Impacts of National Science Foundation Engineering Research Support on Society (2024)
Chapter: Appendix A: Agenda 2022 Symposium on Extraordinary Engineering Impacts on Society
Appendix A
Agenda – 2022 Symposium on Extraordinary Engineering Impacts on Society
Agenda – Thursday, August 18
| 10:00 a.m. |
Symposium greeting Dan Arvizu, Ph.D. – planning committee chair |
| 10:05 a.m. |
Welcoming remarks John Anderson, Ph.D. President, National Academy of Engineering |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Overview of the symposium structure and logistics Dan Arvizu, Ph.D. – planning committee chair |
SESSION I: NSF AND ITS ROLE IN FOSTERING
EXTRAORDINARY ENGINEERING IMPACTS ON SOCIETY
| 10:25 a.m. |
Introduction of session speakers Jeffrey Yost, Ph.D. – session moderator and planning committee member |
| 10:30 a.m. |
The New Applied Innovation Policy Challenges Facing NSF William Boone Bonvillian, MAR, J.D. Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Departments of Science, Technology, and Society and Political Science; Senior Director, Special Projects, MIT Office of Digital Learning. |
| 10:50 a.m. |
The Influence of NSF Engineering Funding on Society Thomas Woodson, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Stony Brook University, Department of Technology and Society |
| 11:10 a.m. |
Moderated roundtable discussion – session speakers |
| 11:55 a.m. | Break |
SESSION II: PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT ABOUT
EXTRAORDINARY ENGINEERING IMPACTS ON SOCIETY
| 12:25 p.m. |
Introduction to the session Ed Frank, Ph.D. – session moderator and planning committee member |
| 12:30 p.m. |
Leadoff presentation Pramod Khargonekar, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Research and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine |
| 1:00–3:20 p.m. |
Session speakers Maia Weinstock, B.A. [speaking on Mildred Dresselhaus, Ph.D.] author and Deputy Editorial Director, MIT News, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Albert Pisano, Ph.D. Dean, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego Gilda Barabino, Ph.D. President and Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Olin College of Engineering Baratunde Cola, Ph.D. Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech Susan Estrada, B.S. Founder, CERFnet [retired] Paula Hammond, Ph.D. Institute Professor and Department Head of Chemical Engineering, Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 3:20 p.m. | Break |
| 3:35 p.m. |
Moderated roundtable discussion – session speakers and discussant Discussant Sarah Rajala, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus [E CPE]; James L. and Katherine S. Melsa Dean of Engineering, Iowa State University |
| 4:35 p.m. |
Session wrap-up and preview of Day 2 Dan Arvizu, Ph.D. – planning committee chair |
| 4:45 p.m. | Session adjourns |
Agenda – Friday, August 19
| 10:00 a.m. |
Day 2 greeting; overview of the symposium structure and logistics Dan Arvizu, Ph.D. – planning committee chair |
| 10:10 a.m. |
Keynote – Engineering’s Role in Creating Extraordinary Impacts on Society Kristina Johnson, Ph.D. President, The Ohio State University |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Keynote – Engineering Education, The Key to Creating the Next Generation of Extraordinary Impacts Gary May, Ph.D. Chancellor, University of California, Davis |
SESSION III: NSF CENTERS THAT CATALYZED
EXTRAORDINARY ENGINEERING IMPACTS ON SOCIETY
| 10:50 a.m. |
Introduction to the session Theresa Maldonado, Ph.D., PE – session moderator and planning committee member |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Leadoff presentation Kon-Well Wang, Ph.D. Stephen P. Timoshenko Collegiate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan |
| 11:25 a.m.–1:40 p.m. |
Session speakers Mark Humayun, M.D., Ph.D. University Professor of Ophthalmology; Cornelius J. Pings Chair in Biomedical Sciences; Director, Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics; Co-Director USC Roski Eye Institute; and Director of Sensory Science Initiatives, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Karen Lozano, Ph.D., FNAI Julia Beecherl Endowed Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Founder and Director of the Nanotechnology Center, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Gregory Deierlein, Ph.D. John A. Blume Professor in the School of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University Michael Silevitch, Ph.D. Robert D. Black Professor and COE Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University Veena Misra, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Director, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center on Advanced Self-Powered of Integrated Sensors and Technologies, North Carolina State University |
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S. Shankar Sastry, Ph.D. [accompanied by Larry Rohrbough, M.S.] Director, Richard C. Blum Center for Developing Economies; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Professor of Bioengineering, and Thomas M. Siebel Professor, University of California, Berkeley |
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| 1:40 p.m. |
Moderated roundtable discussion – session speakers |
| 2:25 p.m. | Break |
SESSION IV: NSF PROCESSES THAT FOSTERED
EXTRAORDINARY ENGINEERING IMPACTS ON SOCIETY
| 2:40 p.m. |
Introduction to the session Louis Martin-Vega, Ph.D. – session moderator and planning committee member |
| 2:50 p.m. |
Leadoff presentation Andre Marshall, Ph.D. Vice President for Research, Innovation and Economic Development and President of the George Mason University Research Foundation |
| 3:15–5:30 p.m. |
Session speakers Rory A. Cooper, Ph.D. Assistant Vice Chancellor, Distinguished Professor, and FISA Foundation and Paralyzed Veterans of America Professor of Rehabilitation Engineering, Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology; Founding Director and VA Senior Research Career Scientist, Human Engineering Research Laboratories; University of Pittsburgh and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Harriet Nembhard, Ph.D. Dean, College of Engineering; Roy J. Carver Professor of Engineering; and Professor of Industrial Engineering; The University of Iowa Cindy Atman. Ph.D. Director and Lella Blanche Bowie Endowed Chair, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching, and Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington Sarah EchoHawk, M.N.M. Chief Executive Officer, American Indian Science and Engineering Society Alice Agogino, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Squishy Robotics; Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus and affiliated faculty with the Energy Resources Group, Women and Gender Studies, Development Engineering, and Studies in Science, Engineering and Mathematics Education; University of California, Berkeley Arlyne Simon, Ph.D. Solutions Architect, Health, Education, and Consumer Industries group, Intel; Founder, Abby Invents, LLC |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Moderated roundtable discussion – session speakers and discussants Discussants Mona Minkara, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering; Affiliated Faculty, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; and Principal Investigator, COMBINE (Computational Modeling for BioInterface Engineering) Lab; Northeastern University College of Engineering Sheri Sheppard, Ph.D., PE Richard W. Weiland Professor in the School of Engineering, Emeritus, Stanford University |
| 6:15 p.m. |
Symposium closing remarks and thanks Dan Arvizu, Ph.D. – planning committee chair |
| 6:25 p.m. |
Symposium concludes |
REFERENCE
NASEM/NAE (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and National Academy of Engineering). 2023. Extraordinary engineering impacts on society: Proceedings of a symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26847.
