New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Announces New Members Thu, July 29, 2021 New Voices, an initiative of the National Academies, announced its new cohort of members. For the next two years, these 22 mid-career experts will have the opportunity to bring their collective ideas about critical and emerging interdisciplinary issues to the work of the National Academies. Read More
Engineering Around the World Thu, July 29, 2021 The NAE celebrates its international connections through its 299 international members and through the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences—CAETS. Read More
NAE releases video of joint CAE, RAE, NAE virtual seminar on engineering responses to COVID 19 Wed, July 28, 2021 This second event in the series addressed how engineers sought to limit exposure to the virus and accelerate the dissemination of vaccines through the application of both established and novel technologies. Read More
NAE Member Jeff Bezos blasts into space Tue, July 20, 2021 Jeff Bezos blasted off Tuesday, becoming the second entrepreneur in just over a week to reach space aboard his own spacecraft. The flight was a great personal achievement and for his company Blue Origin, but did elicit grousing on twitter about ‘personal’ rockets. Read More
The Global Positioning System (GPS): Creating Satellite Beacons in Space, Engineers Transformed Daily Life on Earth Tue, July 13, 2021 The GPS is a modern engineering marvel that provides simple, fundamental, and useful knowledge of ones exact location. A new article in the journal Engineering describes its history through the recollections of 2003 Draper Prize winner and NAE member Brad Parkinson. Read More
Cato T. Laurencin Receives Prestigious Spingarn Medal from NAACP Tue, July 06, 2021 NAE member Cato T. Laurencin has been awarded the prestigious Spingarn Medal by the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization. The medal is presented for the “highest or noblest achievement” by an African American. Laurencin is also a NAS and NAM member. Read More
Sep92021 Forum on Complex Unifiable Systems (FOCUS)'s Virtual Forum on Complex Food and Agricultural Systems: Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience The goal of this forum is to convene experts knowledgeable about different engineering approaches to discuss ways to transform current unsustainable, reductionist, and linear food and agricultural systems to more holistic, resilient, and circular systems for public and environmental well-being. ...
Oct22021 Oct 02 2021 - Oct 03 2021 2021 National Academy of Engineering Annual Meeting 2021 NAE Annual Meeting Technical Forum Engineering Responses to Climate Change “Few…would be prepared to admit that the activities of man could have any influence upon phenomena of so vast a scale [as our climates and weather]…. [Yet] such influence is not only ... Hybrid Read More
Oct62021 Oct 06 2021 - Oct 21 2021Promising Practices and Innovative Programs in the Responsible Conduct of Research The Promising Practices and Innovative Programs in the Responsible Conduct of Research virtual workshop will be held October 6, 7, 20, and 21, 2021. It will provide a forum for interdisciplinary discussions of (i) effective strategies for building a culture of responsible conduct of research ...