NSF PA/M 02-12 - February 13, 2002
NSF Celebrates Engineers Week - World Trade Center
Research, Robotics Featured
To mark National Engineers Week (Feb. 17-20, 2002),
several lectures and presentations are scheduled for
locations at and near National Science Foundation
(NSF) headquarters on Feb. 19-20. Activities will
highlight NSF-funded research at the World Trade Center,
and other topics.
Feb. 19 - 10:30 a.m., Room 375, NSF Headquarters
*** Laser Technology for Damage Assessment
Shortly after Sept. 11, a team lead by David Bloomquist
of the University of Florida used newly developed,
hand-held laser mapping devices at the World Trade
Center (WTC) site to rapidly create detailed digital
models of structures, helping engineers assess the
damage at the site.
*** Robot-Assisted Urban Search and Rescue
A team led by Robin Murphy of the University of South
Florida responded within six hours to the WTC site,
bringing shoe-box sized, experimental, urban search-and-rescue
robots to help the Federal Emergency Management Agency
locate victims.
Feb. 20 - 10:00 a.m., Arlington Hilton and Towers
- Robots Playing Soccer Raffaello D’Andrea, Cornell
University, teaches systems engineering and robot
soccer, and organizes the annual international Robo
Cup competition.
Feb. 20 - 3:00 p.m., Room 375, NSF Headquarters
The Impact of Information Technology on Engineering
Education William Wulf, president of the National
Academy of Engineering and former NSF assistant director
for computer and information sciences and engineering,
will discuss how information technology (IT) can improve
teaching and learning, and IT’s impact on the research
community.
For more information contact:
Media: Amber Jones (703) 292-8070/aljones@nsf.gov
Non-media: William Butcher (703) 292-8380/wbutcher@nsf.gov
For directions to NSF, see: http://www.nsf.gov/home/visit/visitjump.htm
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