NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
2013 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
September 19-21, 2013
Hal Alper
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
Polina Anikeeva**
AMAX Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kristi Anseth*
Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Professor of Surgery, and HHMI Assistant Investigator
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder
Burcin Becerik-Gerber
Assistant Professor and Stephen Schrank Early Career Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Southern California
Halil Berberoglu*
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
Irene Beyerlein
Technical Staff Member
Theoretical Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Marcie Black
Director Chief, Technology Officer, and President
Bandgap Engineering
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*Organizing Committee
**Speaker
Mark Borden
Assistant Professor, Nicholas Rome Faculty Fellow
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder
Bryan Boudouris
Assistant Professor
School of Chemical Engineering
Purdue University
John Carpenter
Research Chemical Engineer
Center for Energy Technology
RTI International
Julie Champion
Assistant Professor
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Yiran Chen
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Tanzeem Choudhury*
Associate Professor
Department of Information Science
Cornell University
Karen Christman
Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of California, San Diego
Jason Clevenger
Principal
Polymers Science and Materials Chemistry
Exponent, Inc.
Baratunde Cola
Assistant Professor
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Douglas Densmore
Assistant Professor
Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Boston University
Laura Díaz Anadón**
Assistant Professor in Technology Innovation and Public Policy
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Dragan Djurdjanovic**
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
Andreas Dreher
Section Head
Corporate Function R&D
Procter & Gamble Company
Jennifer Dy
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Northeastern University
Steve Ellet**
Vice President
Supply Chain Design
CHAINalytics
Carolyn Ellinger
Device Physicist
Kodak Technology Center
Eastman Kodak Company
Laura Espinal
Materials Research Engineer
Material Measurement Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Antonio Facchetti**
Chief Technology Officer
Polyera Inc.
Philip Feng
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Case Western Reserve University
Matthew Gaston
Director, SEI Emerging Technology Center
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Dennice Gayme
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Elizabeth Gerber
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University
Ramon Gonzalez
Associate Professor
Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Bioengineering
Rice University
Angela Harris
Research Engineer
Materials Engineering
Ford Motor Company
Davion Hill
Principal Engineer
Research and Innovation DNV
Elizabeth Hoegeman*
World Wide Manufacturing Leader
Cummins Fuel Systems
Cummins Inc.
Prashant Jain
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Tony Jebara**
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering
Columbia University
Sham Kakade
Senior Research Scientist
Microsoft Research New England
Mandakini Kanungo
Member, Research and Technology Staff
Xerox Innovation Group
Xerox Webster Research Center
Karen Kennedy
Process Engineer
Emerging Technology
Air Products and Chemicals
Darby Kimball
Deputy Facility Manager, Plutonium Facility
Nuclear Materials Technology Program
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Scott Klemmer*
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, San Diego
Mykel Kochenderfer
Technical Staff
Lincoln Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ken Laberteaux
Senior Principal Scientist
Future Mobility Research Department
Toyota Research Institute North America
Gert Lanckriet
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, San Diego
Robert Larsen
Process Engineering Specialist
Science and Technology
Dow Corning Corporation
Janice Li
Principal Project Manager
New York Office–Transportation
CH2M HILL
C. Michael Lindsay
Technical Advisor
Energetic Materials Branch
Air Force Research Laboratory
Jennifer Logue
Research Scientist/Engineer
Environmental Energy Technologies Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo*
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Princeton University
Nanshu Lu**
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
University of Texas at Austin
James Luedtke
Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Carmel Majidi
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
J. Rhett Mayor*
Associate Professor
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
John McCloy
Associate Professor
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University
Thomas McGuire
Aeronautical Engineer, Compact Fusion Inventor and Team Lead
Advancement Development Program
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Rob Miller**
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Meredith Morris
Senior Researcher
Microsoft Research
Philipp Mueller
Technical Supervisor
Titanium Technologies
DuPont
Samrat Mukherjee
Chemical Engineering Consultant
DuPont Engineering Research and Technology
Vidhya Navalpakkam
Research Scientist
Strategic Technologies
Tse Nga (Tina) Ng*
Senior Research Scientist
Electronic Materials and Devices Laboratory
Palo Alto Research Center
Alexander Orlov
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Stony Brook University
John Owens
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, Davis
Bo Pang
Senior Research Scientist
Strategic Technologies
Ah-Hyung (Alissa) Park
Lenfest Junior Professor in Applied Climate Science
Departments of Earth and Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Columbia University
Leila Parsa
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Marco Pavone
Assistant Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Stanford University
Ashley (Ash) Peterson
Principal R&D Engineer
Aortic-Thoracic Development, Endovascular Therapy
Medtronic
Mina Rais-Zadeh
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan
Sundar Ramamurthy
General Manager, Corporate Vice President
Metal Deposition Products
Applied Materials
Narayan Ramesh
Associate R&D Director
Dow Solar Solutions
Dow Chemical Company
Jose Emmanuel Ramirez-Marquez
Associate Professor
School of Systems and Enterprises
Stevens Institute of Technology
Patrick Reed
Professor
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Cornell University
Travis Reine
Process Engineering Supervisor
R&S Refining Americas
ExxonMobil Corp.
Willem Rensink**
GameChanger
Innovation and R&D
Shell Projects and Technology (US)
Carol Rose
Engineering Specialist
Transportation and Infrastructure Division
STV
Eric Ruggiero
Manager
Turbine Heat Transfer Technologies Laboratory
GE Global Research Center
Tuhin Sahai
Staff Research Scientist
Systems Dynamics and Optimization
United Technologies Research Center
Jay Sayre
Director of Internal Research and Development
Energy, Health, and Environment
Battelle Memorial Institute
Jon Schuller
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Rachel Segalman**
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Hae-Jong Seo
Senior Engineer
Corporate R&D
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Jian Sheng
Associate Professor and Whitacre Endowed Chair
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Tech University
Steven Skerlos**
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan
Weidong Song
Fabrication and Structural Analysis Engineer
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Boeing Company
Kate Starbird**
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering
University of Washington
Daniel Steingart
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University
Stuart Thomas*
Global Technology & Licensing Manager-DuPont Cellulosic Ethanol
Industrial Biosciences
DuPont
Bret Thomson
Mechanical Engineer
Maritime Systems Division
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center-Pacific
Brian Thurow
W. Allen and Martha Reed Associate Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Auburn University
Alberto Valdes-Garcia
Research Staff Member, Manager
Communication Technologies
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Brett Van Horn
Global Project Leader for Refrigerants Development
Fluorochemicals R&D
Arkema Inc.
Subhas Venayagamoorthy
Associate Professor and Borland Chair of Hydraulics
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Colorado State University
Subramaniam Venkatraman
Research Scientist
R&D
Fitbit
Duncan Watts**
Principal Researcher
Microsoft Research NYC
Christian Will**
Chief Technology Officer
DELMIA
Dassault Systèmes
Pawel Woelke
Senior Associate
Applied Science
Weidlinger Associates, Inc.
Robert Worl
Lead Electrophysics Engineer
Phantom Works
Boeing Company
Chongjin Xie
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
Transmission Systems and Networking Research
Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent
Joyce Yang**
Technology Manager
Bioenergy Technologies Office
US Department of Energy
Chong Wing Yung
Research Scientist
Agilent Labs-Molecular Tools
Agilent Technologies
Xuanhe Zhao
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Duke University
Dinner Speaker
Doug Muzyka
Senior Vice President and Chief Science & Technology Officer
DuPont
Guests
William Hayden
Vice President
The Grainger Foundation
Sohi Rastegar
Director
Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation
National Science Foundation
Phil Szuromi
Senior Editor
Science Magazine
National Academy of Engineering
C. Daniel Mote, Jr.
President
Lance A. Davis
Executive Officer
Janet Hunziker
Senior Program Officer
Vanessa Lester
Program Associate
