Earth observation quarterly / / ESA

• Record Nr.: UNISA996197830303316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Noordwijk, Netherlands], : European Space Agency
• Soggetti: Earth sciences - Remote sensing; Artificial satellites; Periodicals.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico

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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960109203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2002
• ISBN: 9786610209361; 9780309169080; 0309169089; 9781280209369; 1280209364; 9780309500739; 0309500737
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection includes summaries of presentations given at the NAE Symposium in March 2001. Topics include flight at the leading edge, civil systems, wireless communications, and technology and the human body