Read More
Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2016 Symposium This volume includes 13 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's 2016 US Frontiers of Engineering (US FOE) Symposium held in September 2016. US FOE meetings bring together 100 outstanding engineers (ages 30 to 45) to exchange information about leading-edge technologies in a range of engineering fields. The 2016 symposium covered four topic areas: Pixels at Scale, Extreme Engineering, Water Desalination and Purification, and Technologies for Understanding and Treating Cancer. The papers describe leading-edge research on such topics as frontiers in virtual reality headsets, autonomous precision landing of space rockets, new materials for emerging desalination technologies, and engineering immunity against cancer, among other topics. Appendixes include information about contributors, the symposium program, and a list of meeting participants. This is the twenty-third volume in the US FOE series. Read More
Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2015 Symposium This volume includes 14 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's 2015 US Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) Symposium held in September 2015. USFOE meetings bring together 100 outstanding engineers (ages 30 to 45) to exchange information about leading-edge technologies in a range of engineering fields. The 2015 symposium covered four topic areas: Cybersecurity and Privacy, Engineering the Search for Earth-like Exoplanets, Optical and Mechanical Metamaterials, and Forecasting Natural Disasters. The papers describe leading-edge research on such topics as designing materials with unprecedented capabilities, building image-relaying mechanisms to better explore exoplanets, and improving medical device cybersecurity, among other topics. Appendixes include information about contributors, the symposium program, and a list of meeting participants. This is the twenty-first volume in the USFOE series. Read More
Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2014 Symposium This volume includes 13 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's 2014 US Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) Symposium held in September 2014. USFOE meetings bring together 100 outstanding engineers (ages 30 to 45) to exchange information about leading-edge technologies in a range of engineering fields. The 2014 symposium covered four topic areas:Co-Robotics, Battery Anxiety, Technologies for the Heart, and Shale Gas and Oil. The papers describe leading-edge research on such topics as progress in self-driving vehicles, lithion ion batteries and their manufacturing challenges, biomaterials for treating myocardial infarctions, and microbial ecology of hydraulic fracturing, among other topics. Appendixes include information about contributors, the symposium program, and a list of meeting participants. This is the twentieth volume in the USFOE series. Read More