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

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