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2020 National Academy of Engineering Annual Meeting

Agenda

October 4, 2020

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

International Secretary's Meeting

(for International Members & their guests)

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Home Secretary's Meeting

(by invitation only)

12:00 PM – 02:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Public Program

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Chair's Remarks

56th National Academy of Engineering Annual Meeting

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING Donald C. Winter NAE Chair’s Address Public Program October 4, 2020

Speaker: Donald C. Winter, Chair, National Academy of Engineering

President's Address

56th National Academy of Engineering Annual Meeting

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING John L. Anderson President’s Address Public Program October 4, 2020

Speaker: John L. Anderson, President, National Academy of Engineering

John L. Anderson Address 2020 slides

Introduction of the Class of 2020 (the Induction Ceremony will be held in October 2021)

Speaker: Alton D. Romig, Jr., Executive Officer, National Academy of Engineering

03:00 PM – 03:30 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Awards Presentation

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Speaker: Corale L. Brierley, Vice President, National Academy of Engineering

2020 Simon Ramo Founders Award Recipient: Dr. Frances S. Ligler, Senior Scientist, Retired, Naval Research Laboratory, Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University and UNC-Chapel Hill

2020 Arthur M. Bueche Award Recipient: Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., David A. Ross Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering and Director, Global Policy Research Institute and Global Affairs Officer, Purdue University

2020 J. C. Hunsaker Award in Aeronautical Engineering Recipient: Alan C. Brown, Director of Engineering (Retired), Lockheed Corporation

04:30 PM – 06:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Plenary Speakers

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Lessons Learned: How to Prepare for Future Pandemics

Lessons Learned: How to Prepare for Future Pandemics? (e.g., testing, vaccines and therapeutics, ecology, engineering standards, AI & machine learning, logistics)

Speaker: David R. Walt, Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Bioinspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School

Fighting COVID-19 With Resilience - A Race Against Time

Pandemic Impacts on Society: Engineering’s Role (e.g., education [including the digital divide], impact of broadband infrastructure on communities [some better off than others], differential effects on vulnerable populations, economic impacts and impacts for the future of work)

Speaker: Pam Cheng, Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Information Technology, AstraZeneca

06:30 PM – 07:15 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Golden Bridge and Donor Recognition Society

(by invitation only)

October 5, 2020

12:30 PM – 02:30 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Preparing for Future Pandemics: Using lessons from the current crisis to improve future responses

The Forum: Engineering for Pandemics: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

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Lessons Learned: How to Prepare for Future Pandemics

Lessons Learned: How to Prepare for Future Pandemics? (e.g., testing, vaccines and therapeutics, ecology, engineering standards, AI & machine learning, logistics)

Speaker: David R. Walt, Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Bioinspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School

Fighting COVID-19 With Resilience - A Race Against Time

Speaker: Pam Cheng, Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Information Technology, AstraZeneca

Keeping Society's Transportation Systems Operational

Keeping Society’s Systems Operational: supply chains (e.g., food and essentials), electrical grid, broadcom/telecom systems, transportation, manufacturing (e.g., PPE, vaccines, therapeutics), and media.

Speaker: Daniel Work, Associate Professor, Institute for Software Integrated Systems at Vanderbilt University

The Future of Work: 15 Million New Jobs

Implications for the Future of Work (e.g., technology assistance, AI and machine learning, societal impacts, economic impacts)

Speaker: William B. Rouse, Research Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University

Vaccine Pandemic Production & Scale-Up

Rapid Engineering of Critical Supplies: The Role of Advanced Manufacturing (e.g., direct manufacturing, including 3-D printing, of testing supplies, masks, face shields, gloves)

Speaker: Paul McKenzie, Chief Operating Officer, CSL Limited

Charting Pathways Out of Poverty Before and During the Pandemic: Trends in acute multidimensional poverty across the developing world

Pandemics and Poverty (e.g., application of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index to population disparities during a pandemic)

Speaker: Sabina Alkire, Director, Poverty and Human Development Initiative, Oxford

03:30 PM – 04:30 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

'We Must Let Opportunity Meet Talent'

NAE Annual Meeting Address John Slaughter

Special Lecture: Racial Justice and Equity

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Speaker: John Brooks Slaughter, Professor, Rossier School of Education and Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California

05:00 PM – 06:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Leverage Your Charitable Giving Options Under Recent Stimulus Legislation

Learn about the latest charitable giving strategies that may be beneficial to you based on the CARES Act and other applicable legislation. This seminar will provide attendees with case studies for structuring gifts that both leverage the financial benefits included in the legislation as well as ...

Speaker: Elana Lippa, Director of Gift Planning, NASEM

October 6, 2020

11:00 AM – 02:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Section Meeting - 1- Aerospace

The National Academy of Engineering is organized in twelve sections representing broad engineering categories. These are the annual business meetings for each section.

Section Chair: General Lester L. Lyles, Independent Consultant

11:00 AM – 02:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Section Meeting - 2- Bioengineering

The National Academy of Engineering is organized in twelve sections representing broad engineering categories. These are the annual business meetings for each section.

Section Chair: Professor David J. Mooney, Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering, Harvard University

11:00 AM – 02:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Section Meeting - 3- Chemical

The National Academy of Engineering is organized in twelve sections representing broad engineering categories. These are the annual business meetings for each section.

Section Chair: Professor Juan J. de Pablo, Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering , The University of Chicago

11:00 AM – 02:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Section Meeting - 4- Civil and Environmental

The National Academy of Engineering is organized in twelve sections representing broad engineering categories. These are the annual business meetings for each section.

Section Chair: Dr. Henry G. Schwartz, Jr., Consultant , Independent Consultant

11:00 AM – 02:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Section Meeting - 5- Computer Science

The National Academy of Engineering is organized in twelve sections representing broad engineering categories. These are the annual business meetings for each section.

Section Chair: Professor Julia Hirschberg, Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University

11:00 AM – 02:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Section Meeting - 6- Elec Power/Energy Sys

The National Academy of Engineering is organized in twelve sections representing broad engineering categories. These are the annual business meetings for each section.

Section Chair: Mr. Mark G. Adamiak, Independent Consultant , Adamiak Consulting LLC

03:00 PM – 06:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Section Meeting - 7- Elec, Comm and Info Sys

The National Academy of Engineering is organized in twelve sections representing broad engineering categories. These are the annual business meetings for each section.

Section Chair: Dr. James S. Harris, James and Ellenor Chesebrough Professor Emeritus , Stanford University

03:00 PM – 06:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Section Meeting - 8- Ind, Mfg and Op Sys

The National Academy of Engineering is organized in twelve sections representing broad engineering categories. These are the annual business meetings for each section.

Section Chair: Dr. Gerald G. Brown, Distinguished Professor of Operations Research , Naval Postgraduate School

03:00 PM – 06:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Section Meeting - 9- Materials

The National Academy of Engineering is organized in twelve sections representing broad engineering categories. These are the annual business meetings for each section.

Section Chair: Dr. Steven J. Zinkle, Governor's Chair Professor , The University of Tennessee

03:00 PM – 06:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Section Meeting - 10- Mechanical

The National Academy of Engineering is organized in twelve sections representing broad engineering categories. These are the annual business meetings for each section.

Section Chair: Dr. Nadine N. Aubry, Professor , Tufts University

03:00 PM – 06:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Section Meeting - 11- Earth Resources

The National Academy of Engineering is organized in twelve sections representing broad engineering categories. These are the annual business meetings for each section.

Section Chair: Dr. Steven Lee Crouch, Professor Emeritus Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, University of Minnesota

03:00 PM – 06:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Section Meeting - 12- Spec Fields and Interdisc

The National Academy of Engineering is organized in twelve sections representing broad engineering categories. These are the annual business meetings for each section.

Section Chair: Dr. George T. Ligler, Professor and Dean's Excellence Chair Dep't. of Multidisciplinary Engineering, Texas A&M University

October 7, 2020

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Yvonne C. Brill Lectureship in Aerospace Engineering

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Speaker: A. Miguel San Martin, Guidance & Control Section Chief Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

12:00 PM – 01:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Women's Meeting

(members and international members only)

Speaker: Dr. Linda P.B. Katehi, Chancellor & Distinguished Professor Emerita , Texas A&M University-College Station

Speaker: Corale L. Brierley, Vice President, National Academy of Engineering

Speaker: Professor Deb A. Niemeier, Clark Distinguished Chair, Energy & Sustainability Professor, Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland

02:00 PM – 03:00 PM

(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Virtual

Testifying Before Congress

(members and international members only)

Speaker: Christopher King, Executive Director, The Office of Congressional and Government Affairs (OCGA)