Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading Edge Engineering From the 1998 NAE Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering (1999)

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

FOURTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING

September 17-19, 1998

BIOMATERIALS AND OPTICAL IMAGING FOR BIOMEDICINE

Organizers: Frances Arnold and Eva Sevick-Muraca

Integration of Molecular and Macroscopic Scales in Tissue Engineering

Linda G. Griffith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Artificial Proteins: Bridging the Gap Between Natural and Synthetic Macromolecular Materials

David A. Tirrell, California Institute of Technology

Biomedical Imaging Using Optical Coherence Tomography

James G. Fujimoto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Confocal Reflectance Microscopy: Diagnosis of Skin Cancer Without Biopsy?

Milind Rajadhyaksha, Lucid Inc. and Massachusetts General Hospital, Wellman Labs

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ADVANCED MATERIALS

Organizers: Richard Parnas, Elsa Reichmanis, and Jim Schroth

Trends in Computational Materials Research for Materials Design and Development

Sharon C. Glotzer, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Design, Synthesis, Development and Integration into Manufacturing of New Polymer Materials Architectures for Advanced Integrated Circuit Fabrication

Omkaram Nalamasu, Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies

Novel Sheet Steel Developments

John G. Speer, Colorado School of Mines

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SIMULATION IN MANUFACTURING

Organizers: Connie Gutowski, Parviz Moin, Jun Ni, and Jim Schroth

Role of Simulation in the Design of the Next-Generation Engines for Military Aircraft

Mark N. Glauser, Clarkson University

Role of Simulation in Understanding Surface Roughness in Formed Aluminum Parts

Armand Beaudoin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Performance Assessment Methodology and Advanced Service Technologies

Jay Lee, United Technologies Research Center

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ROBOTICS

Organizers: Susan Corwin, Ken Goldberg, and Robert Howe

A Brief History of Robotics

Kenneth Y. Goldberg, University of California, Berkeley

Algorithms in Robotics: The Motion Planning Perspective

Lydia Kavraki, Rice University

Mechanics, Control, and Applications of Biomimetic Robotic Locomotion

Joel W. Burdick, California Institute of Technology

Robotic Perception for Autonomous Navigation of Mars Rovers

Larry H. Matthies, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Cobots

Michael A. Peshkin, Northwestern University

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DINNER SPEECH

Technology Innovation and American Leadership William J. Perry, Stanford University