NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
2015 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
September 9–11, 2015
Chair:
Robert Braun, Georgia Institute of Technology
CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
Organizers: David Brumley, Carnegie Mellon University, and
Daniela Oliveira, University of Florida
Security at Different Layers of Abstractions:
Application, Operating Systems, and Hardware
Bryan Payne, Netflix
Computer Security and Privacy Where Human Factors Meet Engineering
Franziska Roesner, University of Washington
Interdisciplinary Security: Medical Devices
Kevin Fu, University of Michigan
Challenges of Engineering Cybersecurity: A Government Perspective
Tomas Vagoun, National Coordination Office for
Networking and Information Technology R&D
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ENGINEERING THE SEARCH FOR EARTH-LIKE EXOPLANETS
Organizers:
Sara Seager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and
Mitchell Walker, Georgia Institute of Technology
Engineering the James Webb Space Telescope
Amy Lo, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Starlight Suppression: Technologies for Direct Imaging of Exoplanets
Dmitry Savransky, Cornell University
Realizing Large Structures in Space
Jeremy Banik, Air Force Research Laboratory
Sensing Controls for Space-based Planet Finding
Jonathan Black, Virginia Tech
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OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL METAMATERIALS
Organizers:
Jennifer Dionne, Stanford University, and
Luke Sweatlock, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Materials by Design:
3-Dimensional Architected Nanostructured Meta-Materials
Julia Greer, California Institute of Technology
Mechanical Metamaterials: Design, Fabrication, and Performance
Christopher Spadaccini, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Metamaterial-based Device Engineering
Andrea Alù, University of Texas at Austin
Catching Light Rays:
Refractory Plasmonics for Energy Conversion,
Data Storage, and Medical Applications
Alexandra Boltasseva, Purdue University
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FORECASTING NATURAL DISASTERS
Organizers:
Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine, and
James Done, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Assessing and Managing Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate
Ning Lin, Princeton University
The Economics of Natural Disasters:
Moving from Risk Assessment to Risk Reduction
Jeffrey Czajkowski, University of Pennsylvania
Google Earth Engine:
A New Platform for Global-Scale Disaster Risk Resilience
Rebecca Moore, Google
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DINNER SPEECH
The Black Swan
Corale Brierley, Brierley Consultancy
