National Academies Grand Challenges

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Remember my visit to and obsession with the National Academies in the Fall?

Are you not sure about what you want to do with your life? 


The National Academies of Engineering have developed a list of Grand Challenges...and maybe you should consider pursuing them for a career.  It may just give you a starting point.


For more information, click on a category or the link below. 

• 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

Grand Challenges for Engineering Click Here

Happy Surfing!

-Serena