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The 2008 winners of the Braden Engineering-Communication contest responded to a Call for Papers about the role of engineering enhanced sustainability. These are their papers:

1st Place: Kaitlin Gushwa (ASE) Engineering Enhanced Sustainability:  A Drop in the Bucket
2nd Place: Matthew Bomberg (CAEE) Engineering Enhanced Sustainability:  The Case for High-Speed Rail in the U.S.
3rd Place: Patrick Chen (ChE) Sustainability in Stratospheric Ozone Protection:  A Global and Intergenerational
Mentality in Engineering Solutions

 

 

The authors and winning papers for the 2007 Braden Contest are:

1st Place: Joseph Hoffman (BME) Security and the Modern Engineer:  The Impact of Engineering on National and Individual Protection
2nd Place: Neal Seegmiller (ME) Engineering a Long-Term Solution to the Improvised Explosive Device
3rd Place: Marissa Marlin (ASE) An Engineer's Duty to Secure Water Distribution

 

 

The authors and winning papers for the 2006 Braden Contest are:

1st Place: Ryan Kingsbury (CAEE and Plan II) Managing Disaster Through Public Leadership and Technical Excellence
2nd Place: Shoaib Rahman (BME) The Need for Innovation in Natural Disaster Preparation and Response
3rd Place: Chris Reddick (ASE) When Disaster Strikes: The Engineer's Role in Natural Disaster

 

 

The authors and winning papers for the 2005 Braden Contest were:

1st Place:

Stephanie Beckett (ASE and Plan II)

 The Danger of Oil Scarcity: A Two-Pronged Solution
2nd Place: James Berry (ME) Reducing Oil Consumption: A Revolution in Transportation
3rd Place: Michael Rozenfeld (PGE)

The Future of Petroleum Production

The authors and winning papers for the 2004 contest were:

 

1st Place:

Jesse Lovegren (ChE)

 Technology as Social Change: Mapping a Mass-Movement
2nd Place: Graham Stewart (ECE) Engineers as Political Mediators: Early Lessons in the DRE Controversy
3rd Place: Angelene McDaniel (ARE)

The Role of Engineers: Designing Society