2009 AAAS
Engineering Section Meeting
Friday February 13, 2009
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago,
IL
Room: Addams
DRAFT MINUTES
1. Introductions: Priscilla Nelson, Section Chair, called the meeting
to order at 9:30 AM. She asked those
present to introduce themselves. The attendance list is included in Appendix A.
2. Additional
Agenda Items: Dr. Nelson added two items 2.a and 2.b to the tentative
agenda shown in Appendix B.
2.a Theme for the 2010 Annual Meeting (Dr. Peter Agre)
2.b Role of the engineering section
Approval of Minutes: Dr. Nelson asked for comments and possible changes to the draft
minutes of the Section Business Meeting held on February 14, 2008. The draft minutes
were posted on the Section website shortly after the 2008 Boston meeting. Copies of the draft minutes were also
distributed at the meeting. There were
no comments made or changes suggested. A
motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes. The motion passed unanimously.
2.a. Theme of
2010 Annual Meeting: Dr. Peter Agre AAAS
President-elect and Chair of the 2010 Program Committee joined our business
meeting for a brief period of time and gave an introduction to the theme he had
selected for the 2010 AAAS Annual Meeting to be held in San Diego, CA February
18-22, 2010. The theme is “Bridging Science and Society”. Dr. Agre noted that the theme could actually
be considered in the broader context of bridging science and technology to
society. He encouraged the section to
submit proposals that emphasize the role of engineers in the infrastructure.
The deadline for submission is Tuesday April 29, 2009. Decisions will be announced in July.
2.b Role of
the Engineering Section: Dr. Nelson outlined the four basic roles of the section
which are a) Elect Section Officers, b) Nominate and Evaluate Fellows, c)
Propose Symposia for the Annual Meetings, and c) Recruit Members. A discussion ensued and the following was
suggested as possible activities that our section can
be more proactive in:
·
Increase the
involvement of the professional societies representatives in the preparation
and submission of symposia for the Annual Meetings
·
Ask the
Professional Societies to appoint representatives who are interested in being
involved in our section activities.
·
Ask the society
representatives to report to their societies on the activities during the AAAS
Annual Meetings
·
Couple AAAS
Activities at the Annual Meetings with Engineers Week
·
Publish articles
in Science Magazine on Engineering and the Role of Engineers in Society
3. Announcements: Marwan Simaan, Section Secretary, announced
that Duncan T. Moore was elected Chair-Elect and Christine M. Maziar was
elected Member-at-Large of the Engineering Section’s Steering Group both
effective February 17, 2009. The list of
Section Officers and Members-at-Large for 2009-10 is shown in Appendix C.
Dr. Simaan also announced that Kristen Fichthorn and
Pradeep K. Khosla were elected to the Engineering Section Electorate Nominating
Committee. He also announced that Dr.
Gail H. Marcus and James L. Merz were elected as our section’s representatives
to the AAAS Council. Dr. Nelson thanked
all the officers whose terms ended after this Annual Meeting: Gail H. Marcus as
retiring Chair, Frances Arnold as Member at Large, Sangeeta N. Bhatia and Frank
L. Huband as members of the Electorate Nominating Committee and James J.
Duderstadt and Winfred M. Phillips as our representatives on Council. On
February 17, 2009 Dr. Nelson will become the retiring Chair and in that
capacity she will also serve as the Chair of the Electorate Nominating
Committee
Dr. Nelson also announced that 37 members affiliated
with the Engineering Section were elected Fellows of AAAS in October 2008. A list of the names of the new Fellows was
distributed and is attached as Appendix D.
The Newly elected Fellows were invited to attend our business meeting
and 14 were able to attend. Dr. Nelson welcomed them, and thanked them for
attending the meeting. She also
encouraged the new Fellow to be active in the section.
4. Fellow
Nomination Process: Dr. Nelson asked Marwan Simaan, the section secretary
to review the AAAS Fellow nomination process which is the same as in previous
years. 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 him so that he receives
it no later than March 23, 2009. Marwan
will then forward the materials for all nominees to Jose Arias, AAAS Governance
Associate, on March 30. Information on
the nomination process by a group of three Fellows (method 2) and a copy of the
nomination form can be found on the AAAS main website. A link to that website can also be found on
our section Website (http://www.eecs.ucf.edu/aaas-m). Dr. Simaan also mentioned that the deadline
for Fellow nominations by a group of three Fellows is May 11, 2009. By May 31,
all members of the Steering Group will receive from Jose Arias copies of the
nomination materials for all nominees, including those nominated by a group of
three Fellows, and by the Chief Executive Officer. They will also receive a voting sheet that
they will need to fill and return to him by June 29, 2009. Marwan will then forward all votes to Joe
Arias. By August 31, 2008 the Executive
Office will mail a slate of all approved nominees to the Council for formal
election.
Dr. Simaan 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). 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.
6.1 DUSEL - the Deep
Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory
DUSEL is a new "Major Research Equipment and Facility"
project under development with NSF funding. The science and engineering
projects to be included in the integrated suite of experiments will be
identified before the San Diego meeting and should be of interest to attendees.
It is suggested that consideration be made for two 90-minute sessions - one
dealing with the physics program, and one for the bio/geo, hydrology,
geotechnical and engineering experiments. The project includes educational and
outreach efforts to engage K-12 and the public.
6.2 Globalization of
Science through the International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) will
become operational during 2010. It is proposed to convene a 90 minute symposium
to be coordinated by a key official from the NASA Space Station program office,
and involve scientists from the US, Japan, and Europe who would describe
various experiments planned for the ISS. Engineering, Section M proponents:
Peter Bainum, Eng liaison from the American Astronautical Society, Howard
University, pbainum@fac.howard.edu Usha Varshney, NSF, uvarshne@nsf.gov
6.3
Energy,
Storage and Sustainability
Fossil fuels are our primary energy source
and energy storage media for transportation, seasonal heating, and electricity.
Low-carbon energy sources (solar, wind, nuclear, fossil with carbon capture and
sequestration, etc.) do not provide energy storage. Thus, a central question is
thus how to build a new global integrated energy system with energy production
and energy storage to achieve sustainability. This symposium will address the
storage challenge. Technical notes Low carbon energy sources do not provide
good storage mechanisms to meet long-term variable energy loads associated with
transport, seasonal heating and cooling, and electricity. There has been much
work on short-term (< 1 day) storage but almost no work on how to address
weekly, monthly, and seasonal variations in energy demand. Today these
variations are primarily met by piles of coal, tanks of oil, and storage
caverns filled with natural gas. The economics of nuclear and fossil fuels with
carbon capture and sequestration systems strongly favor constant base-load
energy output. Renewables have highly variable outputs and only in a few
locations do renewable outputs partly match energy demand. There are a wide
variety of systems for short-term energy storage (batteries, heat-storage
banks, pump-storage for electricity, etc.); but, an acute shortage of economic
options for longer term energy storage. This symposium is to address this
critical challenge that may require both changes in new low-carbon energy
sources as well as new approaches to energy storage. Section M contacts:
Charles Forsberg: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (cforsber@mit.edu), Issa Batarseh:
6.4
Geo-Engineering
Geo-Engineering is a developing field with
the potential to combat or counteract impacts of global warming and climate
change that threaten the life-enabling functions of the Earth system. Our
global society needs to develop mechanisms such that these inherently large
scale endeavors can meet the needs of our global community through rigorous
technical risk and human rights assessment, and by authorization through a
process of international consensus. Organizer: Dr.-Ing Dr. h.c.
Peter A. Wilderer peter.wilderer@mytum.de
or peter@wilderer.de, Ed Moses moses1@llnl.gov, Braden.Allenby@asu.edu, and Rao Y.
Surampalli Surampalli, Rao@EPA.GOV. Potential
speakers include Ken Calders Josef Stiglitz Raoul Weiler (Belgium) Tim Lenton (UK),
AND Joachim Schnellnhuber (Germany)
6.5
Engineering
as the Bridge Between Science and Society
NAE has identified grand challenges that
connect science to society, and engineering is the bridge for many challenges.
This session explores this role of engineering and how fundamental science
principles, know-how and creativity are transformed to create new processes,
devices and systems that improve the quality of life and society. Proposers:
Cristina Amon cristina.amon@utoronto.edu,
Duncan Moore moore@optics.rochester.edu. Speakers: Chuck Vest, NAE Arden Bement, NSF and
Don Giddons, GaTech
6.6
Global
Supply and Innovation Networks
Transnational high-end sourcing of
knowledge, products and services is at the frontier of leading edge innovation
that is vital to business and economic success. Design, research, market
awareness, novel management practices, knowledge-based services, and
sophisticated manufacturing and production in high-tech industries are arenas
involving complex transnational exchanges. These arenas pose new challenges and
opportunities. Such knowledge-intensive sourcing can provide the stimulus for
accelerated innovation that is mutually beneficial, infusing new life and a
competitive edge into both partners in today’s world of inextricably,
interconnected national economies. The emerging emphasis on high-end global
sourcing combined with traditional, cost-motivated global sourcing are the foci
of “global supply and innovation networks.” These networks offer several
important and promising areas of study, including: 1) Business Strategies: How
can firms develop and adapt global networks as a means to maintain and enhance
sustainable competitive advantage, employing a win-win approach to global
alliances that increases the value added to the greater benefit of both
partners? 2) International Management: What specialized skills and training do
U.S. engineers and business majors need to thrive in an environment that is
increasingly becoming more global, and manage international, increasingly
knowledge-oriented alliances to greater mutual benefit? 3) Educational
Implications: How should engineering and business curricula change? 4)
Value-Cost Models of product costs and expenditures to remain in the United
States? 5) Intellectual Property model methods to protect and enforce our
ownership of intellectual property? 6) National Security These
questions demand a multi-disciplinary approach to developing responses. These
solutions will have a fundamental and practical impact on university education,
business strategies, the redefinition of engineering and management jobs, and
our methods of protecting intellectual property and ensuring national security.
Several corporations have also explicitly indicated a strong interest in the
topic. Proposer: Klinzing, George E., klinzing@pitt.edu
6.7
Distributed
Sensing for Science and Decision Making
This is a pivotal and strategic area of
interest driven by the emergence and convergence of new technologies that need
to be applied to the complex issues facing our global society and security - in
the physical environment (e.g., infrastructure investment, stimulus bill), the
natural environment (e.g., complex ecological systems and processes, global
climate change) and the human environment - from personal (e.g., HCI,
personalized medicine) to national and global policy development. Thomas
Kurfess, kurfess@clemson.edu, Ni-Bin
Chang, nchang@mail.ucf.edu, and Jose’ Moura moura@ece.cmu.edu. Suggested speaker: Debra Estrin, UCLA
6.8
Clean
Water:
The importance of clean water will only
increase with time and demographics. Edward Moses, moses1@llnl.gov,
Charles Haas, haas@drexel.edu, and Kamalesh Sirkar, sirkar@adm.njit.edu
6.9
Infrastructure,
and Crisis Management
Information and communication technology
(ICT) for crisis management functions best when its design follows from a solid
understanding of the sociotechnical systems that it is meant to support. Yet as
is evident from past and more current research, there are significant gaps in
scientific understanding concerning how ICT should be designed, used and
evaluated in this settings. This session presents an
agenda for research in ICT for crisis management that draws upon perspectives
from computer science, human factors and public policy. The session conveys
participants’ views on the state of the art, emerging research questions, and
mechanisms for achieving longer-term goals of scientific and engineering
advancement in this area. The results identify promising opportunities for
pursuing multi-disciplinary work that contributes to science and engineering
with a longer-term view on making connections to practice. Relevance to Theme:
The nation's civil infrastructure systems are deteriorating without the
commitment to renewed investment at a time when urban environments are
expanding into ever more fragile coastal environments world-wide. Our economic
future depends on the reliability and sustainability of our infrastructure, as
does our personal and national security. The performance and design of these
systems needs to be understood in new ways, and how to best use new technology
requires wisdom. This session will present an integrated assessment of these
complex issues. Organizer: David Mendonca, mendonca@njit.edu
Dr. Nelson encouraged all those who have suggested
these ideas to develop them further and submit them on the AAAS proposal
submission website the deadline of April 28, 2009.
Finally, Dr. Nelson asked for suggestions for Plenary
and Topical lectures speakers. The
following are some of the names that were suggested.
For topical and plenary lectures the following names
were suggested:
Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures) , Bill Gates
(Microsoft), Jim Duderstadt (univ. of Michigan), Irwin Jacobs (CEO Qualcom), T.
Boon Pickens, Lisa Jackson, Steve Chu (Energy Secretary), Persis Drell , Wayne
Claugh (Head of the Smithonian), Thomas Freidman, Jeffrey Emel (CEO of GE), Han
Kishow (Siemens Energy), Sanjay Gupta (Medical Correspondent, CNN), Linda
Katehi (Provost, Univ. of Illinois), Bill Wulf (Past President of NAE), Chuck
Vest (NAE President).
7. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned
at 12:15 PM. Lunch was served.
Submitted by:
Marwan A. Simaan
Section Secretary
February 27, 2009
Appendix
A
Attendance List
1.
Priscilla Nelson, Chair
2.
Marwan Simaan, Secretary
3.
Thomas Kurfess, Newly Elected Fellow
4.
Charles Forsberg, Newly Elected Fellow
5.
Guru Madhavan, AAAS Member
6.
Cristina Amon, Member at Large and ASME Representative
7.
Duncan Moore, Newly Elected Chair-Elect
8.
Fadi Kurdahi, Newly Elected Fellow
9.
Charles N. Haas, Fellow, Chair Elect, Section Y
10.
Usha Varshney, Fellow
11.
Peter Bainum, Representative, American Astronautical Society
12.
Edward Moses, Newly Elected Fellow
13.
Richard Braatz, Newly Elected Fellow
14.
Peter Wilderer, Newly Elected Fellow
15.
Ni-Bin Chang, AAAS Member
16.
Yuri Giogotski, Newly Elected Fellow
17.
Robert Nerem, Chair-Elect
18.
Alok Sinha, AAAS Member
19.
Gail H. Marcus, Outgoing Chair
20.
Sudipta Seal, Newly Elected Fellow
21.
Issa Batarseh, Newly Elected Fellow
22.
David Irwin, Newly Elected Fellow
23.
David Lubman, Representative, Acoustical Society of America
24.
Kamalesh Sirkar, Newly Elected Fellow
25.
Subramanian, Newly Elected Fellow
26.
Yassin A. Hassan, Newly Elected Fellow
27.
Cindy Bruckner-Lea, Newly Elected Fellow
28.
Chris Lasziz-Davis AIHA Representative
Appendix B
AAAS
2009 Engineering Section Business Meeting
Friday February 13, 2009
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Place: Hyatt Regency Chicago
Room: Addams
AGENDA
1.
Introductions
2. Approval of minutes of previous
meeting
2.a Theme for 2010 Annual Meeting
2.b Role of the Engineering Section in AAAS
3. Announcements
(a) Officers for 2008-2009
(b) New Engineering Section AAAS
Fellows
4. Discussion of Fellow nomination
process
5. Discussion of proposed symposia
and seminars for the 2009 Annual Meeting
6. New Business
2008-09
AAAS Section on Engineering Steering Group
(Officers and
Members-at-Large, effective February 17, 2009)
|
Officers |
Members-at-Large |
|
Robert M. Nerem, Chair (2010) Petit
Institute for Bioengineering and Biological Science 315
Ferst Dr. Atlanta,
GA 30332-0363 Tel:
(404) 894-2768 Fax:
(404) 894-2291 |
Herbert H. Richardson (2010) 3501 Parkway Terr. Bryan, TX 77802 Tel: (979)-845-8552 Fax: (979)-845-9356 E-mail: herbert-richardson@tamu.edu |
|
Priscilla P.
Nelson,
Retiring Chair (2010) New
Jersey Institute of Technology Fenster Hall 380 323 Martin Luther King Jr.
Blvd. Newark,
NJ 07102-1982 Tel:
(973) 596-3220 Fax:
(973) 642-4079 E-mail: pnelson@njit.edu |
Debbie A. Niemeier (2011) 27276
Meadowbrook Davis,
CA 95618 Tel:
(530) 752-8918 Fax:
(530) 752-7872 E-mail:
dniemeier@ucdavis.edu |
|
Duncan T. Moore, Chair-Elect,
20101 The
Institute of Optics University
of Rochester 409
Georgen Hall Box
270186 Rochester,
NY 14627-0186 Tel:
(585) 275-5248 Fax:
(585) 473-6745 Email:
moore@optics.rochester.edu |
Cristina H. Amon (2012) Faculty
of Applied Science & Engineering University
of Toronto 35
St. George Street, Room 170 Toronto,
ON M5S 1A4 CANADA Tel:
(416) 978-3131 Fax:
(416) 978-4859 |
|
Marwan A. Simaan, Secretary (2010) College of Engineering and Computer
Science 410 Harris Engineering Center University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 32816 Tel: (407) 882-2220 Fax: (407) 823-5825 E-mail: simaan@mail.ucf.edu |
Christine M.
Maziar
(2013) University
of Notre Dame 300
Main Building Office
of the Provost Notre
Dame, IN 46556-5602 Tel:
(574) 631-2749 Fax:
(574) 631-4782 Email:
cmaziar@nd.edu |
Appendix D
New AAAS
Fellows elected in October 2008
Engineering Section
Newly elected Fellows affiliated
with section M (Engineering) are:
Appendix E
2009 Annual Meeting Symposia Sponsored and of Interest to
Engineers
1. Symposia Sponsored by the Engineering Section:
Friday February 13
|
Friday,
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
180-Minute Symposium |
|
Friday, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
180-Minute Symposium |
Saturday February 14:
|
Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00
a.m. |
90-Minute Symposium 090-015
Adult Stem Cells; From Scientific Process to Patient Benefit |
|
Saturday, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00
p.m. |
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Saturday, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
|
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Saturday, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
|
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Saturday, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
|
90-Minute Symposium |
Sunday February 15:
|
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Sunday, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Sunday, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
180-Minute Symposium |
Monday February 16:
|
Monday, 9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. |
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Monday, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
|
90-Minute Symposium |
2. Symposia of Interest to Engineers:
Friday February 13:
|
Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
|
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
|
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Friday, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00
p.m. |
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Friday, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
180-Minute Symposium |
|
Friday, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
90-Minute Symposium |
Saturday
February 14:
|
Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
|
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00
p.m. |
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Saturday, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00
p.m. |
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Saturday, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30
p.m. |
180-Minute Symposium |
|
Saturday, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00
p.m. |
90-Minute Symposium |
Sunday
February 15:
|
Sunday, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
90-Minute Symposium |
|
Sunday, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
90-Minute Symposium |
Monday
February 16:
|
Monday, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
180-Minute Symposium |