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NAE Elects 66 Members and 10 Foreign Associates
FEBRUARY 09, 2012
NAE President Charles Vest to Speak at De Lange Conference VIII
FEBRUARY 07, 2012
US Frontiers of Engineering Nominations Open until March 9
FEBRUARY 06, 2012
Developers of Liquid Crystal Display and Designers of Innovative Curriculum Win 2012's Highest Engineering Honors
JANUARY 05, 2012
Deepwater Horizon Committee issues final report
DECEMBER 14, 2011
Real World Engineering Education call for nominations
DECEMBER 13, 2011
EngineerGirl! Essay Contest for Youth Now Open for Entries
NOVEMBER 03, 2011
Go Viral to Improve Health: IOM-NAE Health Data Collegiate Challenge
NOVEMBER 01, 2011
Video now available for Making Things: 21st Century Manufacturing & Design Forum
OCTOBER 18, 2011
Innovator in Radar Meteorology and Pioneer in Planetary Remote Sensing to Receive Honors from National Academy of Engineering
OCTOBER 14, 2011
Gilbreth Lectures to Focus on Water Infrastructure and Cloud Computing
OCTOBER 06, 2011
Innovative Early-Career Engineering Faculty Selected to Participate in Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium
OCTOBER 07, 2011
NAE Member Daniel Shechtman Wins 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
OCTOBER 05, 2011
"Sesame Street's" New Season to Focus on STEM
OCTOBER 03, 2011
NAE Members Win National Medals of Science, Technology
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
Grants for Sparking Innovative Research to be Announced at Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
Presidents' Statement in Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
SEPTEMBER 09, 2011
Ron Latanision Named New Editor-in-Chief of "The Bridge"
AUGUST 02, 2011

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Winter Issue of The Bridge on Sustainable Water Resources

Volume 41 No. 4 - Winter 2011

Fall Issue of The Bridge on Agriculture and Information Technology

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Summer Issue of The Bridge on Changing the Conversation about Engineering

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October 16, 2011

Engineers: The Next Generation - Do we need more? Who will they be? What will they do?

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October 13, 2011

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Google interviewed President of the NAE Charles Vest, soliciting his opinion on the program and Google technology.
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March 31, 2011

Charles Vest to Receive the 2011 Vannevar Bush Award

The National Science Board Announces the Recipient of the 2011 Vannevar Bush Award
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Charles Vest talks about US Competitiveness and Innovation in the 21st Century

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Innovia, LLC

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University of Cambridge

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University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent

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University of Chile

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