Laura Y. Cabrera recently shared her neuroethics expertise in both an iScience conversation and at the National Academy of Engineering 2022 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering symposium. Credit: Penn State College of Engineering
Laura Y. Cabrera shares expertise in iScience conversation and at NAE symposium
January 20, 2023
By Sarah Small
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Laura Y. Cabrera, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics and of philosophy and the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Neuroethics at Penn State, recently shared her neuroethics expertise in both an iScience conversation and at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) 2022 European Union-United States (EU-US) Frontiers of Engineering symposium.
Cabrera worked with Flavia Vitale of the University of Pennsylvania and Jennifer Gelinas of Columbia University Irving Medical Center to co-author a backstory section of the iScience Special Issue: Neuronal Engineering and Implantable Devices to “encourage dialogue between engineers, material scientists, clinicians, and ethicists,” according to the introduction of the article. The three researchers responded to questions on topics such as the language used to communicate between disciplines, research methods, publication, societal impacts of the field and more.
“I have learned so much from my colleagues; it is incredible to see how their perspective improves our science,” Cabrera said. “From an ethical point of view, having social scientists and humanists collaborating with scientists and engineers helps ensure we align scientific progress and technological innovation with societal values and priorities.”
Cabrera was also an invited participant in the NAE 2022 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering symposium held Oct. 19-22 of last year in Bled, Slovenia. According to the symposium’s site, 60 of the “most promising early career engineering from the US and EU met for an intensive [two and a half] day symposium to discuss cutting edge developments in four topic areas: [prosthetics] and AI; supply chain/logistics; post lithium-ion batteries; and zero-carbon buildings.”
The goals of the symposium, according to the site, included facilitating cross-disciplinary research collaboration and creating a transatlantic network of world-class engineers.
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