# Engineering Needs More Futurists > This NSF initiative primes the pump for tech visionaries

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/engineering-needs-more-futurists-2/
- Published: 2024-05-25T09:30:55-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo caption: Participants at a breakout session discuss ideas for how to make concrete, chemicals, and single-use packaging more sustainable during ERVA’s Engineering Materials for a Sustainable Future visioning event, held in July. Photo courtesy of ERVA. Article by Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska. IEEE Spectrum – May 7, 2024. A quick glance at the news headlines each morning might convey that the world is in crisis. Challenges include climate-change threats to human infrastructure and habitats; cyberwarfare by state and nonstate actors attacking energy sources and health care systems; and the global water crisis, which is compounded by the climate crisis. Perhaps the biggest challenge is the rapid advance of artificial intelligence and what it means for humanity. […] Click here to view original web page at spectrum.ieee.org Curated by John Wysocki Chief Technical Officer See Full Bio