Florian Allroggen, Senior Strategic Advisor and Executive Director of the Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment (LAE), will deliver a presentation on sustainable aerial mobility as part of the symposium’s core themes, and Prof. Zachary Cordero will attend as a general participant.
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Washington, DC, June 30, 2025 —
Seventy-four highly accomplished, early-career engineers have been selected to participate in the 2025 Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, a signature activity of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Engineers who are performing exceptional research and technical work in a variety of disciplines will come together to share new techniques and approaches across fields, facilitate collaboration in engineering, and build professional networks among the next generation of engineering leaders.
“Engineering impacts every aspect of our lives. From transportation to global communications, medical advancements, water, and food security … to the everyday items that make our lives easier, engineering plays a vital role,” said NAE President John L. Anderson. “As our world evolves, engineering must too. That means that engineers must be ready with the advanced knowledge and professional networks needed to create new solutions that meet the needs of our ever-changing world.”
The 2025 USFOE, to be held September 14-17 at the University of Pennsylvania, will explore four themes:
- Advances in Neural Engineering
- Next-Generation Computing/Quantum Computing
- Fusion Energy
- Sustainable Aerial Mobility
“The NAE’s Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium provides an information-rich environment in which engineers across disciplines can learn, network and share among their peers with an eye toward working collaboratively in the future,” Anderson added.
Participants selected to participate in The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium are nominated by fellow engineers or organizations and represent a broad mix of engineering disciplines from industry, academia, and government. Since the program’s inception in 1995, more than 5,000 early-career engineers have participated in previous symposia, many of whom have gone on to become national leaders in the engineering community.
