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Virtual World Congress

FIGURE D-1 Summary of the percentage of U.S. or non-U.S. virtual world congress organizers by area of mechanical engineering.

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TABLE D-1 Detailed Results for Mechanical Engineering Virtual World Congress

Area

SubArea

Organizers

Speakers

Speakers by U.S. Organizers

Speakers by Non-U.S. Organizers

No. of Organizers

U.S.

Non-U.S.

%U.S.

No. of Speakers

U.S.

NonU.S.

%U.S.

No. of Speakers

U.S.

NonU.S.

%U.S.

No. of Speakers

U.S.

NonU.S.

%U.S.

Acoustics and Dynamics

Acoustics

6

6

0

100

109

45

64

41

109

45

64

41

 

 

 

 

 

Dynamics

10

6

4

60

194

116

78

60

123

85

38

69

71

31

40

44

 

Subarea Total

16

12

4

75

303

161

142

53

232

130

102

56

71

31

40

44

Bioengineering

Biomechanics

4

4

0

100

57

45

12

79

60

46

14

77

60

46

14

77

 

Constitutive modeling

3

2

1

67

58

37

21

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Molecular and cellular biomechanics

2

2

0

100

20

15

5

75

20

15

5

75

 

 

 

 

 

Functional tissue engineering

2

1

1

50

39

34

5

87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biomaterials

2

1

1

50

20

15

5

75

20

15

5

75

 

 

 

 

 

Subarea Total

13

10

3

77

194

146

48

75

100

76

24

76

60

46

14

77

Computational Mechanics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Computational engineering science and designa

6

3

3

50

113

50

63

44

53

30

23

57

60

20

40

33

 

Computational fluid dynamics

5

2

3

40

88

42

46

48

40

22

18

55

48

20

28

42

 

Computational solid mechanics

17

6

11

35

288

149

139

52

82

55

27

67

206

94

112

46

 

Subarea Total

28

11

17

39

489

241

248

49

175

107

68

61

314

134

180

43

Design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Design informatics and environments

8

8

0

100

104

88

16

85

104

88

15

85

 

 

 

 

 

Design simulation and modeling

10

9

1

90

141

126

15

89

129

116

13

90

12

10

2

83

 

Design theory

11

9

2

82

156

115

41

74

128

102

26

80

28

13

15

46

 

Design synthesis

9

8

1

89

131

90

41

69

114

81

33

71

17

9

8

53

 

Subarea Total

38

34

4

89

532

419

113

79

475

387

87

81

57

32

25

56

Dynamic Systems and Controls

Control system design methodologies: Control theories

8

6

2

75

151

91

60

60

111

74

37

67

40

23

40

58

Enabling technologies

6

6

0

100

104

56

48

54

104

56

48

54

 

 

 

 

 

Mechatronics and applications

11

4

7

36

197

79

118

40

73

49

24

67

124

30

94

24

 

Modeling, identification and simulation

6

3

3

50

112

42

70

38

51

24

27

47

61

18

43

30

 

Robotics and automation

8

4

4

50

150

82

68

55

79

52

27

66

71

30

41

42

 

Subarea Total

39

23

16

59

714

350

364

49

418

255

163

61

296

101

218

34

Energy Systems

Energy conversion and storage (combined)

5

4

1

80

74

42

37

57

62

34

28

55

12

3

9

25

 

Nuclear energy

7

7

0

100

134

104

30

78

134

104

30

78

 

 

 

 

 

Renewable energy systems and sources

4

4

0

100

66

39

27

59

66

39

27

59

 

 

 

 

 

Subarea Total

16

15

1

94

274

185

94

68

262

177

85

68

12

3

9

25

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Area

SubArea

Organizers

Speakers

Speakers by U.S. Organizers

Speakers by Non-U.S. Organizers

No. of Organizers

U.S.

Non- U.S.

%U.S.

No. of Speakers

U.S.

Non- U.S.

%U.S.

No. of Speakers

U.S.

Non- U.S.

%U.S.

No. of Speakers

U.S.

Non- U.S.

%U.S.

Manufacturing

Toolings and equipment

5

5

0

100

83

41

42

49

83

41

42

49

 

 

 

 

 

Metrology processes

4

4

0

100

66

28

38

42

66

28

38

42

 

 

 

 

 

8

7

1

88

129

76

53

59

118

74

44

63

11

2

9

18

 

Systems

4

4

0

100

58

30

28

52

58

30

28

52

 

 

 

 

 

Quality

5

5

0

100

53

31

22

58

53

31

22

58

 

 

 

 

 

Subarea Total

26

25

1

96

389

206

183

53

378

204

174

54

11

2

9

18

Mechanics of Engineering Materials

Durability mechanics

8

7

1

88

129

86

43

67

109

74

35

68

20

12

8

60

 

Experimental mechanics

6

6

0

100

110

91

19

83

110

91

19

83

 

 

 

 

 

Multiscale mechanics and computational materials

10

8

2

8 0

154

112

42

73

128

96

32

75

26

16

10

62

 

Nano-mechanics and nanomaterials

6

6

0

100

121

100

21

83

121

100

21

83

 

 

 

 

 

Subarea Total

30

27

3

90

514

389

125

76

468

361

107

77

46

28

18

61

MEMS / NEMS

 

8

3

5

38

83

47

36

57

29

8

29

28

54

26

28

48

Thermal Systems & Heat Transfer

Applications

10

8

2

80

194

124

70

64

157

105

52

67

37

19

18

51

 

Combustion

5

5

0

100

87

49

38

56

87

49

38

56

 

 

 

 

 

Fluid mechanics

5

3

5

60

77

47

30

61

31

28

3

90

46

19

27

41

 

Heat transfer

7

5

2

71

122

86

36

70

90

70

20

78

32

16

16

50

 

Nano/Micro systems

5

5

0

100

82

61

21

74

82

61

21

74

 

 

 

 

 

Subarea Total

32

26

9

81

562

367

195

65

447

313

134

70

115

54

61

47

Tribology

Contact mechanics and surface engineering

6

5

1

83

128

68

60

53

101

54

47

53

27

14

13

52

 

Diagnositcs of tribosystems

3

0

3

0

54

20

34

37

 

 

 

 

54

20

34

37

 

Friction and wear

4

2

2

50

67

31

36

46

28

16

12

57

39

15

24

38

 

Hydrodynamic phenomena

8

4

4

50

135

61

74

45

64

41

23

64

71

20

51

28

 

Tribomaterials

5

4

1

80

87

45

42

52

74

41

33

55

13

4

9

31

 

Subarea Total

26

15

11

58

471

225

246

48

267

152

115

57

204

73

131

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,73

 

 

 

2,17

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

272

201

74

74

4,525

6

1,794

60

3,251

0

1,088

67

1,240

530

733

43

NOTE:

a combination of computational metods in design and optimization, and electromechanical systems, computational bioengineering, and computational electromagnetics

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Table D-2 List of Experts Who Nominated Keynote Speakers for the Virtual World Congresses (Virtual Congress Organizers)

Last

First

Affiliation

Achenbach

Jan

Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois

Adams

George G.

Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts

Adams

Marvin

Texas A&M, College Station, Texas

Agonafer

Dereje

University of Texas, Arlington

Allen

Janet K.

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Ammannati

Fabio G.

Italy

Antsaklis

Panos

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

Arimoto

Suguru

Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan

Arruda

Ellen M.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Asada

H. Harry

Massachusetts of Technology, Cambridge

Aubry

Nadine

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark

Auslander

Dave

University of California, Berkeley,

Ayyaswamy

P.S.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Bao

Greg

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Bar-Cohen

Avram

University of Maryland, College Park

Barlow

Robert S.

Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore, Calififornia

Bathe

Klaus-Jurgen

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Baum

Howard

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Bazant

Zdenek

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Bejan

Adrian

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Belytschko

Ted

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Bendsoe

Martin P.

Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Bergles

Arthur E.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Bettig

Bernhard

Michigan Technological University, Houghton

Bhushan

Bharat

Ohio State, Columbus

Blanchet

Thierry

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Blau

Peter

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Book

Wayne J.

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Boothroyd

Geoffrey

University of Rhode Island, Kingston

Cahill

David

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne

Campbell

Matthew

University of Texas, Austin

Carpick

Robert W.

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Castaneda

Pedeo Ponte

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Chang

Fu-Kuo

Stanford University, Stanford, California

Chen

Gang

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Chen

Wei

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Cho

H.S.

Korea

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Last

First

Affiliation

Cho

Young-Ho

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Cho

Chew

Weng University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne

Clemens

Noel

University of Texas, Austin

Cocks

Alan

University of Oxford, Leicester, United Kingdom

Corrandini

Michael

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Crocker

Malcolm J.

Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

Curtin

Bill

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Daniel

Isaac

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Danyluk

Steven

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

de Borst

Rene

Delft University, Delft, Netherlands

de Vahl Davis

Graham

University of South Wales, Kensington, Australia

de Weck

Olivier

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Demkowicz

Leszek

University of Texas, Austin

DeVor

Richard

University of Illinois, Urbana

Diaz

Nils

Nuclear Regulatory Ccommission, Washington, District of Columbia

Diaz

Alejandro

Michigan State University, East Lansing

Dong

Cheng

Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Donmez

Alkan

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Dopazo

Cesar

University of Zaragoza, Spain

Dornfeld

David A.

University of California, Berkeley

Dowling

David

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Downar

Tom

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Du

Xiaoping

University of Missouri, Rolla

Dubowsky

Steve

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Dwyer-Joyce

R.

University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Dynn

Clive L.

Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California

Eijk

JonVon

Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Elwenspaek

M. C. (Miko)

University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

Epureanu

Bogdan

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,

Erdemer

Ali

Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois

Espinosa

Horacio D.

Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois

Estler

Tyler

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Ethier

C. Ross

University of Toronto, Canada

Etsion

Izhak

University of California, San Diego

Fadel

Georges

Clemson University, South Carolina

Farassat

F.

National Air and Space Administration, Langley, Maryland

Farhat

Charbel

Stanford University, California

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Last

First

Affiliation

Flannery

Hunter

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Frecker

Mary

Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Freund

L. B.

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Frey

Dan

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Fukuda

Toshio

Nagoya University, Japan

Furuta

Katsuhsia

Tokoy Denki University, Japan

Gao

Huajian

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Gardner

Martha

General Electric

Garimella

Sureh

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Gates

Thomas S.

National Air and Space Administration, Langley, Maryland

Ge

Christine Ping

Oregon State University, Corvallis

Gero

John S.

University of Sydney, Australia

Gershenson

John K.

Michigan Technological University, Houghton

Ghattas

Omar

University of Texas, Austin

Ghoniem

Ahmed

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Gigoropoulos

Costas P.

University of California, Berkeley

Giurgiutiu

Victor

University of South Carolina, Columbia

Goodenough

John

University of Texas, Austin

Goodwin

Graham C.

University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Goswami

Yogi

University of South Florida, Gainesville

Gu

WY

University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

Guilak

Farshid

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Guo

X.Ed

Columbia University, New York

Gupta

Satyandra K.

University of Maryland, College Park

Guzzella

Lino

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich

Habashi

Wagdi G. (Fred)

McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Haftka

Raphael T.

University of Florida, Gainesville

Han

Je-Chin

TexasA&M University, College Station

Hara

Shinji

University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

Harding

Kevin

GE Global

Hendrick

Karl

University of California, Berkeley

Herzog

Walter

University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Hirizinger

Gerd

Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, Germany

Ho

Chih-Ming

University of California, Los Angeles

Hocken

Robert

University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Holm

Elizabeth A.

Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore, California

Holmberg

Kenneth

VTT, Finland

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Last

First

Affiliation

Holmes

Philip

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

 

 

University of California, San Diego and Columbia

Holmes

 

University, New York

Hubbell

Jeffrey

ETH, Switzerland

Hughes

Thomas

University of Texas, Austin

Hutchinson

John

Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Ibanez de

Eugenio

 

Navarra

Onate

Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

 

 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Technical University,

Inman

Daniel J.

Blacksburg, Virginia

Ioannou

Peter

University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Iserman

Rolf

Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany

 

 

Stanford University, Stanford, California/Pennsylvania

Jacobs

Chris

State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

Jacobson

Bo

Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Jaluria

Yogesh

Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey

Jiao

Jianxin (Roger)

Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang, Singapore

Kamm

Roger

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Kato

Koji

Tohoku University, Sendrai, Japan

Kaviany

Massoud

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Kawahara

Mutsuto

Chuo University, Japan

Kazimi

Mujid

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Keane

Andy

University of Southhampton, United Kingdom

Kennedy

Francis E.

Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

Kerschen

Gaetan

University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

Kesavadas

T.

University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

Klein

Sanford

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Komanduri

Ranga

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

Komvopoulos

K.

University of California, Berkeley

Koopman

Gary

Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Koren

Yoram

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Kreith

Frank

University of Colorado (retired) , Boulder

Krishnamurty

Sundar

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Krstic

Miroslav

University of California. San Diego

Kumara

S.R.T.

Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Kutscher

Chuck

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado

Ladeveze

P. (Pierre)

Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France

Lagoudas

Dimitris

Texas A&M University, College Station

Lebeck

Alan O.

Mechanical Seal Technology, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Liang

Steven

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Liechti

Kenneth M.

University of Texas, Austin

Liu

Wing Kam

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

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Last

First

Affiliation

Lyung

Lennart

Linkoping, Sweden

Majumdar

Arun

University of California, Berkeley

Malkin

Stephen

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Maniatty

Antoinette

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Mathias

Woydt

BAM, Germany

Mayinger

F.

University of Denmark, Copenhagen

Mazumder

Jyoti

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

McClamroch

Hams

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

McCullough

Andrew

University of California, San Diego

McDowell

Dave

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Melkote

Shreyes

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Menguc

Pinar

University of Kentucky, Lexington

Messac

Achille

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Messner

William C.

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mewes

Dieter

University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Michalek

J.

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mikos

Tony

Rice University, Houston, Texas

Morgan

Ken

Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom

Moser

Robert

University of Texas, Austin

Mourelatos

Zissimos P.

Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan

Murray

Richard

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

Nakayama

Wataru

Therm Tech International, Japan

Narendra

Bob

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Needlemen

Alan

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Nemet-Nasser

Sia

University of California, San Diego

Ni

Jun

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Ohnishi

Kouhei

Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Olsen

Lisa

Columbia University, New York, New York

Owen

D. Roger J.

Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Packard

Andy

University of California, Berkeley

Paden

Brad

University of California, Santa Barbara

Paidoussis

Michael P.

McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Papalambros

Panos

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Papdrakakis

Manolis

National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Paredis

Chris

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Pfeiffer

Friedrich

Technical University of Munich, Germany

Pironneau

Olivier

Universite Paris VI, France

Pisano

Albert P.

University of California, Berkeley

Poll

Gerhard

University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Poolla

Kameshwar

University of California, Berkeley

Poprawe

Reinhart

Fraunhofer, ILT, Germany

Prata

Alvaro T.

Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

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Last

First

Affiliation

Prinz

Friderich B.

Stanford University, Stanford, California

Ramm

Ekkehard

University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Rank

Ernst

Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Ratner

Buddy

University of Washington/ETH, Seattle

Ravi-Chandar

K,

University of Texas, Austin

Ravichandran

G.

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

Reddy

J. N.

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Reddy

B. D. (Daya)

University of Capetown, Capetown, South Africa

Reifsnider

Kenneth

University of Connecticut, Storrs

Reitz

Rolf

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Rosen

David

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Sadeghi

Farshid

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiania

Salant

R.

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

San

Andres

Luis Texas A&M University, College Station

Sano

Akiro

Keio University, Mita-cho, Minato-ku, Japan

Schiehlen

Werner

University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Schmidt

Linda

University of Maryland, College Park

Seybert

Andrew F.

University of Kentucky, Lexington

Sharp

Robin

Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Shaw

Ramesh K.

University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

Shaw

Steven W.

Michigan State University, East Lansing

Shkel

Andrei M.

University of California, Irvine

Shooter

Steve

Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Shoureshi

Rahmat

University of Denver, Denver, Colorado

Siddique

Zahed

University of Oklahoma, Norman

Simpson

Timothy

Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Singh

Rajendra

Ohio State University, Columbus

Smith

Suzanne Weaver

University of Kentucky, Lexington

Soares

Carlos A. Mota

Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

Sottos

Nancy

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Spikes

Hugh

Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Spong

Mark W.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Stachowiak

Gwidon

University of Western Australia

Stein

Erwin

University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Stemme

Goran

Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Stone

Robert S.

University of Missouri, Rolla

Summers

Joshua

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina

Sun

Qing-Ping

HKU, PRC, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Suo

Zhigang

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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First

Affiliation

Szeri

Andrew J.

University of California, Berkeley

Tabata

Osamu

Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Tezduyar

Tayfun

Rice University, Houston, Texas

Thole

Karen

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

Tichy

John

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Todreas

Neil

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Tonder

Kristian

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Torquato

Sal

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Towe

Elias

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

Trumpter

David L.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Turinsky

Paul

North Carolina State, Raleigh

Uddin

Rizwan

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ullman

David G.

Robust Decisions, Inc., Corballis, Oregon, USA

Ulsoy

Galip

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Vakakis

Alex

National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Van Brussel

Hendrick

K.U. Leuven, Belgium

van der Giessen

Erik

University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

Virgin

Laurie

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Viskanta

Ray

Purdue University, West Lafayette, North Carolina

Vunjak-Novakovic

Gordana

Columbia University, New York, New York

Wang

Kuo K.

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Wang

Gary

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Wang

Yan

University of Central Florida, Orlando

Wei

Bin

GE Global

Williams

John

Cambridge University, United Kingdom

Wriggers

Peter

University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Wu

Teresa

Arizona State University, Tempe

Yang

Maria

University of South California, Los Angles

Yassine

Ali

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Zhang

Zhuomin

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

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Mechanical engineering is critical to the design, manufacture, and operation of small and large mechanical systems throughout the U.S. economy. This book highlights the main findings of a benchmarking exercise to rate the standing of U.S. mechanical engineering basic research relative to other regions or countries. The book includes key factors that influence U.S. performance in mechanical engineering research, and near- and longer-term projections of research leadership.

U.S. leadership in mechanical engineering basic research overall will continue to be strong. Contributions of U.S. mechanical engineers to journal articles will increase, but so will the contributions from other growing economies such as China and India. At the same time, the supply of U.S. mechanical engineers is in jeopardy, because of declines in the number of U.S. citizens obtaining advanced degrees and uncertain prospects for continuing to attract foreign students. U.S. funding of mechanical engineering basic research and infrastructure will remain level, with strong leadership in emerging areas.

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