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LOS ANGELES, August 16, 2006—Dr. Deepak Khosla, a research staff member at HRL Laboratories, LLC, has been selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) 12th annual Frontiers of Engineering symposium. Eighty-one young engineers across the country have been selected from industry, academia, and government to learn about cutting-edge developments in fields other than their own in the September 21 to 23 symposium at Ford Research and Innovation Center in Dearborn, Michigan.
Topics to be featured in the 2006 program include nanotechnology-biology interface, intelligent software systems and machines, supply chain management, and personal mobility. Sponsors this year are Ford Motor Co., the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the U.S. Department of Defense (DDR&E-Research), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Science Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Cummins Inc., and numerous individual donors.
A list of the selected engineers and more information about the Frontiers of Engineering is available at the NAE web site at www.nae.edu/frontiers. According to the site, "The National Academy of Engineering is an independent, nonprofit institution that serves as an adviser to government and the public on issues in engineering and technology. Its members consist of the nation's premier engineers, who are elected by their peers for their distinguished achievements. Established in 1964, NAE operates under the congressional charter granted to the National Academy of Sciences in 1863."
HRL Laboratories, LLC (www.hrl.com) is a corporate R&D laboratory owned by Boeing and General Motors. HRL provides R&D services for its LLC Members, for the U.S. government, and for other commercial entities.
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