Register for Oct. 31 Webinar: Shared Decision-Making: A Catalyst for Real-World Research Solutions PostedOctober 12, 2023 This GUIRR webinar will discuss how cross-sectoral leadership teams can collaborate in shared decision-making when working on use-inspired basic research.
Register for Sept. 6 Webinar: Latest Technological Advances in Precision Plant Breeding https://nas-sec.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/5716916769124/WN_KUVR-KgxQmK2k48Sq8... PostedAugust 24, 2023 This GUIRR webinar will discuss the latest technological advances and related challenges in meeting the increasing demands of the global food supply through advanced precision plant breeding techniques, including artificial intelligence (AI), genomics, AI-assisted accelerated plant breeding, and cultivating crops with increasing health benefits.
Register for July 11 Webinar on Sustainable Electrification of Transportation Systems https://nas-sec.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/6116868523647/WN_5MtTYlEWTi2-GWOCzi... PostedJune 23, 2023 In collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, this GUIRR webinar will discuss systems design, integration, and optimization of electrified aircraft and automotive. The speakers will also highlight how electrification contributes to sustainable transportation solutions.
Computational Tools in Energy and Health Research https://www.colorado.edu/engineering/2023/03/27/video-how-kayla-sprenger-uses-co... PostedJune 1, 2023 FOE alum Kayla Sprenger at CU Boulder is integrating approaches at the crossroads of physics, engineering, and immunology in close synergy with experimentalists and clinicians to develop vaccines for diseases like HIV, break down mixed plastic waste streams into valuable chemicals, and address other challenges in energy and health fields.
Register for June 8 Webinar: The Impact of Globalization and Collaboration https://nas-sec.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/3716845025110/WN_4dWmtP3_TCenJ68TlY... PostedMay 26, 2023 This GUIRR webinar will present key findings a recent report by the Institute for Scientific Information and the balance of domestic and collaborative research, corresponding policy implications, and the redistributive effects of the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.
Register for May 23 Webinar: Standards Development for Critical and Emerging Technologies https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/05-23-2023/standards-development-for-cri... PostedMay 9, 2023 In this GUIRR webinar, Jayne Morrow from the National Institute of Standards and Technology will discuss the US National Standards Strategy for active monitoring and standards development engagement for critical and emerging technologies CETs.
Engineering Research Opportunities for Tomorrow’s Unhackable Infrastructures https://nas-sec.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/3016770111436/WN_Mu86bOqfS7-61HJCeU... PostedMarch 2, 2023 This GUIRR webinar will discuss a recent report that identifies engineering research priorities towards significant advancement in the security and resilience of tomorrow’s cyber-physical infrastructures and longstanding trends in national and global scale cyberattacks on our increasingly complex and cyber-enabled infrastructures.
Engineering Barbie on The Circuit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCKGs5bx7B4 PostedFebruary 23, 2023 Barbie Come on Barbie, let’s go party…with this week’s episode of The Circuit News just in time for the recent premiere of the Barbie movie! In partnership with USC Viterbi School of Engineering, NAE's weekly social-forward news show dedicated to promoting engineering to the public highlights engineering stories from academia, industry, government, pop culture, and K-12.
Read FOE Papers Featured in NAE Bridge Journal https://www.nae.edu/286218/Winter-Bridge-on-Frontiers-of-Engineering PostedFebruary 16, 2023 From novel applications of microbes to DEI in engineering to the potential for hydrogen energy, Frontiers of Engineering participants tackle today’s challenging world issues. The winter issue of The Bridge showcases research by early-career engineers as shared at the 2022 US FOE symposium.
Register for Feb. 16 Webinar: Unlocking New Possibilities for Commercial Fusion https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/02-16-2023/unlocking-new-possibilities-f... PostedJanuary 26, 2023 This GUIRR webinar will discuss the Department of Energy’s strategic initiatives to accelerate the technical and commercial viability of fusion energy, in partnership with the private sector in support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s bold decadal vision for commercial fusion energy.
Register for Jan. 24 Webinar: 'One Health' Approach for Effective Biodefense and Global Health Security https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/01-24-2023/one-health-approach-for-effec... PostedJanuary 17, 2023 This GUIRR webinar will discuss the collaborative and transdisciplinary 'One Health' approach and the role of cross-sector partnerships and innovative approaches to achieve the goals and objectives in the latest National Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan.
Register for Dec. 7 Webinar: Imageomics – A New Field of Science at the Crossroads of Biology and Machine Learning PostedNovember 4, 2022 This GUIRR webinar will discuss a new science discipline at the intersection of machine learning and biology – Imageomics – which aims to leverage the power of artificial intelligence to analyze patterns and interesting information like the appearance, behavior, and location of species.
The Crucial Race to Build a Better Battery https://news.uchicago.edu/crucial-race-build-better-battery-shirley-meng PostedNovember 4, 2022 cellphone, laptop, renewable, In a podcast episode, FOE alum Shirley Meng at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago discusses the need to engineer different metals and elements that could last longer and charge faster than our current lithium-ion batteries.
Research Initiative to Stem Gun Violence https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0725-120-initiative-guns-uni... PostedOctober 27, 2022 NAE member Darryll Pines at the University of Maryland Global Campus and Gregory Washington (USFOE 2004) at George Mason University are assembling nonpartisan, data-driven, research-based faculty experts from engineering and other disciplines to educate our communities about gun violence.
Electronic Tattoos to Monitor Blood Pressure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vht5b9Fhl2c PostedOctober 13, 2022 nanotech, biomedical, computer science, stress, smartwatch, LED 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.