AI Automates Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Thu, September 29, 2022 Ioannis Paschalidis (USFOE 2002) at Boston University has engineered a tool that could automate the process of diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease, an advance that could eventually be available online and offer care providers a step closer to early intervention. Read More
Implanting Cardiac Muscle Tissue Mon, September 26, 2022 Christopher Chen (USFOE 2001) at Boston University is engineering viable heart tissue in the lab from the patient's own cells that can be transplanted directly into a heart to repair damage or abnormalities. Read More
Better Cancer Treatment Thu, September 22, 2022 Jeffrey Hubbell at the University of Chicago has engineered a new “masked” version of cancer immunotherapies to reduce the plethora of side effects that usually accompany the treatment. Read More
Blood Pressure E-tattoo for Continuous, Mobile Monitoring Mon, September 19, 2022 Roozbeh Jafari (JAFOE 2016) at Texas A&M University is engineering an electronic tattoo that can be worn comfortably on the wrist for hours and deliver continuous blood pressure measurements at an accuracy level exceeding nearly all available options on the market today. Read More
An AI-powered Tool to Turn 2D Photos Into 3D Models Thu, September 15, 2022 NVIDIA's David Luebke (USFOE 2016) leads a team that is engineering an AI-powered tool that could enable architects, designers, concept artists, and other professionals to quickly import an object into a graphics engine, the "holy grail" unifying computer vision and computer graphics. Read More
Jet Fuel from "Jaws" Bacteria Process Mon, September 12, 2022 NAE member Jay Keasling's (USFOE 2005) lab at University of California, Berkeley is engineering a way to generate an alternative jet fuel by harvesting an unusual carbon molecule produced by the metabolic process of bacteria commonly found in soil. Read More
Upcoming Oct 19 2022 - Oct 22 2022 2022 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The 2022 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering symposium will be held October 19-22 in Bled, Slovenia. Sixty of the most promising early career engineers from the US and EU will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium to discuss cutting-edge developments in four topic areas: ... Bled, Slovenia
Upcoming Mar 22 2023 - Mar 25 2023 2023 German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The 2023 German-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium will be held in Jülich, 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 ... Jülich, Germany
Upcoming Jul 17 2023 - Jul 20 2023 2023 Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The 2023 Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium will be held July 17-20 in Tokyo, Japan. Sixty of the most promising early career engineers from Japan and the United States will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium on developments at the cutting edge of ... Tokyo, Japan
Register for Sept. 29 Webinar: Engineering to Address Climate Change This GUIRR webinar will discuss a recent report on The Role of Engineering to Address Climate Change by the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA), which enables the engineering research community to identify opportunities and priorities for high-impact research that addresses global and societal change. Read More
Tough and Stretchable Ionogels FOE alum Michael Dickey at NC State University reports ionogels with best in class mechanical properties in a paper in Nature Materials titled "Tough and stretchable ionogels via in situ phase separation." Read More
How Realistic Are Those Robots in Movies? FOE alum and dean of engineering at Ohio State University Ayanna Howard discusses 11 robots from Iron Man, Spider-Man 2, Big Hero 6, Terminator, and other movies and television. Read More
The New Future of Work Following a rapid global shift to remote work, work is changing faster than it has in a generation. Microsoft's Jaime Teevan (USFOE 2014) writes about evolving hybrid work practices and developing technologies that will address the biggest new challenges while taking advantage of the biggest new opportunities. Read More
A Student of Engineering...and Whisky Paul Drumheller (USFOE 1997) at WL Gore and Associates was recently featured in NAE's The Bridge for his passion and study of whisky. Read More
Podcast Episode on Sustainability and Space: Lessons from Lower Orbit Lockheed Martin's Christopher Geiger (USFOE 2015) discusses the challenges facing space-based technologies, the role of resilient engineering design in environmental sustainability, and the importance of effective governance structures for sustainable business strategies. Read More
Tech for Good - Lives Not Grades Civil and environmental engineer Burcin Becerik-Gerber at the University of Southern California co-produced this film about students traveling to the Moria Camp in Greece, known as "the worst refugee camp on earth," to design and build innovations that can improve the lives of refugees fleeing wars and natural disasters. Read More
Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2019 Symposium This volume includes 12 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's 2019 US Frontiers of Engineering (US FOE) Symposium held in September 2019. US FOE meetings bring together 100 outstanding early career engineers to exchange information about leading-edge technologies in a range of engineering fields. The 2019 symposium covered four topic areas: Advanced Manufacturing in the Age of Digital Transformation; Engineering the Genome; Self-Driving Cars: Technology and Ethics; and Blockchain Technology. The papers describe leading-edge research on these topics, among others: next-generation robotic locomotion, using CRISPR to combat human disease vectors, the ethics of autonomous vehicles, and blockchain technology. Appendixes include information about contributors, the symposium program, and participants. This is the 25th volume in the US Frontiers of Engineering series. Read More
Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2018 Symposium This volume includes 12 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's 2018 US Frontiers of Engineering (US FOE) Symposium held in September 2018. 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 2018 symposium covered four topic areas: Quantum Computers: Are We There Yet?, the Role of Engineering in the Face of Conflict and Disaster, Resilient and Reliable Infrastructure, and Theranostics. The papers describe leading-edge research on these topics, among others: quantum computing, combining formal and informal structures in crisis response, infrastructure resilience, and immune theranostics. Appendixes include information about contributors, the symposium program, and participants. This is the 24th volume in the US Frontiers of Engineering series. 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