Assistant Professor Bryan Boudouris was selected to attend the National Academy of Engineering’s 2013 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, to be held September 19-21, 2013 in Wilmington, Delaware. Participation in the symposium is based on application and rigorous selection process by the organizing committee.

The total number of participants expected to attend the symposium are 100 engineers, generally 30-45 years old from industry, universities, and government labs.  Attendees will represent the full range of engineering fields.  The symposium will consist of four formal sessions—each with speakers’ presentations and discussion of engineering research and pioneering technical work in particular areas—and a break-out session. The four broad topics that will be covered at the 2013 symposium are: Designing and Analyzing Societal Networks, Cognitive Manufacturing, Energy: Reducing Our Dependence on Fossil Fuels, and Flexible Electronics. Speakers have been selected and will focus their talks on leading-edge research in their fields. A list of sessions and more details can be found at http://www.naefrontiers.org/Symposia/USFOE/17105/35937.aspx.

Bryan Boudouris joined the School of Chemical Engineering in August 2011. His research interests are in the systematic design of the macromolecular architecture of polymers as a vital tool in creating new materials with next generation energy applications ranging from solar to thermoelectric devices.