Frontiers of engineering [[electronic resource] ] : reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2008 symposium

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777709203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, : National Academies Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0-309-17740-5; 1-282-00806-4; 9786612008061; 0-309-12822-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (195 p.)
• Disciplina: 620.007
• Soggetti: Systems engineering; Engineering - Technological innovations; Engineering - Research; Fuel - Biotechnology; Proteins - Conformation; Water - Purification; Human behavior - Computer simulation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Conference held September 18-20, 2008 at the University of New Mexico.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS, Introduction--William J. Grieco and Efrosini Kokkoli""; ""Recent Developments in Needle-Free Drug Delivery--Samir Mitragotri""; ""Targeted Polymeric Nanotherapeutics--Jeff Hrkach""; ""Polymer Technology for Gene Therapy--Daniel W. Pack""; ""Traceable Drug Delivery: Lighting the Way with Qdots--Xiaohu Gao ""; ""EMERGING NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES, Introduction--Jia Chen and Victor Zhirnov ""; ""The Quest for the Next Information-Processing Technology--Jeffrey J. Welser""; ""Molecular and Polymer Nanodevices--Nikolai Zhitenev""; ""Roll Printing of Crystalline Nanowires for Integrated Electronic and Sensor Arrays--Ali Javey, Zhiyong Fan, Johnny C. Ho, and Roie Yerushalmi""""The Role of DNA in Nanoarchitectonics--Mihrimah Ozkan and Cengiz S. Ozkan""; ""COGNITIVE ENGINEERING, Introduction""; ; ""Cognitive Engineering: Itâ€?s Not What You Think--Stephanie Guerlain""; ""Driving Attention: Cognitive Engineering in Designing Attractions and Distractions--John D. Lee""; ""Human Reliability Analysis in Cognitive Engineering and System Design--Ronald Laurids Boring""; ""Cognitive Engineering Applications in Health Care--Ann M. Bisantz""""UNDERSTANDING AND COUNTERING THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, Introduction--J. Scott Goldstein and Gregory A. Hebner""; ""U.S. National Security in New Times--Steven D. Nixon""; ""Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction: Translating Strategic Guidance into Actionable Solutions--Charles L. Beames ""; ""Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: The Role of Science and Engineering--Joseph C. Martz and Jonathan S. Ventura""; ""Energy Policy and the Role of Technology in National Security--A.D. Romig, Jr. with Arnold B. Baker""""Contributors""; ""Program""; ""Participants""