{"64613":{"#nid":"64613","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Professors Chosen to Attend \u0022Frontiers in Engineering\u0022 Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJustin Romberg, assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and David Sholl, professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, are two of 86 young engineers selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering\u0027s (NAE) 16th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEngineers ages 30 to 45 who are performing exceptional engineering research and technical work in a variety of disciplines will come together for the event. The participants--from industry, academia and government--were nominated by fellow engineers or organizations and chosen from approximately 265 applicants. \u0022As we face the challenges the next century brings, we will rely more than ever on innovative engineers,\u0022 said NAE President Charles M. Vest. \u0022The U.S. Frontiers of Engineering program is an opportunity for a diverse group of this country\u0027s most promising young engineers to gather together and discuss multidisciplinary ways of leading us into the economy of tomorrow.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium will be held Sept. 23-25 at the IBM Learning Center in Armonk, N.Y., and will examine cloud computing, autonomous aerospace systems, engineering and music and engineering inspired by biology. Sponsors for the 2010 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering are IBM, The Grainger Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense (DDR\u0026amp;E), National Science Foundation, Microsoft Research and Cummins Inc. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe National Academy of Engineering is an independent, nonprofit institution that serves as an adviser to government and the public on issues in engineering and technology.  Its members consist of the nation\u0027s premier engineers, who are elected by their peers for their distinguished achievements.  Established in 1964, NAE operates under the congressional charter granted to the National Academy of Sciences in 1863. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Justin Romberg, assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and David Sholl, professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, are two of 86 young engineers selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering\u0027s (NAE) 16th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech Professors chosen to attend \u0022Frontiers in Engineering\u0022 Symp"}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2010-06-28 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:15","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-06-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-06-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64614":{"id":"64614","type":"image","title":"tik60712.jpg","body":null,"created":"1449176753","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:53","changed":"1475894569","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:49","alt":"","file":{"fid":"192048","name":"tik60712.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tik60712_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tik60712_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":60499,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tik60712_0.jpg?itok=iZ_Ivuri"}}},"media_ids":["64614"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=149","title":"Justin Romberg"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/fac_staff\/faculty\/sholl.php","title":"David Sholl"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Chemical \u0026 Biomolecular Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.nae.edu\/Programs\/FOE\/USFOE\/2010USFOE.aspx","title":"2010 National Academy of Engineering Frontiers in Engineering Symposium"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12114","name":"Frontiers of Engineering Symposium"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"7037","name":"Justin Romberg"},{"id":"1141","name":"national academy of engineering"},{"id":"167445","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EDon Fernandez\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Communications and Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Don Fernandez\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}