Program
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
Fifth Annual Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering
October 14–16, 1999
DROWNING IN DATA
Organizers: Kenneth Goldberg, Erik Hagersten, and Jian-Gang Zhu
Magnetic Recording: Winner of the Data Storage Technology Race
Thomas R. Albrecht, IBM Almaden Research Center
Evolution of Large Multiprocessor Servers
Kourosh Gharachorloo, Compaq Computer Corporation
Network Survivability and Information Warfare
Michael K. Reiter, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Moving up the Information Food Chain: The Future of Web Search
Oren Etzioni, University of Washington
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MAKING SENSE OF THE HUMAN GENOME
Organizers: Frances Arnold and Julio M. Ottino
Genes, Chips, and the Human Genome
Stephen P. A. Fodor, Affymetrix, Inc.
ENGINEERING NOVEL STRUCTURES
Colloidal Scale Engineering
Eric W. Kaler, University of Delaware
Design of Biomimetic Polymeric Materials
Arup K. Chakraborty, University of California, Berkeley
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ENERGY FOR THE FUTURE AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Organizers: Michael Corradini and David McLaughlin
Deregulating the Electric Grid: The Engineering Challenge
Thomas J. Overbye, University of Illinois
The Future of Nuclear Power
Per F. Peterson, University of California, Berkeley
Renewable Energy Technologies: Today and in the Future
James M. Chavez, Sandia National Laboratories
Jane H. Davidson, University of Minnesota
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OPTICS
Organizers: Connie Gutowski, Clifford Renschler, and Eva Sevick-Muraca
Surface-Emitting Lasers: A Key Component for Global Communication
Thomas M. Brennan, EMCORE Photovoltaics
Optical Applications of Microelectromechanical Systems
Ming C. Wu, University of California, Los Angeles
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DINNER SPEECH
Career Flexibility in Rapidly Changing Times
Kent Kresa, Northrop Grumman Corporation
