Mini Quadruped Leverages Curved-Crease Origami Thu, December 07, 2023 UPenn’s Cynthia Sung (USFOE 2019) is engineering centimeter-scale walking and crawling robots at low fabrication costs that can self-fold, unfold, crawl and steer, all using a single motor, enabling controlled, reversible, and complex motions to explore tight or cluttered environments. Read More
Computational Medicine Mon, December 04, 2023 FOE alum Amanda Randles at Duke is engineering supercomputer models of how blood flows through arteries at the cellular and particulate levels to simulate how an individual’s specific cardiovascular architecture will likely respond to surgical procedures such as a bypass graft or stent placement. Read More
Hyperdimensional Computing Thu, November 30, 2023 FOE alum Roman Caudillo at Intel discusses the engineering of a novel machine-learning paradigm inspired by theoretical neuroscience and how humans and other animals use their senses to gather information. Read More
Better Prosthetics Mon, November 27, 2023 FOE alum He (Helen) Huang at NC State and UNC at Chapel Hill has engineered robotic prosthetic ankles that are controlled by nerve impulses and allow amputees to move more ‘naturally’, improving overall stability. Read More
Wearable That Monitors Estrogen in Sweat Mon, November 20, 2023 Caltech's Wei Gao (USFOE 2021) has engineered a wearable sensor that may one day make it easier for women to monitor their estradiol levels at home and in real time, showing indicators for women's health and fertility. Read More
I Can Read Your Mind Thu, November 16, 2023 Gert Cauwenberghs (USFOE 2000), Sheng Xu (USFOE 2019), and Patrick Mercier (CAFOE 2019) at the University of California San Diego are engineering screen-printed, flexible sensors that allow earbuds to record brain activity and exercise levels. Read More
Upcoming Jun 17 2024 - Jun 20 2024 2024 China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The 2024 China-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium will be held in the US. Sixty highly accomplished early-career engineers from China and the United States will meet for an intensive 2 1/2 day symposium on developments at the cutting edge of engineering technology in four ... Irvine, California
Upcoming Sep 11 2024 - Sep 14 2024 2024 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2024 Symposium will be at the National Academies' Beckman Center in Irvine, California, September 11-14. About 100 outstanding early career engineers will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium to discuss cutting-edge ... Irvine, California
Upcoming Mar 25 2025 - Mar 28 2025 2025 German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The 2025 German-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium will be held at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Sixty highly accomplished early-career engineers from Germany and the United States will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium on developments at the ... Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee
2022 Winter Issue of the Bridge on Frontiers of Engineering 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
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
Listen to Podcast Episode on the Meeting Point of Science and Humanity In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward Thinking podcast, 3M's Jayshree Seth (USFOE 2008) discusses how the human context can be brought into the practice of science and engineering, expanding talent pipelines into STEM fields, and the role of leadership in technical fields. Read More
Engineering Barbie on The Circuit Come on Barbie, let’s go party…with this week’s episode of The Circuit News just in time for the recent premiere of the Barbie movie! In partnership with USC Viterbi School of Engineering, NAE's weekly social-forward news show dedicated to promoting engineering to the public highlights engineering stories from academia, industry, government, pop culture, and K-12. Read More
Computational Tools in Energy and Health Research FOE alum Kayla Sprenger at CU Boulder is integrating approaches at the crossroads of physics, engineering, and immunology in close synergy with experimentalists and clinicians to develop vaccines for diseases like HIV, break down mixed plastic waste streams into valuable chemicals, and address other challenges in energy and health fields. 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