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The 2023 German-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium will be held in Jülich, Germany. Sixty of the most promising engineers under the age of 45 from Germany and the United States will meet for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium on developments at the cutting edge of engineering technology in four areas. The event is intended to facilitate international and cross-disciplinary research collaboration, promote the transfer of new techniques and approaches across disparate engineering fields, and encourage the creation of a transpacific network of world-class engineers. GAFOE is carried out in cooperation with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and supported by The Grainger Foundation.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.
LIST OF SESSIONS (Working titles listed. Order of sessions and speakers TBD.)
On the Way towards Sustainability and Resiliency
Symposium co-chairs: Olivier Guillon, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, and Thomas Kurfess, Georgia Institute of Technology
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION/CIRCULAR ECONOMY Session co-chairs: Pramita Mitra, Ford Motor Company, and Rebekka Volk, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Global Cycle of Metals and Minerals Christoph Helbig, University of Bayreuth
Plastic Waste Management and Recycling Alper Kiziltas, Society of Plastic Engineers
Battery Recycling Jessica Durham, Argonne National Laboratory
Upcycling Plant-based Waste Nazanin Saeidi, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY Session co-chairs: Emily Grubert, University of Notre Dame, and Lars Lauterbach, RWTH Aachen University
Oxyhydrogen bacteria, metabolic engineering Bastian Blombach TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability
Hydrogenases, biological H2 conversion, protein engineering Giorgio Caserta, Technische Universität Berlin
Hydrogen for grid support Tyler Ruggles, LIFTE H2
Energy systems modeling including hydrogen deployment Bethany Frew, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTING Session co-chairs: James (Brad) Aimone, Sandia National Laboratories, and Yulia Sandamirskaya, Intel
Neuroscience-inspired Computing Strategies Angel Yanguas-Gil, Argonne National Laboratory
Neuromorphic Artificial Intelligence Jean Anne Incorvia, University of Texas at Austin
SpiNNaker 2 Platform Johannes Partzsch, TU Dresden
Neuromorphic Software Ecosystems Emre Neftci, Jülich Research Center
SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCY Session co-chairs: Julia Arlinghaus, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, and Thomas Hedberg, University of Maryland
Decentralizing Supply Chain Design Jennifer Pazour, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Beyond SCRM: Supply Chain Risk and Resilience as the Fourth Pillar of Design Timothy Sprock, University of Maryland
How Technology-based Insurance Solutions can Contribute to Supply Chain Resilience Alexander Skorna, Funk Consulting GmbH
How AI and Data Science can Contribute to Supply Chain Resilience Henning Blunck, Deutsche Post DHL