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DESCRIPTION:Grand Challenges in Engineering\nRole of Materials\, Manufactur
 ing and Education in addressing them\nĀ \nWhen: 2:15 PM\, Sept 27\, 2017.\n
 Ā \nWhere: NEC Auditorium (101 NEC Bldg.)\nĀ \nThe National Academy of Engin
 eering has identified 14 grand challenges and opportunities for engineerin
 g in the world in the next few generations. One of the programs in this in
 itiative is the ā€œGrand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP)ā€ which is a comb
 ined curricular\, co-curricular\, and extra-curricular program with five c
 ompetencies that are designed to prepare the next generation of students f
 or addressing these challenges. The National Director of the GCSP Network\
 , Dr. B.L. Ramakrishna\, is coming to ĢĒŠÄŌ­““ to discuss s
 ome of these challenges in relation to education\, materials\, and manufac
 turing.\nĀ \nThis lecture is open to all members of the WSU community and t
 he public.\nĀ \nContact/Questions:\nProf. Sharmila M. Mukhopadhyay\, Mechan
 ical & Materials Engineering\nEmail: sharmila.mukhopadhyay@wright.edu\nHea
 ther Casto\, Mechanical & Materials Engineering\nEmail: heather.casto@wrig
 ht.edu\nTel: (937)775-5040\nĀ \nSpeaker bio:\nDr. Ramakrishna was named the
  Diane and Gary Tooker Professor of Materials Sciences and Engineering at 
 the Fulton Schools of Engineering. He served as director of ASUā€™s Grand Ch
 allenge Scholars program from 2009 to 2013 and later a member of the Human
 itarian engineering faculty. He was awarded the Jefferson Science Fellowsh
 ip in 2013 to serve as a senior science and technology advisor to the Offi
 ce of the US Secretary of State\, where he helped guide USā€™s international
  relations through the lens of ā€œengineering for sustainable developmentā€ a
 nd provided intellectual\, technical and strategic leadership on policies 
 and priorities in the areas of health\, education\, energy\, infrastructur
 e\, economic growth and governance. In 2017\, he joined the National Acade
 my of Engineering in Washington\, D.C. as the director of the newly create
 d Grand Challenges Scholars Program Network.\nĀ \n*Note for first-year Hono
 rs students:Ā Fall 2017 first-year Honors students are required to attend o
 ne Dialogue during the 2017-2018 academic year to maintain priority regist
 ration status. Students not satisfying the Dialogue requirement will lose 
 their priority registration status for one semester (Spring 2019).Ā Look fo
 r the BLUE FOLDER to record your attendance on the sign-in sheet.
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LOCATION:NEC Auditorium
SUMMARY:Honors Dialogue Event
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