Win $25K in the Engineering for You Video Contest (E4U3)! http://www.nae.edu/e4u3/ PostedMarch 2, 2016 Most of humankind’s biggest endeavors are mega engineering projects that provide solutions that span disciplines, geographies, and cultural boundaries. Submit a 1- to 2-minute video of your mega engineering idea, and you could win $25,000!
Will AI Diversify Human Thinking or Replace It? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2bjRbt1TjE&feature=youtu.be PostedOctober 29, 2018 A new global study from Tata Communications and UC Berkeley Professor Ken Goldberg separates fact from fiction and shows how AI could lead to a more productive and inclusive future for humans.
What If We Covered Engineers Like Celebs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-OBJNkCanY&feature=youtu.be PostedFebruary 25, 2016 For the recent #eweek2016, USC Viterbi, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and Funny or Die reimagined the E! network - famous for its 24/7 coverage of the Kardashians, True Hollywood Stories, and celebrity fashion disasters. What if E! became all about 24/7, non-stop, breathless coverage of the engineers and the technologies that change our world?
Webinar Series: Working Ethics Into the Conversation https://nasem.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ea_sume6Q9eb3stY90igZg PostedFebruary 24, 2020 Register for the March 26 webinar featuring Rebecca Bates at Minnesota State University, Mankato and Steven Starrett at LeTourneau University discussing “Teaching Engineering Ethics in the Context of ABET Requirements.”
Webinar Series: Illustrating the Impact of Mathematical Sciences https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-series-illustrating-the-impact-of-the-mathe... PostedFebruary 24, 2020 Register for the March 3 webinar and others in the series organized by the Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics featuring mathematicians telling the most important stories of how math has made an impact, from traffic simulations to personalized medicine. This webinar series is part of a larger National Academies’ study that will identify and illustrate the broad impact of the mathematical sciences.
Webinar - Rebuilding Our Innovation Infrastructure for the 21st Century http://bit.ly/2kZLU4I PostedFebruary 3, 2017 Register for the February 15 webinar with Ilan Gur, Founding Director of Cyclotron Road, to discuss how the organization empowers innovators to address 21st century research and technology challenges. A presentation by the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR).
Webinar - Enhancing National Laboratory Partnership and Commercialization Opportunities https://nasevents.webex.com/mw3100/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=naseve... PostedDecember 8, 2016 Register for this free webinar to discuss programs and practices at national laboratories and universities that leverage national resources to drive innovation identified in a recent report.
Webinar - Addressing Global Challenges Through Partnership: The Mars, Inc. and UC Davis Relationship http://bit.ly/2sigyH4 PostedJune 1, 2017 Register for this June 15 webinar about the longstanding institutional partnership between Mars and UC Davis, to include the partnership's mutual benefits and how the relationship has evolved over time.
Webcast April 23-24 - NAE-AAES Convocation and AAES General Assembly https://bit.ly/2qHGonJ PostedApril 18, 2018 Representatives from industry, academia, and the federal government will gather for two panel discussions on “Cybersecurity – Challenges for the Engineering Profession and Society” and “Enhancing the Resilience of the Nation’s Electricity System.” The webcast will begin at 8:15 AM EDT.
Watch the NAE Forum on Autonomy on Land and Sea and in the Air and Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHcxCcfrQSk&feature=youtu.be PostedNovember 21, 2017 Claire Tomlin of UC Berkeley’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Jim Bellingham of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Raj Rajkumar of Carnegie Mellon University, and MiMi Aung of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory addressed developments in autonomous technologies used in unmanned aircraft and space exploration systems, autonomous ships, and self-driving cars.
Watch the April 30 NAS Webcast - The Energy Transition https://www.facebook.com/events/1092173347589647/ PostedApril 25, 2018 Part one explores film clips from the documentary, "From the Ashes," to introduce the health, community, and environmental problems associated with production and use of coal. In Part II, a panel of experts will discuss what is driving change in the electric power system and how the overall production and transmission of power is evolving. Watch live on Monday, April 30 at 9:30 am.
Watch Grand Challenges for Engineering Speaker Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGuzFHPdzyU PostedNovember 13, 2018 NAE member Edward Kavazanjian, Jr. at Arizona State University discusses the Grand Challenge to restore and improve urban infrastructure within the theme of sustainability as part of NAE's engaging speaker series in partnership with the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network.
Watch 2014 US FOE Attendee Andrea Alu’s Talk on the Quest to Invisibility at TEDxAustin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jseHPnqXlPY PostedJuly 30, 2014 Andrea Alu from UT Austin discusses metamaterials and cloaking.
Warehouse-scale Computers: The Machinery that Runs the Cloud https://youtu.be/fDq5QGwAhNg PostedSeptember 23, 2010 Luiz Andre Barroso, Google2010 USFOE
Vote NOW for the People’s Choice Award in the Engineering for You 3 (E4U3) Video Contest! https://www.nae.edu/e4u3/ PostedJuly 29, 2016 The winner of the People’s Choice Award will be determined by the number of "likes" received on the National Academy of Engineering's E4U3 Video Contest website during the voting period from 12:01AM EDT August 1, 2016 until 12:01PM EDT on September 1, 2016. You can "like" multiple videos but you can only "like" each video once. Email validation is required with each "like." YouTube "likes" will not count towards the contest. The "People’s Choice Award” winner will receive a $5,000 prize.
Vote for People’s Choice Award in the E4U Video Contest http://www.nae.edu/e4u/ PostedJuly 2, 2014 Vote from among 15 finalists for the People’s Choice Award in the Engineering For You (E4U) Video Contest. For more information, go to http://www.nae.edu/114936.aspx .
Video Series Combines Two Seemingly Disparate Interests: Materials Engineering and Bird Watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEDW75ZRH-Y&index=1&list=PLo1wGxoqIti2eou-WydolD... PostedMarch 9, 2016 MIT's Lorna Gibson (USFOE 1996) weaves together intimate observations of bird behavior and physiology with engineering “explainers” to reach people who might not be interested in picking up an engineering book.
Using Light to 3D Print Memory-Materials https://www.theengineer.co.uk/mit-uses-light-to-3d-print-memory-materials/ PostedSeptember 27, 2016 MIT's Nicholas Fang (USFOE 2010) is creating a polymer mix that will change shape and activation in response to temperature, with applications in solar energy and drug delivery.
Turning Sound Into Matter https://www.ted.com/talks/markus_j_buehler_turning_sound_into_matter?language=en PostedOctober 15, 2020 Watch FOE alum Markus Buehler at MIT's TEDx talk exploring a new perspective of materials science at the interface of matter and sound using a variety of tools including molecular modeling, AI and machine learning, and experimental synthesis and characterization.
Tumbling Magnetic Microbots on Fantastic Voyage https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=obwvH78hGLY PostedMarch 8, 2018 Purdue University's David Cappelleri (GAFOE 2015) has engineered microbots measuring around 400 by 800µm which can act as medical microbots to deliver drugs to specific points inside the body.