1998 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium List of Participants
Venkat Allada
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Engineering Management
University of Missouri-Rolla
Mark G. Allen
Manager
Aeropropulsion Technologies
Physical Sciences Inc.
Nancy M. Amato
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
Kristi S. Anseth
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
University of Colorado
Frances H. Arnold
Professor
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Carol R. Ashe
Associate
Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc.
Beauford W. Atwater
Program Manager
Sensors, Systems, and Telemetry Group
Bell Communications Research
Thomas G. Bifano
Associate Professor
Dept. of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Boston University
Thierry A. Blanchet
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanics
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Reid A. Brennen
Member Technical Staff
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Joel W. Burdick
Associate Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Andrea Califano
Program Director
IBM Computational Biology Center
Jacqueline Chen
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Combustion Research Facility
Sandia National Laboratories
Wilfred Chen
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Chemical & Environmental Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Charles P. Coleman
Manager, System Diagnostics
Joseph C. Wilson Center for Research and Technology
Xerox Corporation
Michael L. Corradini
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Engineering Physics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Susan Corwin
Director
Computing Enhancement Architecture Lab
Intel Corporation
John P. Coulter
Associate Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Lehigh University
David C. Dankworth
Staff Engineer
Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
Mark E. Dean
IBM Fellow and Director
IBM Austin Research Laboratory
Kay C. Dee
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory
Tulane University
William Dowling
Senior Technical Specialist
Manufacturing Systems Department
Ford Research Lab
Michael P. Ekart
Principal Research Engineer
Eastman Chemical Company
James G. Fujimoto
Professor
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Henri P. Gavin
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Duke University
Mark D. Gehlsen
Senior Process Development Engineer
3M Company
Apostolos T. Georgiou
Associate Engineer
Modeling & Advanced Control Group
Mobil Technology Company
Mark N. Glauser
Professor
Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Clarkson University
Sharon C. Glotzer
Acting Director
Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Kenneth Y. Goldberg
Associate Professor
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
University of California, Berkeley
Larry Gray
Mechanical Engineer
DEKA Research & Development
Linda G. Griffith
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Connie L. Gutowski (unable to attend)
Windstar Chassis Manager
Vehicle Center #2
Ford Motor Company
Erik Hagersten
Chief Architect
High-End Servers
Sun Microsystems
Paula T. Hammond
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brian E. Holtz
Senior Engineer
Computer Motion Inc.
Robert D. Howe
Associate Professor
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
James F. Huber
Senior Product Manager
Network Products
FANUC Robotics North America, Inc.
Michael B. Jones
Researcher
Microsoft Research
Microsoft Corporation
J. Woody Ju
Professor
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles
John Kallinderis
Associate Professor
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
Lydia Kavraki
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
Rice University
Robert G. Kelly
Associate Professor
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Virginia
Kevin L. Kloker
Director
Corporate Systems Research Labs
Motorola, Inc.
Kathleen S. Krisch
Member of Technical Staff
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
David N. Ku
Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dimitris C. Lagoudas
Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University
Jay Lee
Director
Product Development and Manufacturing
United Technologies Research Center
Ming Li
Staff Scientist
Material Mechanics and Microstructure Center
Aluminum Company of America
John C. Lichauer
Senior Program Engineer
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Don M. Lipkin
Materials Scientist
Physical Metallurgy Laboratory
GE Corporate Research and Development
Jon P. Longtin
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Rick L. Martineau
Team Leader
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Larry H. Matthies
Supervisor
Machine Vision and Tracking Sensors Group
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
David F. McLaughlin
Fellow Engineer
Westinghouse Science and Technology Center
Alex Meduvsky
Manager
Heated Gas Inflator Program
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems
Parviz Moin
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University
George G. Muntean
Technical Specialist
Cummins Engine Co., Inc.
Omkaram Nalamasu
Technical Manager
Optical Lithography and Imaging Materials
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Jun Ni
Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Director, Wu Manufacturing Research Center, Director, NSF-I/UCR Center
University of Michigan
David P. Norton
Research Staff Member
Solid State Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Linda K. Nozick
Associate Professor
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Cornell University
Victor G. Oancea
Senior Research Engineer
Hibbitt, Karlsson & Sorensen, Inc.
Julio M. Ottino
Walter P. Murphy Professor and Chair
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Northwestern University
Richard S. Parnas
Group Leader
Polymer Composites, Polymers Division
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Douglas H. Pearson
Research Physicist
Naval Research Laboratory
Charles C. Peck
Manager, Advanced Distributed Architecture Research
Advanced Technology Laboratories
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Michael A. Peshkin
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
Northwestern University
Melinda Piket-May
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Colorado
Milind Rajadhyaksha
Optics Engineer
Massachusetts General Hospital - Wellman Labs
Elsa Reichmanis (unable to attend)
Head
Polymer and Organic Materials Research Department
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Clifford L. Renschler
Manager
Electronic and Optical Materials Dept.
Sandia National Laboratories
Philip M. Rice
Senior Professional Associate
Central Artery/Tunnel Project
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.
Steven D. Rizzi
Assistant Vice President and Division Manager
Advanced Information Technology Division
Science Applications International Corporation
William L. Roberts
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
North Carolina State University
Krista B. Rossiter
Engineer
Kemper Engineering Lab
The Procter & Gamble Company
Sarah M. Ryan
Assistant Professor
Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Meera Sampath
Member, Research and Technology Staff
Control and Diagnostics Laboratory
Xerox Corporation
Joseph C. Wilson Center for Research and Technology
John Saw
Director
Hardware Development
AT&T Wireless Services
James G. Schroth
Staff Research Engineer
General Motors R&D Center
Daniel T. Schwartz
Associate Professor
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
University of Washington
Eva M. Sevick-Muraca
Associate Professor
School of Chemical Engineering
Purdue University
Michael C. Shaw
Manager
Design and Reliability, Materials Science
Rockwell Science Center
Scott Singerman
Technology Manager
Compression Systems Component Center
Pratt & Whitney
Louis J. Soslowsky
Associate Professor and Director of Orthopaedic Research
Depts. of Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Pennsylvania
John G. Speer
Professor
Advanced Steel Processing and Products Research Center
Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
Yu-Chong Tai
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Robert D. Tilton
Associate Professor
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
David A. Tirrell
Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor
Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Scott Tychsen
Product Manager
Raytheon Aircraft Company
John H. van Zanten
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Steven J. Visco
Principal Investigator
Materials Sciences Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Robert H. Wagoner
Professor
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Ohio State University
Howard Waldman
Consulting Scientist
Raytheon Systems Company
Andrew M. Weiner
Professor
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Denise Wilson
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
University of Kentucky
Michael Winter
Director
Hamilton Standard Program
United Technologies Research Center
Fuquan (Frank) Zhao
Product Engineer
Chrysler Corporation
Jian-Gang (Jimmy) Zhu
Associate Professor
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Steven J. Zinkle
Research Staff Member
Metals and Ceramics Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Guest Speaker
William J. Perry
Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor
Engineering-Economic Systems and Operations Research
Stanford University
German-American Frontiers of Engineering
Wolfgang Benecke
Managing Director
Institute for Microsensors, -actuators and -systems (IMSAS)
University of Bremen
U.S.-Japan Frontiers of Engineering
Tetsuo Miwa
Research Head
Medicinal Chemistry Laboratories
Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
Yoshihiro Takiguchi
Researcher
Central Research Lab
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
Ken-ichi Yoshie
Senior Research Scientist
Yokohama Research Center
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Senior Engineers
Malcolm J. Abzug
Retired President
ACA Systems, Inc.
Irving L. Ashkenas
Vice Chairman of the Board
Systems Technology, Inc.
William F. Ballhaus, Sr.
President
International Numatics, Inc.
George A. Bekey
Gordon Marshall Professor of Computer Science and
Director, Robotics Research Laboratory
University of Southern California
Robert H. Wertheim
Consultant
Science Applications International Corporation
Agency Representatives
William S. Butcher
Senior Engineering Advisor
Directorate for Engineering
National Science Foundation
Clifford Lau
Program Officer
Corporate Programs Division
Office of Naval Research
National Research Council
Mahadevan (Dev) Mani
National Research Council Executive Office