THIRD JAPAN-AMERICA FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM
November 20-22, 2003
Irvine, California
Chairs:
James Fujimoto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kazuhiro Sakurada, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
List of Participants
Sponsors
Program
Large-Scale Civil Systems
Organizers: Steven Glaser, Muneo Hori
Strategic Maintenance of Bridges of Tokaido Shinkansen
Yoichi Ando, Tokai Japan Railway Company
State of the Art in Optical-Based Sensing
Michael D. Todd, University of California, San Diego
Frontiers of High-Definition Surveying Using 3-D Laser Scanning System
Chris Thewalt, Cyra Technologies, Inc.
Large-Scale Computer Modeling and Simulation as a Planning and Design Tool
Kazuo Kashiyama, Chuo University
Electrifying the 21st Century
Organizers: Thomas J. Overbye, Akifusa Hagiwara
The Evolution of Competitive Power Markets
Harry Singh, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Distribution System Integration of Emerging Technologies
Karen Miu, ADrexel University
Distributed Generation and Fuel Cells
Masayoshi Ishida, Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba
Introduction to NGK’s NaS Batteries Background and Future
Taku Ohsima, NGK Insulators, Ltd.
Systems Biology and the Emerging Discipline of Biological Engineering
Organizers: Linda Griffith, Masato Miyake
Control of Protein Aggregation and Fibril Formation by Small Chemicals
Masahiro Takagi, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Specialties
Cruising Inside Cells
Atsushi Miyawaki, Brain Sensors Institute, RIKEN
Proteomic Analysis of Cellular Signaling
Forest White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computer-Based Models and Virtual Patients: The Newest Biomedical Research Laboratory
Cynthia Stokes, Entelos, Inc.
Multimedia Networking
Organizers: Charles Peck, Yasuhito Hayashi
Large-Scale Streaming Video Servers -Towards an Everything-On-Demand Future
Satish Menon, Kasenna
Status and Trends in Video Coding Technologiess-Video Compression
Kohtaro Asai, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Status and Trends in Multimedia Networking-Video Streaming
Naoki Wakamiya, Osaka University
Engineering the Internet with QoS Support
Lixia Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles