Program
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
Seventh Annual Symposium on
Frontiers of Engineering
March 1–3, 2002
FLIGHT AT THE LEADING EDGE: EXTREME AERODYNAMICS FROM THE MEGA TO THE MICRO
Organizers: Donald Nilson, Albert Pisano
Active Flow Control: Enabling Next-Generation Jet Propulsion Aerodynamics
Jeffrey W. Hamstra, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Miniature Spy Planes: The Next Generation of Flying Robots
Stephen J. Morris, MLB Company
Ronald S. Fearing, University of California, Berkeley
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CIVIL SYSTEMS
Organizers: Sue McNeil, Priscilla Nelson
Dynamic Planning and Control of Civil Infrastructure Systems
Feniosky Peña-Mora, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Improbable Is Not Impossible: Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Linda K. Nozick, Cornell University
Interdependencies in Civil Infrastructure Systems
Miriam Heller, National Science Foundation
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WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
Organizers: Venugopal Veeravalli, Minerva Yeung
Design Challenges for Future Wireless Systems
Andrea Goldsmith, Stanford University
Next-Generation Mobile Wireless Internet Technology
Rajiv Laroia, Flarion Technologies
Service Architectures for Emerging Wireless Networks
S. Muthukrishnan, AT&T Laboratories and Rutgers University
Wireless Integrated Network Sensors (WINS): The Web Gets Physical
Gregory J. Pottie, University of California, Los Angeles
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TECHNOLOGY AND THE HUMAN BODY
Organizers: David Beebe, John Norton, Sharon Nunes
Applying Simulation Technology to the Life Sciences
Thomas Paterson, Entelos, Inc.
Reengineering the Paralyzed Nervous System
P. Hunter Peckham, Case Western Reserve University
Merging Living Cells and Microsystems Engineering
Mehmet Toner, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital