NSF Seeks Multidisciplinary Collaborations for Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Program https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=303587&org=SBE&utm_medium=email&u... PostedOctober 4, 2021 NSF’s Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program invites exploratory concepts from researchers in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences collaborating with researchers in computer and information science and engineering. The program aims to support fundamental multidisciplinary research on security, privacy, and trustworthy cyberspace that leads to new knowledge and approaches to design, build, and operate systems that can better protect people, organizations, and critical infrastructure. Proposals due Dec. 10, 2021.
Register for Aug. 17 Webinar: A Model for Place-Based Innovation https://nasem.zoom.us/webinar/register/1516279979711/WN_9h7IqCYuT8O0aObksXAjRg?u... PostedAugust 4, 2021 research triangle, north carolina, This GUIRR webinar will discuss a novel innovation competition designed to support projects that require regional collaboration to advance solutions to pressing scientific, technical, and societal challenges.
Register for July 23 Webinar: Engineering Innovations Empowering Recovery from the Pandemic https://www.nae.edu/259211/Engineering-Innovations-Empowering-Recovery-from-the-... PostedJuly 13, 2021 This webinar, organized by the US National Academy of Engineering, Chinese Academy of Engineering, and UK Royal Academy of Engineering, will highlight the role of engineering in solving the many and varied challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This second event in the series will address how engineers sought to limit exposure to the virus and accelerate the dissemination of vaccines through the application of both established and novel technologies.
Register for July 20 Webinar: Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/07-20-2021/introduction-to-the-agricultu... PostedJune 24, 2021 This GUIRR webinar will introduce the initiative's priorities to assemble a transdisciplinary research community of scientists from crop and livestock sciences, genetics, genomics, computational and data sciences, and engineering who will work to better understand, predict, and develop phenotypes for agricultural products in the name of improving the efficiency and resilience of US agriculture.
Gecko Gripper to Clean Up Space Junk https://youtu.be/7R5-3UKFRvY PostedJune 24, 2021 orbit, Earth, nasa, iss, international space station, astrobee, astronaut FOE alum Marco Pavone at Stanford has engineered a robotic gripper equipped with grippy but not sticky gecko-inspired adhesives that could be particularly well-suited for tasks such as collecting debris and servicing satellites.
Register for May 27 Webinar: SEEDing Healthcare Innovation with the NIH https://nasem.zoom.us/webinar/register/5216212806582/WN_nN1s8EB9RTaaFfHO0tYEWw PostedMay 18, 2021 This GUIRR webinar will discuss the National Institutes of Health's collaboration with universities and research institutions, small businesses, trade associations and societies, angel investors, venture capitalists, and strategic partners to accelerate biomedical innovation and increase diversity throughout the biomedical innovator community.
Know NSF? Seeking Committee Members by May 30 https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6330267/Extraordinary-Engineering-Impacts-on-Soci... PostedMay 13, 2021 NAE is convening a planning committee to conduct a virtual symposium that highlights the groundbreaking engineering initiatives made possible by the National Science Foundation. Nominations in the fields of engineering/technology industry leadership, engineering research, product development, technology and public policy, the history of engineering, and the communication of technology and science to general audiences are highly encouraged, including self-nominations.
Tech for Good - Lives Not Grades https://viterbischool.usc.edu/lives-not-grades/ PostedMay 6, 2021 humanitarian, geopolitical, built environments, machine intelligence, systems thinking, sustainability 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.
Trans-Atlantic Funding Opportunity https://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=302665&WT.mc_id=USNSF_13&WT.mc... PostedMay 6, 2021 covid, coronavirus Recovery, Renewal and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World is a new international funding opportunity supporting social, behavioral, and economic science research on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organized through the Trans-Atlantic Platform, the endeavor is a partnership between the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences and scientific funding agencies in 11 other countries. Register for the webinar on May 27 to learn more.
Register for June 16 Webinar: Money for Nothing: Predatory Practices in Academic Journals and Conferences https://nasem.zoom.us/webinar/register/6516189278853/WN_BEx2z6b0Qp2etxHCmu4Q3w PostedMay 4, 2021 credibility At this GUIRR webinar, the InterAcademy Partnership global network of over 140 national academies of science, engineering and medicine will discuss the growing menace of predatory academic journals and conferences that are pervading and eroding the integrity of the research enterprise.
Humans Cause Traffic Jams, AI Can Fix Them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMRziLak2Zo&t=1s PostedApril 7, 2021 Traffic causes a litany of problems for society, from increased emissions to accidents. FOE alum Alexandre Bayen thinks automated vehicles will help us finally solve it.
Register for April 19 Webinar: Engineering Innovations in Response to the Challenges of the Pandemic https://www.nae.edu/250129/Engineering-Innovations-in-Response-to-the-Challenges... PostedApril 7, 2021 Organized by the US National Academy of Engineering, Chinese Academy of Engineering, and UK Royal Academy of Engineering, this webinar will focus on the initial phase of the pandemic, when, amid crippling widespread shortages, engineers availed themselves of whatever resources were on-hand to quickly and effectively apply them to the problems created by the pandemic.
Register for April 22 Webinar: Partnerships for Sustainable Development Goals https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/04-22-2021/partnerships-for-the-sustaina... PostedApril 7, 2021 This GUIRR webinar will provide a broad overview of UN SDG-related trends in scientific research, accounting for volume of publications, international co-publications (with an emphasis on North–South and South–South), public–private co-publications and multi-/inter-disciplinarity. These indicators will also be cross-linked with variables such as the career stage and gender of scientists reporting SDG research.
Register for Mar. 24 Webinar: Supporting Student Mental Health and Wellbeing https://nasem.zoom.us/webinar/register/1216146954890/WN_OBuAY_l7TlOiC2slVuWJgg PostedMarch 10, 2021 GUIRR will host a webinar to discuss recommendations for addressing mental health and substance use issues and promoting student wellbeing across higher education institutions, where demand for programs, services, and support for mental health and wellbeing has consistently exceeded supply, even before the pandemic and its long-term economic impacts.
Apply by Mar. 31 for New Voices Initiative https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/new-voices-in-sciences-engineering-an... PostedFebruary 10, 2021 dei, diversity, equity, inclusion The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is launching this opportunity for a diverse cohort of 18 mid-career experts to collaborate about their collective ideas on critical and emerging interdisciplinary issues.
The Future is Out There https://youtu.be/rl5Ef9eebHA PostedFebruary 9, 2021 In this interview of Martin Cooper, who conceived the first portable cellular phone in 1973, NAE illustrates the importance of encouraging current and future generations of engineers and entrepreneurs to think big and bold.
Register for Feb. 23 Webinar: Transforming Workforce Education and Training https://nasem.zoom.us/webinar/register/5416122149921/WN_FcLHB1uyQ5GT7PkbvRzDDA PostedFebruary 4, 2021 inequality, displacement GUIRR will host a webinar to discuss the roles of community colleges, employers, governments, and universities in workforce education, and describe new education technologies and methods being developed across the country that can deliver training to workers and described in the new book "Workforce Education: A New Roadmap."
Register for Jan. 27 Webinar: AI Institute for Next-Generation Food Systems https://nasem.zoom.us/webinar/register/7816104643620/WN_VRp5SzYGRS2Lh-GNSPhjqQ PostedJanuary 21, 2021 Ilias Tagkopoulos (USFOE 2016) at University of California, Davis will discuss the institute's aim to meet growing demands in the food supply by increasing efficiencies using AI and bioinformatics across food production and distribution systems.
Learning About the Heart Through Music https://youtu.be/42TRIL9MeOA PostedDecember 4, 2020 engineer FOE alum Elaine Chew at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique illustrated similarities between music and arrhythmia in a series of short piano pieces based on cardiac electrical anomalies (audio starts about a minute in).
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.