2012 Frontiers of Engineering Symposia

该奖项部分资助了由美国国家工程院(NAE)为早期职业研究人员举办的一系列三个国内和国际工程前沿(FOE)研讨会：德美工程前沿(2012年3月29-31日，德国波茨坦)、美国工程前沿(2012年9月13-15日，密歇根州沃伦)和日美工程前沿(2012年10月29-31日，加利福尼亚州欧文)。每次研讨会都聚焦于四个主题领域。2012年研讨会的主题如下：生物界面工程材料、严肃游戏、气候工程、车辆电气化、机器人技术、智能电网、仿生材料、海量数据管理、自然灾害工程、能源可持续工程、农业工程以及图像管理/视频分析。参加美国研讨会的约100名优秀青年工程师，参加双边研讨会的每个国家约30名。每个为期两天半的研讨会包括四个正式会议、技术参观、分组会议和发展合作研究伙伴关系的机会。会议包括与研讨会相关的前沿研究、创新和新出现的工程领域研究机会的演讲。FOE研讨会为早期职业科学家和工程师提供机会分享研究见解和技术，以促进新的合作，并在双边会议的情况下，加深两国与会者之间的技术和文化理解。研讨会促进了跨学科和国际合作，并为美国许多新兴的研究和创新前沿提供了一个参照点。通过这些交流，美国的创新能力得到加强。来自美国FOE研讨会的论文将以卷的形式发表在美国国家科学院出版社的网站上，网址是：http://www.nap.edu.

This award partially supports a series of three national and international Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Symposia organized by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for early career researchers: the German-American Frontiers of Engineering (March 29-31, 2012, in Potsdam, Germany), the U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (September 13-15, 2012, in Warren, Michigan), and the Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering (October 29-31, 2012, in Irvine, California). Each symposium focuses on four topical areas. The topics for the 2012 symposia are the following: engineering materials for the biological interface, serious games, climate engineering, vehicle electrification, robotics, smart grid, bio-inspired materials, massive data management, engineering for natural disasters, engineering for energy sustainability, engineering for agriculture, and image management/video analytics. About 100 outstanding young engineers for the U.S. symposium and 30 from each country for the bilateral symposia will participate. Each two and one-half day symposium includes four formal sessions, technical tours, break-out sessions, and opportunities for developing collaborative research partnerships. Sessions consist of presentations on cutting-edge research, innovations, and emerging research opportunities in engineering fields relevant to the symposium.The FOE symposia provide early career scientists and engineers the opportunity for sharing research insights and techniques to foster new collaborations and, in the case of the bilateral meetings, deepen technical and cultural understanding between the countries' participants. The symposia foster interdisciplinary and international collaborations and serve as a reference point for many of the emerging frontiers in research and innovation in the United States. American innovative capacity is strengthened through these exchanges. Papers from the U.S. FOE symposium will be published in a volume available on the National Academies Press website at http://www.nap.edu.