Committee

Expertise. Vision. Curiosity. Involvement. Enthusiasm.

In forming the Grand Challenges for Engineering committee, the NAE sought leading thinkers with a wide range of expertise and experience.  This project brings together a diverse group of people dedicated to improving quality of life around the globe.

The committee's task was to identify the grand challenges for engineering --- problems and opportunities --- facing those born at the dawn of this new century.  The Challenges were announced in early 2008.

This project is sponsored by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Award # ENG-063206.

For more information, please contact Randy Atkins, Project Director, at engineeringchallenges@nae.edu.

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    • Alec Broers
      Alec Broers
      Chairman, Science and Technology Select Committee
      United Kingdom House of Lords
    • Bindu Lohani
      Bindu Lohani
      Director General and Chief Compliance Officer
      Asian Development Bank
    • Calestous Juma
      Calestous Juma
      Professor of the Practice of International Development
      John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
    • Dean Kamen
      Dean Kamen
      Founder and President
      DEKA Research and Development Corp.
    • Farouk El-Baz
      Farouk El-Baz
      Research Professor and Director, Center for Remote Sensing
      Boston University
    • Jackie Ying
      Jackie Ying
      Executive Director
      A*STAR Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
    • Jaime Lerner
      Jaime Lerner
      Architect and Urban Planner
      Instituto Jaime Lerner
    • Jane Lubchenco
      Jane Lubchenco
      Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology and Distinguished Professor of Zoology
      Oregon State University
    • Mario Molína
      Mario Molína
      Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
      University of California, San Diego
    • Robert Langer
      Robert Langer
      Institute Professor
      Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Robert Socolow
      Robert Socolow
      Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
      Princeton University
    • Wesley Harris
      Wesley Harris
      Charles Stark Draper Professor and Head, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
      Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • William Perry
      William Perry
      Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor, Professor of Engineering, and Former U.S. Secretary of Defense
      Stanford University
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