Future of Engineering

Committee of scientists and engineers compile list of challenges

At the top of many personal wish lists you might find a new car or a Caribbean vacation. But scientists have compiled a global wish list of 14 things that would make life better for everyone.
A committee of scientists and engineers gathered by the National Science Foundation met several times over the last year to compile a list of engineering challenges that, if met, would improve how we live. They announced their final choices on Feb. 20.
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In no particular order, the resulting wish list is:
— Make solar energy
— Provide energy from
— Develop carbon sequestration
— Manage the nitrogen
— Provide access to clean
— Restore and improve urban
— Advance health
— Engineer better
— Reverse-engineer the
— Prevent nuclear
— Secure
— Enhance virtual
— Advance personalized
— Engineer the tools for scientific discovery

The committee decided not to rank the challenges. The public can vote on which one they think is most important and leave comments at the project Web site, http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/.

The final choices fall into four themes that the panel thinks are essential for humanity to flourish — sustainability, health, reducing vulnerability and joy of living

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