Wesley Harris Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Wesley Harris is a member of the Committee on Grand Challenges for Engineering. Read More
Jane Lubchenco Oregon State University Dr. Jane Lubchenco is a member of the Committee on Grand Challenges for Engineering. Read More
Calestous Juma John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Dr. Calestous Juma is a member of the Committee on Grand Challenges for Engineering. Read More
W. Daniel Hillis Applied Minds Inc. Mr. Danny Hillis is a member of the Committee on Grand Challenges for Engineering. Read More
Raymond Kurzweil Kurzweil Technologies Mr. Ray Kurzweil is a member of the Commitee on Grand Challenges for Engineering. Read More
Jaime Lerner Instituto Jaime Lerner Mr. Jaime Lerner is a member of the Committee on Grand Challenges for Engineering. Read More
Robert Socolow Princeton University Dr. Robert Socolow is a member of the Committee on Grand Challenges for Engineering. Read More
Larry Page Google Inc. Mr. Larry Page is a member of the Committee on Grand Challenges for Engineering. Read More
Robert Langer Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Robert Langer is a member of the Committee on Grand Challenges for Engineering. Read More
Alec Broers United Kingdom House of Lords Lord Alec Broers is a member of the Committee on Grand Challenges for Engineering. Read More
A Higher-Energy, Safer and Longer-Lasting Zinc Battery Wed, April 18, 2018 A team led by researchers at University of Maryland's (UMD) A. James Clark School of Engineering has created a water-based zinc battery that is simultaneously powerful, rechargeable, and ... Read More
Students Tackle Grand Engineering Challenges Fri, April 13, 2018 The 12 students are the first to seek recognition as Grand Challenges Scholars at the University of Rochester, which joined the National Academy of Engineering program last summer. Students from any ... Read More
“Water for sustainable development”: UN Secretary-General's message at launch of international decade for action Fri, March 23, 2018 Yesterday was World Water Day. By 2050 at least one in four people will live in a country where the lack of fresh water will be chronic or recurrent. Read More
Jeff Dean Thinks AI Can Solve Grand Challenges–Here’s How Tue, March 13, 2018 In 2008, the National Academy of Engineering presented 14 Grand Challenges that, if solved, had the potential to radically improve the world. Thanks to recent breakthroughs in artificial ... Read More
Vanderbilt IRIS Initiative: Shaping the Infrastructure of Tomorrow Thu, January 18, 2018 A 2016 Trans-Institutional Program award, the Vanderbilt Initiative for Intelligent Resilient Infrastructure Systems continues to make progress. The development of the program coincides with the ... Read More
New Interdisciplinary K-8 STEM Service from Discovery Education Incorporates NAE 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering Tue, January 16, 2018 Inspired by the NAE's Grand Challenges for Engineering and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, STEM Connect’s Real World Challenges inspire younger students to pursue solutions to ... Read More
UVA Engineering Tapped to Lead $27.5 Million Center to Reinvent Computing Tue, January 16, 2018 "Most of the grand challenges the National Academy of Engineering has identified for humanity in the 21st century will require effective use of big data...this investment affirms the national ... Read More
Finding Companies to Invest in Big Ideas Wed, January 10, 2018 From Grand Challenge Scholar to Forbes "30 Under 30": Q&A with Scott Martin E'14 Read More
Spielberg's Ready Player One – in 2045, Virtual Reality is Everyone's Saviour Tue, January 02, 2018 Ready Player One, a work of science fiction from 2011 by Ernest Cline and now a movie by Steven Spielberg, follows Wade Watts, the story’s protagonist, who is born into a generation that feels failed ... Read More
A Tribute to Calestous Juma from His Colleagues at BCSIA Fri, December 15, 2017 Biotechnology scientist Calestous Juma passed away on December 15, 2017. Read More
Grand Challenges Committee Member Farouk El-Baz to Receive 2018 Inamori Ethics Prize Mon, December 11, 2017 For his life’s work, El-Baz will receive the 2018 Inamori Ethics Prize from the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University. Read More
Worcester Public Library to Host Technology Exhibit Thu, December 07, 2017 “The Explore Tech exhibition will help our patrons explore global issues affecting our planet, as well as the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering, critical ... Read More
FIRST Robotics Student Wins 2018 The Queen's Young Leaders Award Wed, December 06, 2017 Sela Kasepa collaborated with the Zambian Institute for Sustainable Development to enable Zambia's first robotics team attend the inaugural First Global Robotics Challenge where they placed 32 out of ... Read More
Your STEM Toy Shopping List Wed, November 22, 2017 Many toys can teach kids to be world-conscious problem solvers and have fun at the same time. That’s why Jurist created this holiday gift guide based on a few of the National Academy of Engineering’s ... Read More
Students Using Nanotechnology to Solve the World’s Greatest Challenges Wed, November 15, 2017 Educators at Auburn University are developing innovative educational modules that engage students in solving humanity’s biggest challenges using cutting-edge engineering techniques, cultivating ... Read More
Grand Challenges Scholar Wins Prestigious SMART Scholarship Wed, November 15, 2017 Bucknell undergraduate and Grand Challenges Scholar Kellen Haile '18, a mechanical engineering major, has been awarded a prestigious SMART Scholarship from the U.S. Department of Defense. Read More