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The 2018 US Frontiers of Engineering will be hosted by MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Massachusetts, September 5-7. About 100 outstanding early career engineers met for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium to discuss cutting-edge developments in four areas: Quantum Computers, the Role of Engineering in the Face of Conflict and Disaster, Resilient and Reliable Infrastructure, and Theranostics. The goal of the Frontiers of Engineering program is to bring together engineers from all engineering disciplines and from industry, universities, and federal labs to facilitate cross-disciplinary exchange and promote the transfer of new techniques and approaches across fields in order to sustain and build US innovative capacity.
We are grateful to our sponsors for their support.
Chair: Jennifer West, Duke University
LIST OF SESSIONS
QUANTUM COMPUTERS: ARE WE THERE YET? Session Co-chairs: Jerry Chow, IBM, and Grace Metcalfe, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Introduction
Quantum Computing - An Introduction to What it is, Why We Want it, and How We're Trying to Get it Sara Gamble, Army Research Office
Quantum Algorithms Shelby Kimmel, Middlebury College
Logical Quantum Computing Sarah Sheldon, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Quantum Simulation: Platforms, Challenges, and Applications Norman Yao, University of California, Berkeley
THE ROLE OF ENGINEERING IN THE FACE OF CONFLICT AND DISASTER Session Co-chairs: Francesca D’Arcangelo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and Mira Olson, Drexel University
Mapping Technologies After Hurricane Harvey Julia Moline, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Engineering for the People: Putting Peace, Social Justice, and Environmental Protection at the Heart of All Engineering Darshan Karwat, Arizona State University
Bridge of Cards: Combining Formal and Informal Structures in Crisis Response Willow Brugh, Truss
USAID Approaches to Innovative Engineering: Making the World a Smaller Place Marissa Jablonski, USAID
RESILIENT AND RELIABLE INFRASTRUCTURE Session co-chairs: Iris Tien, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Julie Pietrzak, Enovate Engineering
Communicating Advanced Infrastructure Resiliency Analytics to Diverse Groups of Stakeholders Josh Vertalka, Resilient Solutions 21
Identifying Infrastructure Dependencies and Interdependencies Robert Hanson, Department of Homeland Security
Climate Change and Infrastructure Resilience Firas Saleh, Jupiter
THERANOSTICS Session co-chairs: Rebekah Drezek, Rice University, and Darrell Irvine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Challenges of Developing Targeted Theranostic Nanoparticles and Potential Solutions That Are on the Horizon Andrew Tsourkas, University of Pennsylvania
Synthetic Biomarkers for Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Ester Kwon, University of California, San Diego
Immune Theranostics Evan Scott, Northwestern University