Evolution of Transportation Thu, May 25, 2023 Aimee Flannery (GAFOE 2002) with Jacobs Engineering discusses how transportation agencies and departments are looking beyond civil engineers to other skill sets and technologies to evolve transportation systems as they tackle social equity and previously unrealized challenges like extreme weather. Read More
Reflected Light Reveals Bacteria in a Drop of Blood Mon, May 22, 2023 FOE alum Jennifer Dionne at Stanford has engineered an innovative method that could lead to very fast, inexpensive, and more accurate testing, promising better and faster infection diagnosis, improved antibiotics, safer foods, enhanced environmental monitoring, and faster drug development. Read More
The Future of AI Thu, May 18, 2023 Computer science engineer Theodora Chaspari (USFOE 2019) at Texas A&M University writes about promising applications of artificial intelligence pertaining to the field of psychological well-being and mental health that must be tempered by ethical considerations. Read More
Computers of Self-driving Cars Could Drive Global Carbon Emissions Mon, May 15, 2023 Engineer Sertac Karaman (USFOE 2019) at MIT found that the energy needed to run the powerful computers onboard a global fleet of autonomous vehicles could generate as much greenhouse gas emissions as what all global data centers combined currently emit. Read More
Battery-free Smart Tag Technology Thu, May 11, 2023 Patrick Mercier (CAFOE 2019) at the University of California, San Diego is engineering a system turns your smartphone into an RFID reader, saving costs and reducing e-waste. Read More
This Injectable Biomaterial Heals Tissues From the Inside Out Mon, May 08, 2023 FOE alum Karen Christman at the University of California, San Diego is engineering a biomaterial that is expected to reduce inflammation in tissue and promotes cell and tissue repair following heart attacks, traumatic brain injury, and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Read More
Upcoming Jul 17 2023 - Jul 20 2023 2023 Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The 2023 Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium will be held July 17-20 in Tokyo, Japan. Sixty of the most promising early career engineers from Japan and the United States will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium on developments at the cutting edge of ... Tokyo, Japan
Upcoming Sep 10 2023 - Sep 13 2023 2023 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2023 Symposium will be hosted by the University of Colorado, Boulder, September 10-13. About 100 outstanding early career engineers will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium to discuss cutting-edge developments in four areas: ... University of Colorado, Boulder Boulder, Colorado
Upcoming Oct 15 2023 - Oct 18 2023 2023 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The 2023 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering symposium will be hosted by Nokia Bell Labs October 15-18 in Murray Hill, New Jersey. Sixty of the most promising early career engineers from the US and EU will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium to discuss cutting-edge ...
2021 Winter Issue of the Bridge on Frontiers of Engineering The NAE typically dedicates the winter issue of The Bridge to papers from The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering US symposium, held in September each year. Because of the covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 US FOE was rescheduled to February 25–26, 2021. This issue presents a selection of papers from the 2020 and 2021 US FOE meetings. Read More
Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2019 Symposium This volume includes 12 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's 2019 US Frontiers of Engineering (US FOE) Symposium held in September 2019. US FOE meetings bring together 100 outstanding early career engineers to exchange information about leading-edge technologies in a range of engineering fields. The 2019 symposium covered four topic areas: Advanced Manufacturing in the Age of Digital Transformation; Engineering the Genome; Self-Driving Cars: Technology and Ethics; and Blockchain Technology. The papers describe leading-edge research on these topics, among others: next-generation robotic locomotion, using CRISPR to combat human disease vectors, the ethics of autonomous vehicles, and blockchain technology. Appendixes include information about contributors, the symposium program, and participants. This is the 25th volume in the US Frontiers of Engineering series. Read More
Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2018 Symposium This volume includes 12 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's 2018 US Frontiers of Engineering (US FOE) Symposium held in September 2018. US FOE meetings bring together 100 outstanding engineers (ages 30 to 45) to exchange information about leading-edge technologies in a range of engineering fields. The 2018 symposium covered four topic areas: Quantum Computers: Are We There Yet?, the Role of Engineering in the Face of Conflict and Disaster, Resilient and Reliable Infrastructure, and Theranostics. The papers describe leading-edge research on these topics, among others: quantum computing, combining formal and informal structures in crisis response, infrastructure resilience, and immune theranostics. Appendixes include information about contributors, the symposium program, and participants. This is the 24th volume in the US Frontiers of Engineering series. Read More
Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2017 Symposium This volume includes 12 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's 2017 US Frontiers of Engineering (US FOE) Symposium held in September 2017. US FOE meetings bring together 100 outstanding engineers (ages 30 to 45) to exchange information about leading-edge technologies in a range of engineering fields. The 2017 symposium covered four topic areas: Machines That Teach Themselves, Energy Strategies to Power Our Future, Unraveling the Complexity of the Brain, and Megatall Buildings and Other Future Places of Work. The papers describe leading-edge research on such topics as whether machines can spot diseases faster than humans, wireless charging of electric vehicles, brain-machine interfaces, and functional natural materials for high-rise structures, among other topics. Appendixes include information about contributors, the symposium program, and a list of meeting participants. This is the twenty-second volume in the US FOE series. Read More
Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2016 Symposium This volume includes 13 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's 2016 US Frontiers of Engineering (US FOE) Symposium held in September 2016. US FOE meetings bring together 100 outstanding engineers (ages 30 to 45) to exchange information about leading-edge technologies in a range of engineering fields. The 2016 symposium covered four topic areas: Pixels at Scale, Extreme Engineering, Water Desalination and Purification, and Technologies for Understanding and Treating Cancer. The papers describe leading-edge research on such topics as frontiers in virtual reality headsets, autonomous precision landing of space rockets, new materials for emerging desalination technologies, and engineering immunity against cancer, among other topics. Appendixes include information about contributors, the symposium program, and a list of meeting participants. This is the twenty-third volume in the US FOE series. Read More
Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2015 Symposium This volume includes 14 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's 2015 US Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) Symposium held in September 2015. USFOE meetings bring together 100 outstanding engineers (ages 30 to 45) to exchange information about leading-edge technologies in a range of engineering fields. The 2015 symposium covered four topic areas: Cybersecurity and Privacy, Engineering the Search for Earth-like Exoplanets, Optical and Mechanical Metamaterials, and Forecasting Natural Disasters. The papers describe leading-edge research on such topics as designing materials with unprecedented capabilities, building image-relaying mechanisms to better explore exoplanets, and improving medical device cybersecurity, among other topics. Appendixes include information about contributors, the symposium program, and a list of meeting participants. This is the twenty-first volume in the USFOE series. Read More
Register for June 8 Webinar: The Impact of Globalization and Collaboration 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. Read More
Check Out The Circuit NAE has teamed with USC Viterbi School of Engineering to launch “The Circuit,” a weekly social-forward news show dedicated to promoting engineering to the public, highlighting engineering stories from academia, industry, government, pop culture, and K-12. This segment's stories include Ant-Man, shapeshifting robots, mole crab robot, future cities, and "first lady of engineering" Yvonne Young Clark. Read More
Read FOE Papers Featured in NAE Bridge Journal 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. Read More
The Crucial Race to Build a Better Battery 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. Read More
Research Initiative to Stem Gun Violence 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. Read More