1996 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Janet Hunziker

Director, The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering

National Academy of Engineering

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SECOND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING
Chair: Dr. Robert Brown, Dean of Engineering, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology

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Design Research
Organizers: David Ashley, Deborah Thurston, Robert Wagoner

Designing Vehicles in Changing Times
Connie Gutowski, Ford Motor Company

Development of Performance Based Seismic Design Procedures
Sharon Wood, University of Texas

Information in the Design Process
Alice Agogino, UC-Berkeley

Product Modularity: A Key Concept in Life-Cycle Design
Kosuke Ishii, Stanford University

Visualization for Design and Display
Organizers: Shira Broschat, Sheri Sheppard

Visualizing Aircraft Aerodynamic Design
Steve Bryson, NASA Ames Research Center

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Aircraft Design and Manufacturing
David Mizell, The Boeing Company
Discussant: Scott Minneman, Xerox Corporation

The Frontiers of Virtual Reality Applied to High Performance Computing and Communications
Maxine Brown, University of Illinois

Digitizing the Shape and Appearance of Three-Dimensional Objects
Marc Levoy, Stanford University
Discussant: Paul Nielan, Sandia National Labs

Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Organizers: Stephen Drew, William Kaiser, Sophie Verdonckt-Vandebroek

Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
Kaigham (Ken) Gabriel, DARPA

Fabrication Technology and the Challenges of Large-Scale Production
Karen Markus, MCNC

Frontiers in MEMS Design
Kris Pister, UCLA

Large-Market Applications of MEMS
Eric Peeters, Xerox Corporation

Innovations in Materials and Processes
Organizers: Charlotte Chen-Tsai, Daniel Hastings, Shawn Walsh

Cellular Materials: Structure, Properties, and Applications
Lorna Gibson, MIT

Silicon Satellites
Siegfried Janson, The Aerospace Corporation

Novel Ceramic Ferroelectric Composites
Louise Sengupta, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Co-Continuous Composite Materials from Net-Shape Displacement Reactions
Glenn Daehn, Ohio State University

Dinner Speech

A Neglected Responsibility of Engineers
William J. Spencer, President and Chief Executive Officer, SEMATECH