2020 National Academy of Engineering Annual Meeting

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October
04
2020
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October
07
2020
August 12, 2022 AT 11:08 AM
Schedule
Sunday, Oct 04, 2020
Tuesday, Oct 06, 2020
Wednesday, Oct 07, 2020
Speakers
  • Christopher King
    The Office of Congressional and Government Affairs (OCGA)
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  • John Brooks Slaughter is a professor of education and engineering in the Rossier School of Education and Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). A former director of the National Science Foundation, chancellor of the University of Maryland, College Park, and president of Occidental College, he has served for ...

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  • Elana Lippa
    NASEM
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  • Sabina Alkire
    Oxford

    Sabina Alkire directs the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and is associate professor of development studies in the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford. Her research interests include multidimensional poverty measurement and analysis, welfare economics, the capability approach, the ...

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  • Donald C Winter
    National Academy of Engineering

    Donald Winter is an independent consultant, and former Professor of Engineering Practice in the departments of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he taught graduate level courses on systems engineering, satellite design, and maritime policy. He served as the 74th Secretary of ...

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At-a-Glance

Engineering for Pandemics: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

“It’s as bad as anything can be…all the theatres and nearly all the shops and restaurants are closed, and the streets have been full of funerals all day and ambulances all night.” 

                                                – Katherine Anne Porter, Pale Horse, Pale Rider (1939)


Those words were written about the influenza pandemic of 1918. The description was tragically accurate a century later, as a novel coronavirus, covid-19, swept the world in a matter of weeks. Lives and livelihoods were ended, businesses and global supply chains were disrupted, national and local economies tanked. Healthcare and other workers deemed essential were pressed into service with inadequate protection, risking their health and that of their families. Educators scrambled to complete the academic year. Socioeconomic and racial disparities led to differential impacts. Governments at all levels struggle to make the best decisions with conflicting information and limited resources. The long-term consequences are as yet unknown.

Despite experiences with the 1918 flu and other, more recent diseases that spread quickly (e.g., SARS, AIDS, MERS), nearly everyone was caught unprepared by covid-19. What lessons need to be learned to prepare effectively for future pandemics? Experience shows that they will surely occur, especially as the world gets “smaller” and more interconnected through travel and trade.

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At this year’s NAE annual meeting, the plenary speakers and technical forum panelists will offer their perspectives on such health scourges, their impacts, and the role of engineering in preparing for and addressing them.

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  • John L. Anderson John L. Anderson
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    October 4, 2020
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    NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING John L. Anderson President’s Address Public Program October 4, 2020
    Speaker: John L. Anderson (National Academy of Engineering)
  • Donald C. Winter Donald C. Winter
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    October 4, 2020
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    Chair's Remarks
    NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING Donald C. Winter NAE Chair’s Address Public Program October 4, 2020
    Speaker: Donald C. Winter (National Academy of Engineering)
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     Introduction of the Class of 2020

    In February 2020 the members of the NAE elected 86 new members and 18 new international members. Election to the NAE is one of the highest professional distinctions conferred on engineers. The main criteria for membership in the National Academy of Engineering are outstanding personal contributions and accomplishments in one or both of the following categories:
    1. Engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature.
    2. Pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education, or providing engineering leadership of major endeavors,

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    During 2019, the CHR advocated in support of 100 colleagues in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East suffering serious human rights abuses as a consequence of their professional work and other internationally protected activities.

    PostedOctober 2, 2020

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