Opportunities for Members

This Board oversees ad hoc committees that recommend priorities and procedures for achieving aerospace engineering objectives and offers a way to bring engineering and other related expertise to bear on aerospace issues of national importance. Experts are needed in the areas of aeronautics, aerodynamics, aviation propulsion, science/technology policy, and economics. Please indicate your interest via the online form by November 22.

This forum is a standing body of experts engaged in conversations to surface and highlight issues critical to the security and resiliency of the U.S. cyber ecosystem. Experts are needed in the areas of cybersecurity, cryptography, privacy, AI/ML security, economics and incentives, law and policy frameworks for security, industrial and enterprise security, and threats and vulnerability. Submissions will be collected on a rolling basis via the online form through December 31.

This workshop will examine how research on adolescent and young adult development can inform criminal/legal system policies and practices. Research indicates that cognitive, emotional, and social development continues into the mid-20s, raising questions about policies that generally treat individuals ages 18 and older as fully mature adults. The workshop will bring together interdisciplinary evidence on emerging adults, examine interventions to improve public safety and individual and community well-being, and consider measures of success and priorities for future research and data collection. Please indicate your interest via the online form by November 13.

This two-day workshop of experts from arid and semi-arid regions of North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and the United States will explore how science and technology innovations can support the sustainable use of water resources for crop production. Experts are needed in the areas of agriculture in arid regions, water resources engineering, civil and environmental engineering, hydrology, soil science, natural resource management, emerging technologies, and data science. Please indicate your interest via the online form by November 20.

This ad hoc study committee will review evidence from existing systematic reviews and other data resources for human requirements of macronutrients, and their constituent nutrients and other food substances, in the context of total energy and indicators on which to base the DRIs (i.e., deficiency, inadequacy, toxicities, and relevant chronic disease endpoints). Using this evidence, the committee will assess existing DRI values across age, sex, and life stages, including pregnancy and lactation, and update recommendations as appropriate. Please indicate your interest via the online form by November 27.

This committee will examine the evidence base for surveillance of influenza in swine populations globally and its role in the early detection, risk assessment, and control of seasonal and pandemic influenza threats at the animal-human interface. Experts are needed in the areas of influenza research, pandemic influenza preparedness, food-animal surveillance-systems, swine production, one health, agricultural economics, and data surveillance informatics. Please indicate your interest via the online form by November 29.

This study will develop a plan for U.S. graduate and postgraduate geodetic science education and training, with the goal of building and sustaining the workforce needed to develop, operate, and sustain geodetic systems, data products, methods, and infrastructure while strengthening the academic base that supports this work. Experts are needed in the areas of geodetic science and technology (e.g., fundamental, physical, geometric, space, theoretical, and mathematical geodesy; geodetic observing techniques; instrumentation; data processing; reference frames; and infrastructure), geodetic applications and services (e.g., positioning, navigation, and timing; geospatial infrastructure and surveying; Earth dynamics and deformation; gravity field applications; Earth system monitoring; precise orbit determination), and education and workforce development (e.g., curricula and academic programs; graduate and postgraduate education; technical training; workforce needs and career pathways; models for capacity building). Please indicate your interest via the online form by December 4.