Kirby selected for 2008 NAE Frontiers in Engineering Symposium
Professor Brian Kirby has recently been selected by the National Academy of Engineers to participate in the 2008 NAE Frontiers in Engineering Symposium in September 2008 at the University of New Mexico. According to the NAE, the 2½-day event will bring together engineers ages 30 to 45 who are performing exceptional engineering research and technical work in a variety of disciplines. NAE President Charles M. Vest states that “The U.S. Frontiers of Engineering program brings some of the country’s rising-star engineers, from a diverse range of disciplines, together for an exchange of ideas that will surely help contribute to keeping us at the forefront of technological advancement and may even spark a breakthrough that changes the way we live.”