... geological engineering,hydrological engineering, and Earth-related parts of petro-leum engineering and mining engineering. The rapid expan-sion of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and informationtechnology ... gather and evaluateinformation and to prepare its consensus report. The first two meetingswere open meetings and were held in September 2003 in Washington,D.C., and in November 2003 in Irvine, ... programmanagers, the geological and geotechnical engineering com-munity as a whole, and other interested parties, includingCongress, federal and state agencies, industry, academia, and other stakeholders in...