Peter Vikesland, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, has been invited by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to participate in the 2003 Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Sept. 18-20 in Irvine, California.

Vikesland is among 83 of the nation's top young engineers invited to attend the event, and is one of fewer than 40 chosen from academia. The participants, who were selected from a field of 170 nominees, are engineers aged 30 to 45 who have made notable research contributions and have the potential to become leaders in their profession.

Before coming to Virginia Tech in 2001, Vikesland held a fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. His research is focused in the areas of drinking water treatment and contaminant transport. In 2000 he received the American Water Works Association Dissertation Award for research he conducted as a doctoral student at the University of Iowa. His work also has been recognized by the American Chemical Society and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.

Vikesland and fellow Frontiers of Engineering attendees will hear presentations from the world's leading engineers and scientists on the latest research findings in environmental engineering, nanotechnology, biomolecular computing, and counterterrorism technologies and infrastructure protection.

"This century's great achievements will involve the marriage of seemingly unrelated disciplines, like bioengineering and computer science," said NAE President William A. Wulf. "It is gatherings like Frontiers of Engineering, which forge relationships among the brightest young engineers in a diverse range of fields, where future innovations will be initiated."

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