2007 German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Janet Hunziker

Director, Frontiers of Engineering

National Academy of Engineering

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The 2007 German-American Frontiers of Engineering symposium was held April 26-28, 2007, in Hamburg, Germany. GAFOE aimed to bring together outstanding, early-career German and American engineers from industry, universities, and other research institutions to introduce their areas of engineering research and technical work, thereby facilitating an interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge and methodology that could eventually lead to collaborative networks of engineers from the two countries.

TENTH ANNUAL GERMAN-AMERICAN FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM

Co-chairs:
Tresa Pollock, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
Thomas Bock, Technical University of Munich

Browse list of 2007 GAFOE participants

Sponsor:
National Science Foundation

Space Technologies
Organizers: Ivett Leyva, Air Force Research Lab, and Axel Schulte, Munich University of the German Armed Forces

Rocket Engine and Propulsion System Dynamic Simulation with a Commercial Software Platform
Bryan Campbell, Aerojet

Europe's Mission to Mercury - A Big Challenge on Earth
Roger Förstner, EADS Astrium GmbH

Novel Detectors for Imaging Ionizing Radiation in Space
Johannes Treis, Max-Planck-Institutes for Physics and Extraterrestrial Physics

Robot Learning: Humanized Intelligence for Space and Field Robotics
Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology

Robotics: From Theory to Systems
Organizers: Lydia Kavraki, Rice University, and Frank Kirchner, University of Bremen

Sampling-Based Motion Planning: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications
Nancy Amato, Texas A&M University

Probabilistic Techniques for Robot Navigation
Cyrill Stanchniss, University of Freiberg

Robot-Assisted Surgery
Jake Abbott, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

More Body, Less Brain! How the Smart Use of Body Features Decreases the Controller Complexity in Limb Movements
Axel Schneider, University of Bielefeld

Smart Materials
Organizers: Paul Braun, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Carolin Körner, University of Erlange-Nürnberg

Polymers Enabled to Exhibit “Smart” Properties
Joerg Lahann, University of Michigan

MEMS Integration of Smart Materials for Communications and Environmental Sensing
Paul Clem, Sandia National Labs

New Developments on Smart Materials with Sensor and Actuator Abilities and Their Applications
Alfred Ludwig, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Overview of Smart-Structures Technology at the German Aerospace Center
Hans Peter Monner, Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems, German Aerospace Center

Brain Research Technologies
Organizers: Jack Judy, University of California, Los Angeles, and Heinz Weber, Medical School of the University of Bamberg

MEMS Technologies for Neuroengineering Applications
Justin Williams, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin

Brain Stimulation: From Computers to the Clinic
Warren Grill, Duke University

Model Based Development of Desynchronizing Brain Stimulation Techniques
Peter Tass, Research Center Jülich

The Development and Implementation of a 9.4 Tesla MRI-PET Scanner
Nadim Joni Shah, University of Dortmund