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National Academy of Engineering Selects Orlov to Attend E.U.-U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
of the Chemistry Department, and faculty member of the Consortium for Interdisciplinary
Environmental Research,
is one of the few engineers worldwide who was selected to attend the National Academy
of Engineering’s
(NAE) prestigious E.U.-U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium.
According to NAE President C. D. Mott “The USFOE symposiumbrings together some of our nation’s brightest young
engineering talents and gives them the opportunity to develop professional relationships
that become critical [to]
advancing our nation’s well-being throughout their careers.”
The symposium, which will be held from October 17-19, 2016 at Aalto University near
Helsinki, Finland, is hosted annually by the NAE as a way to bring together outstanding
engineers aged 30-45 to discuss cutting-edge research and technical work across a
range of engineering fields. Held every year since 1995, the symposium began with
American engineers in mind only, before expanding to include bilateral meetings with
Germany, Japan, China, India, and the European Union (EU).
Dr. Orlov was one of about 60 engineers from a wide range of disciplines in both the
U.S. and Europe to receive an invitation. The number of attendees is kept to a very
exclusive 60 in order to better facilitate interactions and contacts among those invited.
Each participant is asked to bring a poster conveying their research or technical
work, which will be displayed throughout the symposium.
Upon hearing the exciting news, the Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied
Sciences (CEAS), Fotis Sotiropoulos congratulated Orlov and described this recognition
as a “great honor for Orlov and the entire College”.
Dr. Orlov focuses his research on the development of novel materials for energy generation,
structural applications, and environmental protection. His research is supported by
the State of New York, the U.S. Departments of Education and Transportation, the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Orlov, who happily accepted the NAE’s invitation, will participate in the following four sessions at the symposium: Integrated Photonics; The Road to Future Urban Mobility; Frontiers of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage; and Smart Systems for Personalized and Connected Healthcare. The symposium is organized by the NAE and the European Council of Academies of Applied Sciences, Technologies, and Engineering with organizational support provided by the Technology Academy of Finland (TAF).