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The 2012 Japan-American Frontiers of Engineering was held October 29-31, 2012, at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, California. Sixty of the most promising engineers under the age of 45 from Japan and the United States met for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium on developments at the cutting edge of engineering technology in four areas: Video Content Analysis, Engineering for Natural Disaster Resiliency, Engineering for Agriculture: Providing Global Food Security, Sports Engineering. The event was intended to facilitate international and cross-disciplinary research collaboration, promote the transfer of new techniques and approaches across disparate engineering fields, and encourage the creation of a transpacific network of world-class engineers.
Links to presentation slides are in the List of Sessions below, and links to the papers are in the Program.
The National Academy of Engineering would like to express its gratitude to the following sponsors for their support of the 2012 JAFOE Symposium: The Grainger Foundation, the U.S. National Science Foundation, and the Japan Science and Technology Agency.
LIST OF SESSIONS Symposium co-chairs: Katharine Frase, IBM, and Ichiroh Kanaya, Osaka University
VIDEO CONTENT ANALYSIS Organizers: Andrew Gallagher, Cornell University, and Yoshikazu Nakajima, University of Tokyo
Introduction Session co-chairs
Intelligent Video Surveillance Rogerio Feris, IBM Tracking People and Recognizing Content in Visual Data Alex Berg, Stony Brook University
Video Retrieval Yoshinobu Hotta, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Video Content Analysis for Augmented and Mixed Reality Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Osaka University ENGINEERING FOR NATURAL DISASTER RESILIENCY Organizers: Akihiro Kusaka, Kajima Technical Research Institute, and Sissy Nikolaou, Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers
I. Understanding Natural Hazards and Predicting Associated Risk Practical Application of Seismic Risk Evaluation for Buildings Yuko Murachi, Swiss Re International SE, Tokyo
The Importance of Earthquake Modeling and Lab Experiments for Understanding Earthquake Hazard Nadia Lapusta, California Institute of Technology
II. State-of-the-Art Technologies
Post-Earthquake Damage Screening of Structures Masahiro Kurata, Kyoto University Technologies for Offshore Structures in Extreme Environments to Resist Multiple Natural Hazards Daniel Fenz, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
ENGINEERING FOR AGRICULTURE: PROVIDING GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY Organizers: Yoshisada Nagasaka, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, and Luis Rodriguez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Introduction Session co-chairs Applications of Precision Agriculture in Rural Communities Amy Kaleita, Iowa State University
Construction of "Enetourism" which Tourists bring Leftover Food to Methane Fermentation Using Hot Springs Chika Tada, Tohoku University
Engineering CEA Systems for a Sustainable Future: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities Murat Kacira, University of Arizona
Development of Techniques for Estimation of Geographical Origin of Food Using Stable Isotopes and Trace Element Analysis Yaeko Suzuki
Food Safety and Quality Assurance of Food Products Yoko Obayashi, Ajinomoto SPORTS ENGINEERING Organizers: Patrick Drane, University of Massachusetts Lowell, and Yasuo Nakamura, Doshisha University
Introduction Session co-chairs Functional Footwear Design Kenta Moriyasu, ASICS Corporation State-of-the-Art Composite Design and Manufacturing for Sports Equipment Matt Vacek, Jarden Team Sports
Dynamics and Biomechanics of Sports Alison Sheets, Nike Biomechanical Analysis of Motion of Professional Baseball Pitchers Kei Aoki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology