Co-chairs: Zhigang Suo, Harvard University, and Zhihua Zhong, Hunan University
ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC HEALTH: ENSURING FOOD SAFETY
Co-chairs: Ning Li, China Agricultural University and Bradley Marks, Michigan State University
Capability Building of Food Safety: Where Do We Stand In China?
Yongning Wu, Professor, Department of Monitoring and Control for Contaminants,
National Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
The Food Safety Objective Approach to Risk-Based Process Design
Nathan Anderson, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
GMOs Analysis in China
Dabing Zhang, Professor, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Implementing Novel Food Technologies by Ensuring the Public Health - A Risk-Based Process Validation Approach
Ferhan Ozadali, Principal Scientist and Global Process Authority, Nestlé
NEW ENERGY-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES
Co-chairs: Suping Peng, China University of Mining and Technology, and Tina Salguero, Chemistry and Materials Science Research
Materials Solutions for Energy Conversion and Storage: Fuel Cells and Solar Generators
Sossina Haile, Professor of Materials Science and of Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: Materials, Technology and Application
Minfang Han, Professor, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing)
New Approaches to Hydrogen Storage
Jason Graetz, Assistant Scientist, Energy Sciences & Technology, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Direct Coal Liquefaction & CO2 Abatement Demonstration Project
Yuzhuo Zhang, President and CEO, Shenhua Group Corporation
SUSTAINABLE and DISASTER-RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS
Co-chairs: Reginald DesRoches, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Jinping Ou, Dalian University of Technology
Bridges for the Flat World: Next-Generation Highway Bridge Structures
Bozidar Stojadinovic, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Berkeley
Natural Diaster Evaluation and Mitigation of Electric Power Grid Infrastructures in China
Qiang Xie, Associate Professor, Department of Building Engineering, Tongji University
Ubiquitous Sensing at the Cyber-Physical Interface for Sustainable and Safe Infrastructure Systems
Jerome Lynch, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
Monitoring, Evaluation, Design and Control for Life-Cycle Performance of Key Civil Engineering
Hui Li, Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Co-chairs: Darcy Bullock, Purdue University, and Jianping Wu, Beijing University of Posts and Communications
Estimating Arterial Travel Time Using Vehicle Signature Re-identification
Brian Fuller, Sensys Networks
The Intelligent Transport Systems in Beijing Olympic Games
Jianping Wu, Beijing University of Posts and Communications
Developing Procedures for Estimating Capacity of U-turn Movement at Median Openings
Pan Liu, Professor, School of Transportation, Southeast University in Nanjing
Application of Probe Data for Transportation System Management
Jason Wasson, Indiana Department of Transportation