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
Innovative Early-Career Engineers Selected to Participate in NAE's 2021 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Wed, June 23, 2021 Eighty-three of the nation’s brightest early-career engineers have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 27th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) symposium. Engineers who are performing exceptional research and technical work in a variety of disciplines ... Read More
NAE Awards the 2021 Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grants for Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research Wed, June 16, 2021 Two Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grants of $30,000 have been awarded to attendees of the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 2020 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Symposium, which was held virtually in February 2021, after being postponed last year. Read More
Scientific Evidence Should Determine Origin of SARS-CoV-2: A Message from the Presidents of the NAS, NAE, and NAM Mon, June 14, 2021 In a statement, the presidents of the National Academies urge that investigations of the origins of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 be guided by scientific principles. “Science is our best tool to ascertain, or to understand to the extent possible, the origins of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, which could help ... 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 ...