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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826054103321

Titolo

Seventh Annual Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering / / National Academy of Engineering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2002

ISBN

0-309-16908-9

1-280-20936-4

9786610209361

0-309-50073-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Collana

Compass series

Disciplina

620

Soggetti

Engineering - Research - United States

Engineering - Technological innovations - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Reports on leading-edge engineering from the March 2002 NAE Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Active Flow Control: Enabling Next-Generation Jet Propulsion Aerodynamics -- Miniature Spy Planes: The Next Generation of Flying Robots -- Toward Micromechanical Flyers -- Dynamic Planning and Control of Civil Infrastructure Systems -- Improbable Is Not Impossible: Decision Making Under Uncertainty -- Interdependencies in Civil Infrastructure Systems -- Design Challenges for Future Wireless Systems -- Next-Generation Mobile Wireless Internet Technology -- Service Architectures for Emerging Wireless Networks -- Wireless Integrated Network Sensors (WINS): The Web Gets Physical -- Applying Simulation Technology to the Life Sciences -- Reengineering the Paralyzed Nervous System -- Merging Living Cells and Microsystems Engineering -- Technology Innovation in the New Era -- Contributors -- Program -- Participants.