Turning Sound Into Matter https://www.ted.com/talks/markus_j_buehler_turning_sound_into_matter?language=en PostedOctober 15, 2020 oscillatory, engineer Watch FOE alum Markus Buehler at MIT's TEDx talk exploring a new perspective of materials science at the interface of matter and sound using a variety of tools including molecular modeling, AI and machine learning, and experimental synthesis and characterization.
Data Science Seminar Series https://www.eventbrite.com/o/njit-institute-for-data-science-30854575665 PostedOctober 15, 2020 David Bader (USFOE 2007) founded the NJIT Institute for Data Science, which is hosting a Wednesday virtual seminar series that brings together scientists, engineers, and users to develop data-driven technologies and solve real-world problems.
Register for Oct. 27 Webinar - NSF Convergence Accelerator https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/10-17-2020/nsfs-convergence-accelerator PostedOctober 6, 2020 Learn about the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Convergence Accelerator, a new capability designed to transition basic research and discovery toward impactful solutions by integrating multidisciplinary partnerships to apply human-centered design thinking, team science, early-stage prototyping, and use-inspired research.
Combating Toxicity in Online Games https://lnkd.in/dx8rmXK PostedOctober 5, 2020 IBM's Phaedra Boinodiris (USFOE 2012) created this short video about the great promise AI holds to stem online toxic gaming behavior by creating safe environments that also balance free speech factors.
An Update on Our Response to COVID-19: A Message from the Presidents of the NAS, NAE, and NAM https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2020/09/an-update-on-our-response-to-covi... PostedSeptember 14, 2020 Science, engineering, and medicine are at the heart of finding solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic, which in a matter of months has triggered a global health, economic, and societal crisis of staggering proportions. In a joint message, the presidents of the NAS, NAE, and NAM give an update on how the National Academies are providing the evidence-based answers and guidance that society needs at every step of pandemic response and recovery — from addressing immediate challenges to building a more resilient future for the nation and world.
Recycling Water Bottles Into a Nanomaterial for Energy Storage https://youtu.be/ljnSJBuAn4k PostedAugust 28, 2020 Mihri and Cengiz Ozkan at the University of California, Riverside (USFOE 2008) are engineering a way to recycle plastic waste, such as soda or water bottles, into a nanomaterial useful for energy storage, which could reduce plastic pollution and hasten the transition to 100% clean energy.
Register for NAE FOCUS-Bridge Aeronautics Webinar Aug. 21 https://www.nae.edu/238466/NAE-FOCUSBridge-Aeronautics-Event PostedAugust 18, 2020 Join the National Academy of Engineering’s Forum on Complex Unifiable Systems (FOCUS) program in conjunction with the NAE’s flagship quarterly The Bridge for a webinar on advances and opportunities in aeronautics, such as supersonic and even hypersonic flight, and related environmental concerns.
Register for July 31 USC Technology Innovation Bootcamp: COVID-19 Final Showcase https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VMkqA7l4Rcix2vaWbgZV5w?utm_source=GCSP+c... PostedJuly 29, 2020 This showcase is hosted by NAE and USC and will feature high school students from across the country who have been guided in an intensive and immersive three-week innovation sprint to develop solutions to combat COVID-19. Students explored what it means to be an innovator, learned about design thinking, and gained valuable entrepreneurial and engineering skills.
Register for July 22 Webinar: NSF's Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier https://bit.ly/323W4ps PostedJuly 8, 2020 This GUIRR webinar will discuss advances in engineering, computer science, or other relevant fields, with the potential to create new human-technology work partnerships and the critical role that lifelong learning, education, and training will play in the future of jobs and work.
COVID-19 Responses https://www.nationalacademies.org/topics/covid-19-resources PostedJune 18, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic grips the nation and the world, the National Academies are rapidly mobilizing critical expertise in science, engineering, and medicine to inform government response and recovery efforts with evidence-based guidance, and are facilitating collaboration across research disciplines and between the public and private sectors.
NAE COVID-19 Call to Action: Virtual Pitches https://www.nae.edu/238408/2nd-NAE-Covid19-Call-for-Engineering-Action-Concept-P... PostedJune 18, 2020 Join us live online, on Thursday, August 6 from 1:00-2:30 EDT, as the second set of teams from the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Call to Action against COVID-19 pitch their concepts to an Expert Review Committee of NAE members. The NAE’s virtual incubator is facilitating development of hundreds of ideas for ways engineering can help address various aspects of the current pandemic, catalyzing collaboration amongst a multi-generational range of engineers – from students in the NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program to cutting edge researchers in the Frontiers of Engineering program to eminent members of the NAE itself – as well as other disciplines.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement https://www.nae.edu/234339/Presidents-Statement-on-NAEs-Commitment-to-Diversity-... PostedJune 17, 2020 John L. Anderson, President of the National Academy of Engineering, discusses NAE's response to the recent events surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion.
COVID-19 Conversations https://www.covid19conversations.org/ PostedJune 17, 2020 This webinar series from the American Public Health Association and the National Academy of Medicine explore the science of the current outbreak of COVID-19 in the US and globally, with a focus on how to best mitigate its impact. Hear from trusted experts in such fields as public health, infectious disease, risk communication, and crisis standards of care.
COVID-19 News and Resources https://nam.edu/coronavirus-resources/ PostedJune 17, 2020 Check out statements from the National Acacemies, upcoming events, and other resources.
Register for June 8 Webinar: Workforce Education and the Implications of COVID-19 https://bit.ly/2ZO49xr PostedMay 29, 2020 pandemic, economy, workforce, skills GUIRR and the Innovation Policy Forum's webinar will discuss ways to meet the challenges of rising economic inequality, the shift of many middle-class workers to the lower-end services sector, and the need for upskilling abilities for new technologies. The pandemic and its economic disruption have accelerated these issues.
Register for COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium Webinar on May 27 https://bit.ly/3bSITt0 PostedMay 21, 2020 Established by the US Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and the White House, in partnership with industry and academic leadership, the consortium matches researchers to supercomputing capabilities in epidemiology, bioinformatics, and molecular modeling to advance the pace of scientific discovery to accelerate treatments and ultimately a cure.
Register for April 29 Webinar: COVID-19 Technology Access Framework https://bit.ly/2wSq5vm PostedApril 20, 2020 pandemic, coronavirus, Stanford, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT GUIRR will hold a webinar on developing and implementing technology transfer strategies that incentivize rapid utilization of available technologies to prevent, diagnose, and treat COVID-19 infection.
Register for Webinar Series: The Science of Social Distancing http://www.covid19conversations.org/ PostedMarch 31, 2020 The American Public Health Association and the National Academy of Medicine will discuss benefit-risk analysis of social/physical distancing strategies, including for vulnerable populations; examine strategies for mitigating mental health impacts; and explore the science available to guide eventual relaxation of measures.
NSF Seeks Proposals for Research on COVID-19 https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20052/nsf20052.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_80 PostedMarch 5, 2020 coronavirus The National Science Foundation (NSF) is accepting proposals to conduct non-medical, non-clinical-care research that can be used immediately to explore how to model and understand the spread of COVID-19, to inform and educate about the science of virus transmission and prevention, and to encourage the development of processes and actions to address this global challenge.
Register for March 18 Webinar: Effective Mentorship in STEMM https://nasem.zoom.us/webinar/register/4515828362209/WN_eGY6Zu9JRCOllkZtyzulBA PostedMarch 3, 2020 Join GUIRR's discussion on ways institutions can strategically enhance the effectiveness of mentorship practices in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine (STEMM).