Frontiers of Engineering: Leading-Edge Engineering Symposium 2016

The intent of this book is highlight innovative developments in engineering research and technical work. This volume presents papers on the topics covered at the National Academy of Engineering's 2016 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium.

Every year the symposium brings together 100 outstanding young leaders in engineering to share their cutting-edge research and innovations in selected areas. The 2016 symposium was held September 19-21 at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, California.

Contents
Preface
1. PIXELS AT SCALE: HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND VISION
Pixelsat Scale: High-Performance Computer Graphics and Vision
Computational Near-Eye Displays: Engineering the Interface to the Digital World
Frontiers in Virtual Reality Headsets
First-Person Computational Vision
A Quintillion Live Pixels: The Challenge of Continuously Interpreting and Organizing the World's Visual Information
2. EXTREME ENGINEERING: EXTREME AUTONOMY IN SPACE, AIR, LAND, AND UNDER WATER
Extreme Engineering: Extreme Autonomy in Space and Air, on Land, and Under Water
Autonomous Precision Landing of Space Rockets
Autonomy Under Water: Ocean Sampling by Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
3. WATER DESALINATION AND PURIFICATION
Water Desalination and Purification
Water Desalination: History, Advances, and Challenges
Scalable Manufacturing of Layer-by-Layer Membranes for Water Purification
New Materials for Emerging Desalination Technologies
High-Recovery Desalination and Water Treatment
4. TECHNOLOGIES FOR UNDERSTANDING AND TREATING CANCER
Technologies for Understanding and Treating Cancer
How Cancer Cells Go Awry: The Role of Mechanobiology in Cancer Research
Engineered Proteins for Visualizing and Treating Cancer
Engineering Immunotherapy
APPENDIXES
Contributors
Participants
Program