Desalinating Hypersaline Brines Thu, May 16, 2019 Ngai Yin Yip (JAFOE 2018) at Columbia University has engineered a process to treat hypersaline brines, which are produced by industrial processes such as oil and gas production and present a growing environmental concern around the world. Read More
Averting an L Train Apocalypse in NYC Mon, May 13, 2019 Columbia's Andrew Smyth (JAFOE 2012) engineered strategic repairs to New York's L train tunnel, which had been damaged by flooding during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The plan allowed normal operation on weekdays, with only minor adjustments to nighttime and weekend schedules. Read More
Using Reflection to Reduce Northern Sea-ice Loss Thu, May 09, 2019 Stanford's Leslie Field (USFOE 1995) has tested spreading powdered glass ‘microspheres’ over sea ice to increase its reflectivity and slow its melting, which could help slow the Earth’s warming. Read More
Engineering That Serves the Homeless Mon, May 06, 2019 At the University of Arkansas, NAE member Ajay Malshe (USFOE 2007) led student teams in providing recommendations based on materials engineering and manufacturing to build a self-managed community of low-cost housing for people experiencing chronic homelessness. Read More
FOE Alumni Elected to the National Academy of Sciences Thu, May 02, 2019 Congratulations to MIT's Paula Hammond, Columbia's Michal Lipson, Harvard's Zhigang Suo, and the University of Chicago's Matt Tirrell, who were elected to NAS this week. Forty percent of newly elected members are women, the most in any one year. Hammond, Suo, and Tirrell are also NAE members. Read More
Creating a Culture That Boosts Female Inventors Mon, April 29, 2019 Jayshree Seth (USFOE 2008) has secured more than 60 patents in a world once dominated by white men, thanks in part to 3M's commitment to information sharing and increasing the number of women in its technical ranks and management. Read More
Upcoming Jun 20 2019 - Jun 22 2019 2019 China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The 2019 China-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium will be held June 20-22 at the Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall in San Diego, California. Sixty of the most promising engineers under the age of 45 from China and the United States will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium ... San Diego, California
Upcoming Sep 25 2019 - Sep 27 2019 2019 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The 2019 US Frontiers of Engineering will be hosted by Boeing in North Charleston, South Carolina, September 25-27. About 100 outstanding early career engineers will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium to discuss cutting-edge developments in four areas. The goal of the ... North Charleston, South Carolina
Upcoming Nov 18 2019 - Nov 20 2019 2019 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium The 2019 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering symposium will be held November 18 - 20 in Stockholm, Sweden. About 60 outstanding engineers under the age of 45 will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium to discuss cutting-edge developments in four areas: 5G and Internet of ... Stockholm, Sweden
Register for April 25 Webinar: Maximizing Innovation and Technology Commercialization of Federal Research Investments Join GUIRR's roundtable discussion of a report from the University of Michigan's Economic Growth Institute which investigated the best practices of 59 Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP)-designated universities in technology commercialization and assigned four areas of best practice: culture, champions, incentives, and collaboration. Read More
NAE Elects New Members The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced the election of 86 new members and 18 foreign members. Read More
Spiderwebs That Sing FOE alum Markus Buehler at MIT engineered "Spider’s Canvas," an exploration that sonifies the threads of a spider web by applying different frequencies of sound to different lengths of spider webs. Spider webs feature hierarchical structures similar to the complex harmonies and rhythms music. Read More
Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change This video introduces a new study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine asserting that climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for--and in many cases is already affecting--a broad range of human and natural systems. Read More
Aiming for the Stars - the James Webb Space Telescope Northrop Grumman's Amy Lo (USFOE 2015) is building the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the famed Hubble. Check out these fascinating photos of the assembly process. Read More
Will AI Diversify Human Thinking or Replace It? A new global study from Tata Communications and UC Berkeley Professor Ken Goldberg separates fact from fiction and shows how AI could lead to a more productive and inclusive future for humans. Read More
Engineering and Science for Grades 6-12 Centering science instruction around investigation and design can improve learning in middle and high schools and help students make sense of phenomena in the world around them. 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
Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2014 Symposium This volume includes 13 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's 2014 US Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) Symposium held in September 2014. 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 2014 symposium covered four topic areas:Co-Robotics, Battery Anxiety, Technologies for the Heart, and Shale Gas and Oil. The papers describe leading-edge research on such topics as progress in self-driving vehicles, lithion ion batteries and their manufacturing challenges, biomaterials for treating myocardial infarctions, and microbial ecology of hydraulic fracturing, among other topics. Appendixes include information about contributors, the symposium program, and a list of meeting participants. This is the twentieth volume in the USFOE series. Read More