Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2019 Symposium (2020)
Chapter: Program
Program
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
2019 US Frontiers of Engineering
September 25–27, 2019
Chair: Jennifer West, Duke University
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Organizers:
Li Chang, Boeing, and Tarik Dickens,
FAMU–FSU College of Engineering
21st Century Engineering Systems:
Boeing’s Digital Transformation
Gabriel Burnett, Boeing
Computational Materials for the Design and Qualification of
Additively Manufactured Components
Christapher Lang, NASA Langley
Robots That Walk: What the Challenge of Locomotion
Says About Next-Generation Manufacturing
Christian Hubicki, Florida State University
Digital Twin
Pamela Kobryn, Air Force Research Laboratory
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ENGINEERING THE GENOME
Organizers:
Renee Wegrzyn, DARPA, and
Charles Gersbach, Duke University
Genome Editing with Precision and Accuracy
Kris Saha, University of Wisconsin
Using CRISPR to Combat Human Disease Vectors
Omar Akbari, University of California, San Diego
Microbes and Manufacturing: Moore’s Law Meets Biology
Patrick Boyle, Ginkgo Bioworks
Empowering Genome Editing Through Standards
Samantha Maragh, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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SELF-DRIVING CARS: TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS
Organizers:
Christoffer Heckman, University of Colorado Boulder, and
Hae-Jong Seo, NVIDIA
Autonomous Vehicles: Opportunities and Challenges
Christoffer Heckman, University of Colorado Boulder
Perception of Low-Cost Autonomous Driving
Tae Eun Choe, Baidu
Why Everyone Has It Wrong About the Ethics of Autonomous Vehicles
John Basl, Northeastern University
Influencing Interactions in Autonomous Driving Dorsa Sadigh, Stanford University
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BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY
Organizers:
Petr Novotny, IBM, and
Elaine Shi, Cornell University
Blockchains – An Introduction
Elaine Shi, Cornell University
Blockchain Beyond Cryptocurrency: An Overview
Hong Wan, North Carolina State University
Cryptocurrencies as Marketplaces
Jacob Leshno, University of Chicago
