National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges

ONE
An introduction to the course and an overview of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges.
Syllabus Review
Read: NAEGCR, pages 1 – 6
Department/Major: Overview

Watch: Development of the Grand Challenges
Watch: Global Grand Challenges Summit 2013 Opener
Watch: Introduction to the 14 Grand Challenges – 2010 Grand Challenges Summit – Raleigh, NC [end at 19:50] – Marshall Brain, Director of the NCSU Engineer Entrepreneurs Program
Watch: Introduction to the Grand Challenges – Dean Louis Martin – Vega
TWO
Grand Challenge Theme: Sustainability
Grand Challenge: Provide Energy from Fusion
Read: NAEGCR, pages 10 – 12
Read: Provide Energy from Fusion
Department / Major: Nuclear Engineering
Why Study Nuclear Engineering at NC State
Watch: Provide Energy from Fusion – Igor Bolotnov [41:04]
 
Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology
First new nuclear plants built in US in a generation: Six years of construction in two-minutes
 
THREE
Grand Challenge Theme: Sustainability
Grand Challenge: Make Solar Energy more Economical
Read: NAEGCR, pages 7 – 9
Read: Make Solar Energy more Economical 
Department / Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Extra Credit Opportunities offered through the Materials Science and Engineering Department:
https://www.mse.ncsu.edu/events/
Read: MSE Newsletter: Fall 2017
Watch: Photovoltaics
Watch: Make Solar Energy more Economical – Tommy Cleveland [51:23]
Watch: Low-cost solar energy is here, what’s next?
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Sunshot Solar PV
https://www.energy.gov/eere/office-energy-efficiency-renewable-energy

• GRID Alternatives [8:12]
• Powering Communities [8:28]
• Interconnection: 10th Anniversary [7:12]
• NBC 11 News Coverage [4:16]

Solar Panel Tariff
Gore Defends Trump Solar Tariffs Decision
Materials Science and Engineering Research (January 22, 2018)
 
FOUR
Set up teams.


Grand Challenge Theme: Sustainability
Grand Challenge: Develop Carbon Sequestration Methods
Read: NAEGCR, pages 13 – 15
Read: Develop Carbon Sequestration Methods
Departments / Majors: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering / Paper Science & Engineering
Watch: Develop Carbon Sequestration Methods – Owen Duckworth [38:00]
 
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Major/Concentration Options
FIVE
Grand Challenge Theme: Sustainability
Grand Challenges: Manage the Nitrogen Cycle / Provide Access to Clean Water
Read: NAEGCR, pages 16 – 18; 19 – 21
Read: Manage the Nitrogen Cycle and Provide Access to Clean Water
Departments / Majors: Biological & Agricultural Engineering
SIX
Grand Challenges: Reverse-Engineer the Brain
Read: NAEGCR, pages 34 – 36
Departments / Majors: Biomedical Engineering
Watch: Reverse-Engineer the Brain – Frances S. Ligler [45:57]
WInter Olympic Games: Snowboarding Kahoot
The Frances Ligler Story
Dr. Frances Ligler, Presentation to Women in Science & Engineering
Fran Ligler Super Hero
Can tiny plumbing fix broken hearts? – Fran Ligler
Inventor Shares Tech Transfer Tips
 
SEVEN
Grand Challenge Theme: Health
Grand Challenges: Advance Health Informatics / Engineer Better Medicines
Read: NAEGCR, pages 25 – 29, 30 – 33
Read: Advance Health Informatics and Engineer Better Medicines
Departments / Majors: Textile Engineering
Watch: Advance Health Informatics – Robert St. Amant [44:09]; Engineer Better Medicines I – Chase Beisel [16:28] and Engineer Better Medicines II – Zhen Gu [16:28]
Augmented-reality-lets-doctors-peer-inside-body
 
 
Eight
Watch: UC-Berkeley Minner Distinguished Lecture: “From the Eocene to the Anthropocene: An Engineer’s View of Climate Change.”  – G. Wayne Clough [56:20]
 
 
NINE
Grand Challenges: Secure Cyberspace
Read: NAEGCR, pages 40 – 41
Read: Secure Cyberspace
Departments / Majors: Computer Science
Watch: Secure Cyberspace – Samuel Carter [50:56]
Creating a virtual world-building machine for military training
10
Grand Challenges: Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure
Read: NAEGCR, pages 22 – 24
Read: Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure
Departments / Majors: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Watch: Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure – Morton Barlaz [40:38]
What is Critical Infrastructure?