Register for Aug. 29 Webinar: Economic Benefits of GPS https://bit.ly/2TOXw9b PostedAugust 20, 2019 GUIRR will host a webinar on the economic benefits of the Global Positioning System (GPS), which has generated roughly $1.4 trillion in economic benefits since it was made available for civilian and commercial use in the 1980s. The loss of GPS service would have a $1 billion per day impact.
Bacteria That Grows Into Bricks https://www.technology.org/2019/05/17/frankenstein-materials-could-revolutionize... PostedJuly 26, 2019 organic, inorganic, Programmable Resurrection of Materials Engineered to Heal Exponentially Using Switches, prometheus, DARPA, cyanobacteria, photosynthetic Wil Srubar (USFOE 2017) at the University of Colorado Boulder is engineering living hybrid building material that exhibits both structural and biological functions.
Project Confluence Focus on Engineers and Scientists https://www.reengineered.org/projectconfluencewebinar PostedJuly 25, 2019 Darshan Karwat (USFOE 2018) at Arizona State University provided a link to a recent webinar (Webinar 2) related to his work with re-Engineered.
Register for July 25 Webinar: Fostering the Culture of Convergence in Research https://bit.ly/2XTRFok PostedJuly 19, 2019 This GUIRR webinar will discuss how to deliberately foster a research culture of convergence as a multidisciplinary approach that melds divergent areas of expertise to form conclusions that are inaccessible otherwise.
Old Robot Has New Tricks https://youtu.be/qFmeHPVtK0o PostedJuly 11, 2019 At the University of California, Berkeley, Ronald Fearing (USFOE 2001) has engineered a jumping robot with control systems that allow the agile machine to master increasingly complex tasks.
Register for Mathematical Frontiers Webinars https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mathematical-frontiers-webinar-series-registration-... PostedJuly 8, 2019 Mathematical foundations and opportunities in cryptography and cybersecurity will be discussed in this week's webinar, part of a monthly series on exciting and upcoming mathematics research across an array of topics.
NAE Elects New Members https://www.nae.edu/204037.aspx PostedFebruary 8, 2019 The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced the election of 86 new members and 18 foreign members.
Digital Holographic Microscopy for 3D Imaging of Complex Fluids and Biological Systems https://youtu.be/bkm26rNozqA PostedJanuary 23, 2019
Spiderwebs That Sing https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=xvT-HcWMAaQ PostedJanuary 14, 2019 acoustical, spider silk, materials science, sine wave, 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.
Register for NSF's Partnerships for Innovation Webinar https://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=297442&WT.mc_id=USNSF_13&WT.mc... PostedDecember 17, 2018 Register for the January 10 webinar about developing your NSF-funded research into a prototype or proof-of-concept through the Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program, one of the National Science Foundation’s technology translation programs.
Engineering and Science for Grades 6-12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBpZ22VBcb8 PostedDecember 3, 2018 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.
Register for Nov. 29 Webinar: A Program for Women Inventors https://bit.ly/2PJMeEv PostedNovember 21, 2018 Join Mary Juhas, director of the REACH for Commercialization™ program and Caroline Crisafulli, Ohio State ADVANCE Entrepreneur-in-Residence to discuss how to dismantle systemic barriers for women innovators and address the persistent gender gap across academia, industry, and government.
Watch Grand Challenges for Engineering Speaker Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGuzFHPdzyU PostedNovember 13, 2018 NAE member Edward Kavazanjian, Jr. at Arizona State University discusses the Grand Challenge to restore and improve urban infrastructure within the theme of sustainability as part of NAE's engaging speaker series in partnership with the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network.
Will AI Diversify Human Thinking or Replace It? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2bjRbt1TjE&feature=youtu.be PostedOctober 29, 2018 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.
Register for Oct. 30 Webinar: Developing Biomarkers for Neurological Disorders and Pain https://bit.ly/2pD37kR PostedOctober 5, 2018 This webinar on the NINDS Neuroscience and NIH HEAL Biomarker Programs with director Mary Ann Pelleymounter will highlight special biomarker initiatives for pain indications that are part of the NIH HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-Term) Initiative. Hosted by the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR).