2005 AAAS
Engineering Section Meeting
Park Tower Suite 8212
MINUTES
1. Jose Cruz,
Jr., Section Chair, called the meeting to order at
2. Dr.
Cruz asked for comments and possible changes to the Draft Minutes of the
Section Business Meeting held on
3. The tentative agenda as shown in Appendix B was approved with no changes.
4. Announcements:
Dr. Cruz announced that Matthew Tirrell was elected
Chair-Elect and Frances H. Arnold was elected Member-at-Large of the
Engineering Section’s Steering Group both effective
Dr. Cruz also announced that Priscilla Provost Nelson and John M. Tarbell were elected to the Engineering Section Electorate Nominating Committee.
Dr.
Cruz announced that 15 members affiliated with the Engineering Section were
elected Fellows of AAAS in September 2004.
The names of the new Fellows are listed in Appendix D.
5. Fellow Nomination Process: Dr. Cruz reviewed the AAAS Fellow nomination process. There are three ways a candidate can be nominated: By a member of the Steering Group (method 1), by a group of three Fellows (method 2), and by the AAAS Chief Executive Officer (method 3).
He
discussed the procedure for Fellow nominations by members of the Steering Group
(method 1). He mentioned that each
nomination must include a complete Fellow nomination form and either a letter
of recommendation by the nominator or a detailed c.v.
with a list of publications (although a c.v. is an essential piece of the
required documentation). He encouraged
members of the Steering Group to submit both.
He mentioned that for the upcoming nomination cycle, these materials
should be mailed to Marwan Simaan (section Secretary) so that he receives it no
later than
Dr.
Cruz mentioned that the number of Fellows elected through nominations by the
Steering Group is subject to a section quota which is 15 for this year (there
is no quota for those elected through nominations by three Fellows or by the
Chief Executive Officer). For this
reason, he asked that each member of the Steering Group nominate no more than 2
or 3 candidates. He also asked members
of the Steering group to inform Marwan asap
of how many candidates they plan to nominate.
This will allow Marwan to coordinate with the group to insure that all
slots in the group’s quota are filled.
He also mentioned that in all three methods, a successful candidate must
receive a majority vote from the Steering Group. Furthermore, if a candidate receives more
than two negative votes, the candidate will not be recommended for election to
Fellow.
6. 2005
Annual Meeting: The list of the 2005 Symposia sponsored or co-sponsored by the
Engineering Section is included as Appendix E.
7.
Planning for the 2006 Annual Meeting:
Dr. Cruz announced that the 2006 AAAS Annual Meeting will be held in
|
|
Topic/Title |
Contact
Person |
|
1 |
Grand
Challenges in Technology (e.g. the autonomous vehicle) |
Frank
Huband |
|
2 |
Grand
Challenge in Water Safety (Engineering solution for removing arsenic from
water supplies) |
Dale
Compton |
|
3 |
Homeland
Security |
Anice Anderson |
|
4 |
African
|
Norman Fortenberry |
|
5 |
Decision-Making
in Science and Engineering Policy |
Steve Ardnt |
|
6 |
Nanotechnology
and its Implication on Energy |
Cristina Amon |
|
7 |
Engineering
Modeling of Biological Systems |
Matt Tirrell |
|
8 |
Space
Station and Beyond – Replacement of the Shuttle |
Peter Bainum |
|
9 |
Identifying
Epidemics in the absence of primary conventional data |
C. D.
Mote |
|
10 |
Managing
Massive amounts of data at the National Archives (How to store and how to
make accessible to the public) |
C. D.
Mote |
|
11 |
Impact
of Globalization on R & D |
C. D.
Mote |
|
12 |
Impact
of Globalization on Science and Engineering Education |
C. D.
Mote |
|
13 |
Role
of Engineering Societies in promoting advancements in Biological Sciences |
Frank Huband |
Matt
Tirrell also suggested a possible topical lecture by
Peter Katona of the Whitaker Foundation on the
status/successes of newly created Bioengineering departments with Whitaker
Foundation funds.
Dr.
Cruz pointed out that the deadline for submission of Symposia and Topical
Lectures is
8.
Other Business: (a)There was
discussion on the need to have a representative from our section on the Program
Committee of the 2007 Annual Meeting.
Jim Merz volunteered and Dr. Cruz asked Marwan
to suggest Jim’s name for the 2007 meeting Program Committee.
(b) Dr. Cruz mentioned that our
section needs a mission statement and suggested that the Steering Group may
want to consider drafting such a statement.
(c)
There was also some discussion on how to increase the Engineering Societies’
involvement in the planning for AAAS meetings.
In particular, it is hoped that in the future more suggestions for
symposia and topical lectures will be received from the Engineering Societies
representatives.
9. The
meeting was adjourned at
Appendix
A
Attendance
List
1.
Jose
B. Cruz, Jr., Chair
2.
Marwan Simaan, Secretary
3.
Dale
Compton, IIE Representative
4.
Cristina Amon,
Chair-elect 2004-05, Chair 2005-06
5.
Dan
Mote, Council
6.
James G. Harris, Council
7.
Wendell C. Dreier, Jr., AAAS Professional
Member
8.
Frank Huband, ASEE
Representative
9.
Matt
Tirrell, Chair-Elect 2005-06
10. Peter Bainum,
American Astronautical Soc. Representative
11. James Merz,
Member-at-Large
12. Steven Arndt, ANS Representative
Appendix
B
2005
Engineering Section Business Meeting
Park tower
TENTATIVE
AGENDA
1. Introductions
2. Approval of minutes of
previous meeting
3. Announcements
(a) Officers for 2005-2006
(b) New Engineering
Section AAAS Fellows
4. Discussion of Fellow
nomination process
5. Discussion of proposed
symposia for 2006 and 2007 Annual Meetings
6. New Business
2005-06 AAAS Section on Engineering Steering Group
(Officers
and Members-at-Large, effective
Officers
Cristina H. Amon (Chair)
ICES, 1201 Hamburg Hall
Carnegie Mellon
University
Tel: (412)
268-4343
Fax: (412) 268-5229
E-mail: camon@cmu.edu
Jose B. Cruz, Jr. (Retiring Chair)
752 Dreese Labs
Ohio State University
2015 Neil Avenue
Tel: (614)
292-1588
Fax: (614) 292-1588
Matthew Tirrell (Chair-Elect)
Tel: (805) 893-3141
Fax: (805) 893-8124
E-mail: tirrell@engineering.ucsb.edu
Marwan A. Simaan, Secretary (2006)
Department of Electrical Engineering
348 Benedum Hall
Tel: (412) 624-8099
Fax: (412) 624-8003
E-mail: simaan@engr.pitt.edu
Members-at-Large
Norman L. Fortenberry
(2006)
National
Tel: (202) 334-1926
Fax: (202) 334-1680
E-mail: nfortenb@nae.edu
James L. Merz (2007)
Department of
Electrical Engineering
Notre
Tel: (574) 631-3111
Fax: (574) 631-0651
E-mail: jmerz@nd.edu
Christopher T. Hill (2008)
Office of the
Provost
Tel: (703) 993-2270
Fax: (703) 993-8871
Frances H. Arnold (2009)
Div. of Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering
MC 210-41
California
Institute of Technology
Tel: (626) 395-4162
Fax: (626) 568-8743
E-mail: frances@cheme.caltech.edu
Appendix
D
New AAAS Fellows elected in September 2004
Engineering Section
Appendix E
Some 2005 Annual
Meeting Symposia of Interest to Engineers
Symposia
Sponsored by the Engineering Section
National Strategic Planning and
Assessment for Science and Technology
Formal Models of, for, and in International
Negotiations
Nanotechnology and the Public
Sharing Geospatial Data Across
the Homeland Security Enterprise
Attacks on and Security Measures for Ad Hoc Wireless
Networks
Saturday, February 19, 2005, 9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Stopping the Bio Bad Guys: Biological
Forensics and Detection
Interactions of Noise and Signal in
Complex Systems
The Science and Technology Agenda for
Visual Analytics
Complex Adaptive Systems: Advances in Theory and
Practice
Engineering and Physical Sciences for
Improved Health-Care Delivery
Emerging Science and Engineering
Technologies for Homeland Security
Science, Technology and Inequalities
The Pervasiveness of Extreme Events
in Science, Economics and Engineering
Aeropropulsion in the 21st Century
Symposia
Co-Sponsored by the Engineering Section
University-Industry Research
Collaboration and Regional Development
Frontiers in Bioinspired
Materials and Nanosystems
National Strategic Planning and
Assessment for Science and Technology
New Ideas About Old Bones:
Bone Biomechanics and Human Evolution
Enhancing Research Careers: American,
European and Global Perspectives
Science and Technology: The Next Four Years
Encouraging Risk-Taking in Research:
American and European Perspectives
Cross-National Perspectives on Issues
in Science and Technology Policy
Submitted
by:
Section
Secretary