Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2006 Symposium (2007)
Chapter: Program
Program
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
2006 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
September 21–23, 2006
Chair: Julia M. Phillips, Sandia National Laboratory
THE RISE OF INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND MACHINES
Organizers: M. Brian Blake, Georgetown University, and David Fogel, Natural Selection, Inc.
Commercializing Auditory Neuroscience
Lloyd Watts
Creating Intelligent Agents in Games
Risto Miikkulainen
Co-evolution of the Computer and Social Science
Robert Axtell
Using Computational Cognitive Models to Build Better Human-Robot Interaction
Alan Schultz
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Organizers: Tejal Desai, University of California, San Francisco, and Hiroshi Matsui, CUNY Graduate Center and Hunter College
Part I: Solving nanotechnology problems using biotechnology
Biological and Biomimetic Polypeptide Materials
Timothy J. Deming, University of California, Los Angeles
Biomimetics and the Application to Devices
Morley O. Stone, Air Force Research Laboratory
Part II: Solving biotechnology problems using nanotechnology
Optical Imaging for In Vivo Assessment of Tissue Pathology
Rebekah A. Drezek, Rice University
Commercialization and Future Developments in Bionanotechnology
Marcel Bruchez, Carnegie Mellon University
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ENGINEERING PERSONAL MOBILITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Organizers: Apoorv Agarwal, Ford Motor Company, and William Schneider, University of Notre Dame
Long-Term Trends in Global Passenger Mobility
Andreas Schäfer, University of Cambridge
Energy and Environmental Impacts of Personal Mobility
Matthew J. Barth, University of California, Riverside
New Mobility: The Next Generation of Sustainable Urban Transportation
Susan Zielinski, University of Michigan
Advancing the State of Hybrid Technology
Andreas Schell, DaimlerChrysler Corp.
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND APPLICATIONS WITH ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC IMPACT
Organizers: Jennifer Ryan, University College Dublin, and Julie Swann, Georgia Institute of Technology
Supply Chain Applications of Fast Implosion
Brenda L. Dietrich, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Factory to Foxhole: Improving the Army’s Supply Chain
Mark Wang, RAND Corporation
Supply Chain Management under the Threat of Disruptions
Lawrence V. Snyder, Lehigh University
Engineering-Based Methods for Affordable Housing and Sustainable Community Development
Michael P. Johnson, Carnegie Mellon University
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The Changing Face of Industrial Research
W. Dale Compton
