This volume highlights the papers presented at the National Academy of Engineering's 2012 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. Every year, the symposium brings together 100 outstanding young leaders in engineering to share their cutting-edge research and technical work. The 2012 symposium was held September 13-15, and hosted by General Motors at the GM Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. Speakers were asked to prepare extended summaries of their presentations, which are reprinted here. The intent of this book is to convey the excitement of this unique meeting and to highlight cutting-edge developments in engineering research and technical work.
Table of Contents
Front Matter CLIMATE ENGINEERING Introduction--David S. Sholl and Armin Sorooshian Overview of Climate Engineering--Eli Kintisch Removing Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere: Possibilities and Challenges of Air Capture--Christopher W. Jones Offsetting Climate Change by Engineering Air Pollution to Brighten Clouds--Lynn M. Russell Climate Engineering with Stratospheric Aerosols and Associated Engineering Parameters--Ben Kravitz VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION Introduction--Michael W. Degner and Sanjeev Naik Keeping Up with Increasing Demands for Electrochemical Energy Storage--Jeff Sakamoto Stronger, Lighter, and More Energy Efficient: Challenges of Magnetic Material Development for Vehicle Electrification--Matthew A. Willard Analysis of Projected Impact of Plug-in Electric Vehicles on the Distribution Grid--Arindam Maitra The Car and the Cloud: Automotive Architectures for 2020--Rahul Mangharam SERIOUS GAMES Introduction--Li-Te Cheng and Ben Sawyer Moving Innovative Game Technology from the Lab to the Living Room--Richard Marks Playing to Win: Serious Games for Business--Phaedra Boinodiris ENGINEERING MATERIALS FOR THE BIOLOGICAL INTERFACE Engineering Materials for the Biological Interface--Karen J. L. Burg and Ali Khademhosseini Engineering Tissue-to-Tissue Interfaces and the Formation of Complex Tissues--Helen H. Lu Identification and Modulation of Biophysical Signals That Control Stem Cell Function and Fate--David V. Schaffer Engineering 3D Tissue Systems to Better Mimic Human Biology--Matthew Gevaert APPENDIXES Contributors Program Participants
