Grand Challenges for Earth Resources Engineering

A committee of Section 11 –Earth Resources Engineering of the US National Academy of Engineering, was established in 2010, charged with identification of Grand Challenges in Earth Resources Engineering. Formation of the committee was stimulated by two (then) recent developments in NAE; 1. Renaming of NAE Section 11 (in 2006) From Petroleum, Mining and Geological Engineering; Engineering applied to the discovery, development and responsible production of nonrenewable earth resources; To Earth Resources Engineering; Engineering applied to the discovery, development and environmentally responsible production of subsurface earth resources