2008 U.S. FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM
Sandia National Laboratories/ University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
September 18-20, 2008

Chair: Julia M. Phillips, Director, Physical, Chemical, and Nano Sciences Center, Sandia National Laboratories


Sponsors
Presentations


Drug Delivery Systems
Organizers: William Grieco, PetroAlgae, and Efrosini Kokkoli, University of Minnesota

Methodolgies for Drug Delivery
Samir Mitragotri, University of California, Santa Barbara

Targeted Polymeric Nanotherapeutics
Jeffrey Hrkach, BIND Biosciences

Polymer Technology for Gene Therapy
Daniel Pack, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Traceable Drug Delivery: Lighting the Way with QDots
Xiaohu Gao, University of Washington


Emerging Nanoelectronic Devices
Organizers: Jia Chen, IBM, and Victor Zhirnov, Semiconductor Research Corporation

The Quest for the Next Information Processing Technology
Jeff Welser, IBM and SRC Nanoelectronics Research Initiative

Molecular and Polymer Nanodevices
Nikolai Zhitenev, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Roll Printing of Nanowires for Integrated Device and Sensor Arrays
Ali Javey, University of California, Berkeley

Role of DNA in Nanoarchitectonics and Future Prospects
Mihri Ozkan, University of California, Riverside


Cognitive Engineering
Organizers: Barrett Caldwell, Purdue University, and Kim Vicente, University of Toronto

Cognitive Engineering: It's Not What You Think
Stephanie Guerlain, University of Virginia

Driving Attention: Cognitive Engineering in Designing Attractions and Distractions
John Lee, University of Iowa

Human Reliability Analysis in Cognitive Engineering and System Design
Ronald Boring, Sandia National Labs

Cognitive Engineering Applications in Health Care
Ann Bisantz, University at Buffalo (SUNY)


Understanding and Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Organizers: Scott Goldstein, SAIC, and Greg Hebner, Sandia National Labs

U.S. National Security in New Times
Steven Nixon, (formerly) Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction: Translating Strategic Guidance into Actionable Solutions
Charles Beames, USSTRATCOM Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction

Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: The Role of Science and Engineering
Joseph Martz, Los Alamos National Lab