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The 2023 Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium was held July 17-20 in Tokyo, Japan. Sixty of the most promising early career engineers from Japan and the United States met for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium on developments at the cutting edge of engineering technology in four areas: Materials by Design; Computational Approaches to Address Infectious Diseases; The Arduous and Exciting Path to the Development of Successful Mobility Exoskeletons; and Circular Economy. The event is intended to facilitate international and cross-disciplinary research collaboration, promote the transfer of new techniques and approaches across disparate engineering fields, and encourage the creation of a transpacific network of world-class engineers. The JAFOE meeting is carried out in cooperation with the Engineering Academy of Japan and is supported by The Grainger Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS), and the Waseda University faculty of science and engineering.
LIST OF SESSIONS
Symposium co-chairs: Christopher Schuh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Chiharu Tokoro, Waseda University
MATERIALS BY DESIGN Session co-chairs: Andrew Detor, formerly GE, and Keiji Numata, Kyoto University Introduction
Molecular Design and Chemical Synthesis of Carbon Nanomaterials Akimitsu Narita, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Designing Nanomaterials to Sneak into Plant Cells for Biomolecule Delivery Markita Landry, University of California, Berkeley
Construction of a Computational Materials Database for Oxides Yu Kumagai, Tohoku University
Alloy Development and Material Design Criteria for the Aerospace Industry Austin Mann, Boeing
COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO ADDRESS INFECTIOUS DISEASES Session co-chairs: Yayoi Natsume-Kitatani, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN), and Amanda Randles, Duke University
Toward Ultra-fast Drug Discovery for Hundreds of Pathogens Hideyuki Shimizu, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Application of Computational Approaches to Drug Discovery for Infectious Diseases Yasuaki Komuro, Eisai Inc.
Engineering Principles in Epidemiological Forecasting and Scenario Analysis: From “choosing the right tool for the job” to “checking your work” and beyond Anna Bershteyn, NYU Langone Health
Computational Models of Infectious Disease Transmission and Intervention to Help Guide Health Decision Making Jaline Gerardin, Northwestern University
THE ARDUOUS AND EXCITING PATH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCCESSFUL MOBILITY EXOSKELETONS Session co-chairs: Tetsuro Miyazaki, University of Tokyo, and Elliott Rouse, University of Michigan Introduction
Improving Mobility and Neuromuscular Function with Wearable Robots Zach Lerner, Northern Arizona University, University of Arizona, and Biomotum, Inc.
Advancing Personalized Motor Rehabilitation: Insights from Human-Human and Human-Robot Interaction Asuka Takai, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
The Arduous and Exciting Path of Commercializing Consumer Exoskeletons Kathryn Zealand, Skip Innovations
Accelerating Towards a Digital Cyborg Society: Approaching Hardware Acceptance through Software Zendai Kashino, Ghelia Inc.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Session co-chairs: Eri Amasawa, University of Tokyo, and Yu Gan, Argonne National Laboratory Introduction
Role of Technology Assessment toward Achieving Circular Economy and Carbon Neutrality Hajime Ohno, Tohoku University
Li-ion Battery Recycling in Practice: Technical and Operational Challenges and Opportunities Ryohei (Hachi) Yagi, Umicore
Life Cycle Systems Modeling for Forest-Based Circular Bioeconomy Yuan Yao, Yale University
Quantifying Gaps for Achieving the Net-zero GHG Emissions Target in the US Vehicle Market through Electrification Shawn Ou, Oak Ridge National Laboratory