10 June 2011
You
can vote @ http://www.engineeringchallenges.org.
In
the world today, many of engineering’s gifts to civilization are distributed
unevenly. At least a billion people do not have access to adequate supplies of
clean water. Countless millions have virtually no medical care available, let
alone personalized diagnosis and treatment. Solving computer security problems
has little meaning for the majority of the world’s population on the wrong side
of the digital divide. Sustainable supplies of food, water, and energy;
protection from human violence, natural disaster, and disease; full access to
the joys of learning, exploration, communication, and entertainment — these are
goals for all of the world’s people.
So
in pursuing the century's great challenges, engineers must frame their work
with the ultimate goal of universal accessibility in mind. Just as Abraham
Lincoln noted that a house divided against itself cannot stand, a world divided
by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and hunger, cannot long remain
a stable place for civilization to thrive.
Through
the engineering accomplishments of the past, the world has become smaller, more
inclusive, and more connected. The challenges facing engineering today are not
those of isolated locales, but of the planet as a whole and all the planet’s
people. Meeting all those challenges must make the world not only a more
technologically advanced and connected place, but also a more sustainable,
safe, healthy, and joyous — in other words, better — place.
Here
are the Grand Challenges for engineering as determined by a committe of the
National Academy of Engineering:
- Make solar
energy economical
- Provide
energy from fusion
- Develop
carbon sequestration methods
- Manage the
nitrogen cycle
- Provide
access to clean water
- Restore and
improve urban infrastructure
- Advance
health informatics
- Engineer
better medicines
- Reverse-engineer
the brain
- Prevent
nuclear terror
- Secure
cyberspace
- Enhance
virtual reality
- Advance
personalized learning
- Engineer the
tools of scientific discovery
You can vote for these challenges as you think which would be your
priority to contribute as an engineering professional.
(Courtesy: ttp://www.engineeringchallenges.org)
Contributed by: Eng.
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