2020 AAAS Engineering Section Business Meeting
Friday February 14,
2020
Seattle,
WA; Sheraton Grand Hotel, Room: Aspen
MINUTES
1.
Introductions: Section Chair, Sarah Rajala called the meeting to
order at 9:45 AM after around 15 minutes of networking with coffee and snacks
being served. She welcomed everyone and
then asked those who are present to introduce themselves. The attendance list
is included in Appendix A.
2.
Approval of Minutes: Dr. Rajala mentioned that copies of the draft minutes
of our Section’s business meeting held on February 15, 2019 at the Washington,
DC meeting were posted on our Section’s website http://www.ece.ucf.edu/aaas-m shortly after the 2019 meeting and that copies of the
draft minutes were also distributed to those present at the meeting. She asked for a motion to approve the
minutes. A motion as made and
seconded. She then asked for comments or
changes to the minutes. None were suggested.
A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously.
3.
Section Chair Remarks: Dr. Rajala provided an update on issues that
were discussed at the General Meeting of the Section Officers held earlier in
the morning. Sudip Parikh, new AAAS CEO, indicated that that he and the Board
of Directors would be conducting a review and update of the AAAS governance,
which had not been done since the 1950s. Section leadership will be kept updated
and asked to participate in review of proposed changes. Marietta Damond
provided an update on a Member Survey and a Fellow Survey that were recently
conducted. Based on the data collected in the Member Survey, approximately
two-thirds of the AAAS membership is male. However with the recent focus on
diversity, equity and inclusion, the most recent new member data includes 47%
female, 51% male and 2% other. The Fellow survey indicate that Fellow status is
an important peer recognition and there is strong support for AAAS’ commitment
to promoting ethics and diversity. Ed Aboufadel, Chair, Subcommittee on
Fellows, gave an update on the work of the committee. A major focus recently,
has been the development and implementation of the revocation policy for Fellow
status. Finally, Sudip Parikh shared with the group that the theme for the 2021
AAAS conference will be Understanding Dynamic Ecosystems. He urged each of the
sections to submit at least five session proposals.
4.
Announcements: Dr. Rajala announced the results of the
2020-21 AAAS elections:
For the
General Elections: Susan G. Amara
(National Institute of Mental Health) was elected President-Elect; Cynthia M.
Beall (Case Western Reserve University) and Alondra Nelson (Social Science
Research Center/Institute for Advanced Study) were elected to the Board of
Directors; and Marlene Belford (University at Albany, SUNY), John G. Hildebrand
(University of Arizona), Michael Prather (University of California, Irvine) and
Esther Takeuchi (Stony Brook University/Brookhaven National Laboratory) were
elected to the Committee on Nominations.
For the
Engineering Section: Jennifer
Sinclair Curtis (University of California, Davis) was elected Chair-Elect;
Pramod P. Khargonekar (University of California, Irvine) was elected
Member-at-Large; Lynette D. Madsen
(National Science Foundation) and Georgia Gina Tourassi (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) were elected
members of the Section Electorate Nominating Committee, and Jacqueline H. Chen
(Sandia National Laboratories) was elected as Council Delegate. The term for all those who were elected
starts on Monday, February 17, 2020.
Dr.
Rajala thanked all the officers whose terms will end at the last day of this
Annual Meeting: Deb Niemeier as Retiring
Chair, Nadine Aubry as Member -at-Large, Ian Robertson as Council Delegate, and
Sheryl Ehrman and Rodney Priestley as Members of the Electorate Nominating
Committee.
On
February 17, 2020, Dr. Rajala will become the Retiring Chair and in that
capacity she will serve on the AAAS Council and will also be a member of the
Electorate Nominating Committee.
Dr.
Rajala also announced that this year 39 members of our section were elected
Fellows of AAAS. A list of names and citations of the newly elected Fellows was
distributed at the meeting and is attached as Appendix B. The Newly elected Fellows were invited to
attend our business meeting and eight were able to attend. Dr. Rajala welcomed them, and thanked them
for attending the meeting. She also asked each of them to say a few words about
their research that lead to their election as AAAS Fellows.
5.
Fellow Nomination Process: Dr. Rajala asked Dr. Simaan, Section Secretary, to
review the AAAS Fellow nomination process.
Dr. Simaan mentioned the new rule that was implemented beginning four
years ago, which mandates that a nominee for Fellow must have been a AAAS
member in good standing for the four consecutive years prior to the time of
nomination. This means that for the
upcoming election, a member must have been a continuous member in good standing
since December 31, 2016. He also mentioned that each section is allowed one
exception to this rule in that it can nominate only one outstanding member who
has not met the 4-year rule.
Dr.
Simaan then described the Fellow nomination process. There are three ways a
AAAS member can be nominated:
1)
By a member of
the Steering Group (method 1),
2)
By a group of
three Fellows (method 2), and
3)
By the AAAS Chief
Executive Officer (method 3).
For
Fellow nominations by members of the Steering Group (method 1), he mentioned
that this method is subject to a quota of no more than 0.4% of the section
primary membership. Our primary
membership this year is 5,542 which resulted in our quota being 21 for this
year. Information on the nomination
process by a group of three Fellows (method 2) and a copy of the on line
nomination form can be found on the AAAS website (http://www.aaas.org/fellows) A link to
that website can also be found on our section Website (http://www.ece.ucf.edu/aaas-m). Dr. Simaan
mentioned that the deadline for Fellow nominations by a group of three Fellows
is April 24, 2020, and that there is quota for those elected through
nominations by this method equal to the Steering Group Quota (21 for this
year). He concluded by saying that in
both methods, a successful candidate must meet the quota and receive no less
than five “Yes” votes and no more than two “No” votes from the Steering Group.
6. Update on AAAS Council Issues of Interest to
Section M: Dr. Sankar Basu our section
representative on council provided a report on issues that council has
considered that are of interest to our section.
The first issue mentioned was the revocation policy, which has already
been implemented and also mentioned in the chair’s remarks. The second issue relates
to the Statistics section’s request to change its name to Statistics and Data
Science. Dr. Basu mentioned that after
considerable discussion, Council decided to table the issue indefinitely.
7.
Planning for the 2021 Annual Meeting: The 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting will be held in
Phoenix, AZ, February 13-16, 2021. The meeting theme is “Understanding Dynamic Ecosystems”. The deadline for the 2021
session proposal submissions is Thursday April 16, 2020 at 11:59pm PT. Dr. Rajala mentioned that those who are
interested in submitting proposals should check the proposal submission
website: https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2021/symp90/cfp.cgi for instructions about the submission procedure and proposal
requirements. Dr. Rajala mentioned that the goal of the program committee is to
have at least 5 submissions per section. She stressed the fact that to be
successful the proposal must be newsworthy and must follow the format in the
guidelines. She then asked for ideas and suggestions. A discussion followed with everyone present
contributing ideas. A list of the topics
suggested is given below:
1.
Understanding
the future of our Energy Systems
2.
Resilience
of Infrastructure
3.
The
future of work
4.
Solutions
and unintended consequences of food production
5.
Robotics
6.
Human-Machine
teaming
7.
Design
and manufacturing for the future world
8.
Synthetic
biology and the ease of manipulating DNA
9.
Manufacturing
in space
10.
Ownership
of data
11.
Engineering
a better gut
12.
Waste
and recycling
Additional
details were provided on the following suggested topics:
Title: Challenges of Green Circular Economy: Scaling
the small
Proposed by KC Morris, NIST, Eswaran Subrahmanian, CMU, and Bjorn
Johansson, Chalmers University of Technology
Summary: The
industrial revolution capitalized on economies of scale that were the hallmark
of mass production. ??Future manufacturing systems will be more nimble
supporting more localized and customized markets. ??The push towards circular
economies where products are fed back into the production ecosystem, combined
with the trend towards lower volume, higher customization in manufacturing
systems should allow us to create more robust manufacturing ecosystems that are
capable of filling needs of a localized economies.??
In this talk we may provide examples of some of
capabilities that support these new ecosystems. ??Additive manufacturing,
biofuels, process intensification in process production, modular micro
reactors.?? We will look for a speaker from each US, EU, and India that could
talk to how the idea of circular economies is evolving locally in each of these
continents. ??Can we provide examples of localized practices being integrated
into the mainstream by first integrating into a local circular economy.
Title: Repair
in Dynamic Complex Systems
Proposed by: Guruprasad Madhavan
Summary: This session will aim to engage historians
and STS scholars, innovation policy analysts, design theorists, and engineering
practitioners to look at the current state, future needs and critical role of
repair, as well as necessary capabilities for repairability of existing systems
in the circular economy.
Title: Human-Centric Future of Work
Proposed by: Rachuri Sudarsan
Summary: The technology disruptions is both an
opportunity and challenge for the current and next generation workers across
all sectors. A systems thinking is imperative to address the issues in job
losses, new jobs creation, and completely redefining the concept of work. This
symposium will create a dialogue to better understand policies, workforce
development, investment in training and education, lifelong education, and the
role of industry.
Title: Dynamic, Adaptive Materials for Improved
Efficiency of Engineering Systems
Proposed by: David Cahill
Summary: Whereas the vast majority of
synthetic materials are static’, defined as having only a single form and one
specific function throughout the performance lifespan, nature relies on dynamic
materials with highly evolved mechanisms for achieving efficient transport not
typically observed in synthetic systems. Inspired by these natural systems,
adaptive materials that dynamically change form and function in response
to environmental stimuli offer the possibility of transformative advances in the
efficiency of manufacturing, chemical separations, and information technology.
Title:
Robotics Address the Area of Dynamic Ecosystems.
Proposed by:
Christina Davis and Rosemarie Wesson
Summary: Ecosystems are controlled both by external and
internal factors.
Research in the area of robotics is multidisciplinary, involving engineering,
science, social and behavioral interactions and policy. Results from the
disciplines are interconnected and iterative to influence the final outcome of
the research. We brainstormed a number of potential sessions ranging
from: Defense Applications (autonomy and trust), Human Health, Materials,
Infrastructure, and Rehabilitation
Potential speakers
include:
Autonomy and Trust
Sanjay
Joshi UC Davis
Jim
Overholt Air Force Research Laboratory (autonomy lead for the US Air Force)
Rehabilitation/Human
Interaction
Hao Su
(CCNY) Rehabilitation
Robert
Shephard Cornell
Human
Health
George
Lauder Harvard
David
Gracias Johns Hopkins
Ellen
Roche MIT
Materials
Rebecca
Kramar-Botiglio Yale
Aaron Dollar Yale
Daniel Inman
University of Michigan
Infrastructure
Sridhar Kota
University of Michigan
Tim Kowalewski University
of Minnesota
8.
Adjournment: Dr. Rajala
asked the attendees if there is any new business. In the absence of new business, the meeting
was adjourned at 11:45AM. Lunch was
served.
Submitted by:
Marwan A. Simaan
Secretary, Engineering Section (M)
February 18, 2020
Appendix A
List of Attendees
1)
Sarah
Rajala, Chair
2) Marwan Simaan, Section Secretary
3)
Nicholas
Abbott, Chair-Elect
4)
Jennifer
Curtis, Elected Chair-Elect
5)
Anne
S. Robinson, Member-at-Large
6) Norma Alcantar, Member-at-Large
7) Sankar Basu, Council Delegate
8) David Cahill, Newly Elected Fellow
9) Cristina Davis, Newly Elected
Fellow
10) Piotr Grodzinski, Newly Elected
Fellow
11) Sheldon Howard Jacobson, Newly Elected Fellow
12) Guruprasad Madhavan, Newly Elected Fellow
13) Gopal R. Rao, Newly Elected Fellow
14) Sharon L. Walker, Newly Elected Fellow
15) Rosemarie D. Wesson, Newly Elected
Fellow
16) Andrea Aw
17) Bjorn Johansson
18) Moe Khalil
19) Alie Khonsary
20) Marwan Khraisheh
21) Ratnesh Kumar
22) Gail Mattson
23) K. C. Morris
24) Larry Nagahara
25) Sudarsan Rachuri
26) Ned Sauthoff
27) Vijay Srinivasan
28) Ram D. Sriram
29) Eswaran Subrahmanian
Appendix B
Fellows affiliated
with Section M (Engineering) Elected in 2019
Douglas
E. Adams, Vanderbilt University:
For extraordinary research contributions in experimental nonlinear dynamic
systems with societal impacts in energy, national security, and manufacturing
sectors, and for influential academic leadership.
Avinash
Kumar Agarwal, Indian Institute of
Technology (India): For outstanding contributions to Internal Combustion
engines, alternate fuels, optical diagnostics, laser ignition, emissions and
particulate control, lubricating oil tribology, and industrially relevant
technologies.
Andrew
G. Alleyne, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign: For distinguished contributions to the theory and
practice of automatic control, particularly for precision motion control
enabling advanced fabrication and control of transient thermal systems.
Andrea
Alù, City University of New York:
For distinguished contributions to the field of electromagnetics and photonics,
particularly for the modeling and applications of artificial materials and
metamaterials.
Rajeevan
Amirtharajah, University of
California, Davis: For distinguished contributions to the field of
electronics design and engineering, particularly for developing integrated
circuits and embedded systems that harvest energy from the environment.
Arthur
B. Baggeroer, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology: For outstanding contributions to underwater
acoustics signal processing.
John
Ballato, Clemson University:
For distinguished contributions to the field of optical fiber and
optoelectronic materials; most notably the development of semiconductor and
crystal-derived optical fibers.
Ravi
Bellamkonda, Duke University:
For contributions to neural engineering through the use of materials for nerve
and spinal cord repair and brain tumor therapies, and for innovations in
engineering education.
Robert
H. Bishop, University of South
Florida: For pioneering research and exceptional development of spacecraft
guidance and navigation systems, advancing the field of control systems, and
distinguished leadership in engineering education.
David
Cahill, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign: For pioneering contributions to the thermal sciences, the
concept of minimum thermal conductivity and transient optical measurement
techniques.
Ashutosh
Chilkoti, Duke University: For
distinguished contributions to field of biomedical engineering, particularly in
the development of novel methods to deliver biotherapeutics and develop
surfaces that resist protein interactions.
George
Chrisikos, EvoNexus: For
distinguished contributions to the field of information sciences, particularly
for advanced technology development focused on communication systems and
algorithms for wireless and mobile applications.
Cristina
Davis, University of California,
Davis: For distinguished contributions to non-invasive chemical and
biological sensing tools, algorithms, and applications for human and
agriculture diagnostics and monitoring.
Matthew
Delisa, Cornell University:
For solving complex problems in biology and medicine by engineering the protein
machinery of bacteria.
Dan
Fleetwood, Vanderbilt University:
For distinguished contributions to the field of microelectronics reliability,
particularly for enhancing the understanding of defects, radiation response,
and low-frequency noise.
David
H. Gracias, Johns Hopkins University:
For distinguished contributions to three-dimensional micro- and nanoscale
assembly, particularly the development of methods to self-fold strain
engineered materials.
Piotr
Grodzinski, National Cancer
Institute/NIH: For exceptional contributions to research programs on the
development of novel bioengineering and biotechnology targeting nanotechnology
solutions for improved prevention, detection, and therapy of cancer.
Carol
Klein Hall, North Carolina State
University: For distinguished contributions to the field of thermodynamics,
particularly using statistical methods and computer-simulation methods to solve
engineering problems involving macromolecules and complex fluids.
Wesley
L. Harris, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology: For research advances in aerodynamics, shock wave structure
and blood flow modeling, and leadership in developing government strategic
programs and policy in aerospace engineering.
Tony
Jun Huang, Duke University:
For distinguished contributions to the field of acoustofluidics, particularly
for developing acoustic tweezers that are capable of precisely manipulating
bioparticles in complex fluids.
Sheldon
Howard Jacobson, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: For distinguished contributions to the field
of operations research, particularly for advancing operations research theory
and applications, and for communicating his research to the public.
David
C. Jiles, Iowa State University:
For distinguished contributions to the field of magnetism and magnetic materials,
particularly for theory of ferromagnetic hysteresis and modeling of magnetic
materials.
Alexander
H. King, Iowa State University:
For distinguished contributions to the science of interfaces and interfacial
junctions in solids, and for implementing effective research approaches to the
challenges of critical materials.
Thomas
Lee, University of California,
Davis: For distinguished contributions to the field of statistics,
particularly for inference, noon-parametric and high dimensional problems and
interdisciplinary collaborations.
Y.A.
Liu, Virginia Tech: For excellence
in design teaching, pioneering textbooks and creative scholarship in
sustainable engineering, and global leadership in implementing energy/water
savings and CO2 capture.
Guruprasad
Madhavan, National Academy of
Sciences, Engineering and Medicine: For distinguished contributions in
applying systems engineering principles to inform health policy and for
enhancing public appreciation of engineering through books and lectures.
Vinothan
N. Manoharan, Harvard University:
For his exceptional contributions to the field of condensed matter and
biophysics, especially to elucidate how systems and materials organize
themselves in three dimensions.
Radenka
Maric, University of
Connecticut/UConn Health: For distinguished contributions to the field of
nano-catalysis for clean energy, particularly for pioneering novel materials
and synthesis approaches to achieve an optimized electrochemical interface.
Eyad
Masad, Texas A&M
University/Texas A&M University at Qatar (Qatar): For distinguished
contributions to the field of infrastructure materials and systems,
particularly computational modeling and predictions of impact of material
microstructure on performance of roads.
Clare
McCabe, Vanderbilt University:
For sustained excellence and novel contributions to molecular theory and
simulation, and for distinguished service to the field of chemical engineering.
Achille
Messac, Howard University: For
distinguished contributions in the field of multidisciplinary design
optimization and notable achievements in the engineering education
administration, particularly in challenging socio-technological settings.
Randolph
L. Moses, The Ohio State
University: For distinguished contributions to the field of signal
processing, with applications to spectral analysis, array signal processing,
and radar imaging.
G.R.
Odette, University of California,
Santa Barbara: For outstanding contributions to understanding and
predicting the microstructural evolution and mechanical property changes of
structural materials in challenging nuclear, chemical, and thermal
environments.
Gopal
R. Rao, Materials Research Society
(MRS): For distinguished contributions to the fields of materials
science-&-engineering, particularly for the worldwide dissemination of
subjects that help society to understand innovation and impactful technology.
Asok
Ray, Penn State: For
innovations in machine learning and real-time control of smart machines and
autonomous systems, and for popularizing their usage in both defense and
commercial applications.
Rob
A. Rutenbar, University of
Pittsburgh: For distinguished contributions to tools for the design of
custom
integrated circuits and systems, and novel architectures for curricula in
computer science and engineering.
Sharon
L. Walker, Drexel University: For
distinguished contributions to environmental engineering, particularly for
contaminant fate and transport and nanoparticle implications, and for strong
advocacy of diversity in engineering education.
Lihong
Wang, California Institute of
Technology: For pioneering 3D photoacoustic microscopy, functional
photoacoustic computed tomography, and the world’s fastest camera (compressed
ultrafast photography).
Rosemarie
D. Wesson, The City College of New
York: For seminal contributions to the field of numerical analyses of
polymer crystallization kinetics, technology, service to society, and support
to education, women, and underrepresented minorities.
Yang
Yang, University of California,
Los Angeles: For extraordinary contributions to organic and hybrid
electronic materials and interface processing, leading to highly efficient
solar cells, digital memory, and organic displays.