03216nam 22006253u 450 991079716050332120210108102411.00-309-36904-50-309-36902-9(CKB)3710000000411294(EBL)3439682(SSID)ssj0001539492(PQKBManifestationID)11841457(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001539492(PQKBWorkID)11533148(PQKB)10638351(MiAaPQ)EBC3439682(EXLCZ)99371000000041129420151123d2015|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrPast Half Century of Engineering[electronic resource] And a Look Forward : Summary of a ForumWashington National Academies Press20151 online resource (48 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-309-36901-0 FrontMatter; Preface; Contents; 1 Learning from Adversity: Innovation on the Final Frontier; 2 Earth as a Resource; 3 The Seeds of the Internet-and Its Future; 4 The Great Engineering Advances of the 21st Century; 5 Energy in the 21st Century; 6 Engineering and Medicine; 7 Fifty Years of Materials Science; 8 Expanding the Community of Innovators; Appendix A: Forum Agenda; Appendix B: Biographical Information"Engineering is poised to make an even greater contribution to society in the next half century than it has made in the past half century. At its annual meeting on September 28-29, 2014, the National Academy of Engineering celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding. A highlight of the meeting was a forum of distinguished speakers who considered the achievements of the last 50 years and looked toward the potential achievements of the next 50. The Past Half Century of Engineering - and a Look Forward summarizes their presentations."--Publisher's description."Forum titled Celebrating the NAE's 50th Anniversary: The History of Engineering over the Past 50 Years and a Look Forward"--Title page verso.Engineering -- United States -- History -- CongressesEngineeringHistoryUnited StatesCongressesEngineering & Applied SciencesHILCCEngineering - GeneralHILCCUnited StatesfastEngineering -- United States -- History -- Congresses.EngineeringHistoryEngineering & Applied SciencesEngineering - General620.00973Olson Steve1956-488724Olson Steve1956-National Academy of Engineering MeetingNational Academy of Sciences (U.S.)National Academy of EngineeringCelebrating the NAE's 50th Anniversary: The History of Engineering over the Past 50 Years and a Look Forward (Forum)(2014 :Washington, D.C.)AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910797160503321Past Half Century of Engineering3855769UNINA