03943nam 2200637Ia 450 991081506900332120240417003158.00-309-18026-01-280-34935-297866103493570-309-65697-4(CKB)1000000000245170(OCoLC)64684482(CaPaEBR)ebrary10115256(SSID)ssj0000159478(PQKBManifestationID)11151840(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000159478(PQKBWorkID)10159246(PQKB)11685607(MiAaPQ)EBC3378058(Au-PeEL)EBL3378058(CaPaEBR)ebr10115256(CaONFJC)MIL34935(OCoLC)923275114(EXLCZ)99100000000024517020060309d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFrontiers of Engineering reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2005 symposium /National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academies Pressc20061 online resource (201 p.)"On September 22-24, 2005, NAE held its eleventh U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium at GE Global Research Center in Niskayuna, New York"--Pref.0-309-10102-6 Includes bibliographical references.FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- ID AND VERIFICATION TECHNOLOGIESTECHNOLOGIESECHNOLOGIES -- Introduction--Stephen S. Intille and Visvanathan Ramesh -- Ongoing Challenges in Face Recognition--Peter N. Belhumeur -- Designing Biometric Evaluations and Challenge Problems for Face-Recognition Systems--P. Jonathon Phillips -- Large-Scale Activity-Recognition Systems--Matthai Philipose -- ENGINEERING FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES -- Introduction--Garrick E. Louis and Amy Smith -- Challenges in the Implementation of Appropriate Technology Projects: The Case of the DISACARE Wheelchair Center in Zambia--Kurt L. Kornbluth and Philip Osafo-Kwaako -- Engineering Inputs to the CDC Safe Water System Program--Daniele S. Lantagne -- Sustainable Development Through the Principles of Green Engineering--Julie Beth Zimmerman -- Science and Engineering Research That Values the Planet--Daniel M. Kammen and Arne Jacobson -- ENGINEERING COMPLEX SYSTEMS -- Introduction--Luis A Nunes Amaral and Kelvin H. Lee -- Complex Networks: Ubiquity, Importance, and Implications--Alessandro Vespignani -- The Promise of Synthetic Biology--Jay D. Keasling -- Population Dynamics of Human Language: A Complex System--Natalia L. Komarova -- Agent-Based Modeling as a Decision-Making Tool--Zoltán Toroczkai and Stephen Eubank -- ENERGY RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE -- Introduction--Allan J. Connolly and John M. Vohs -- Future Energy--John K. Reinker -- Organic Semiconductors for Low-Cost Solar Cells--Michael D. McGehee and Chatzun Goh -- Research and Development at the U.S. Department of Energy on Hydrogen Production and Storage--Sunita Satyapal -- Fuel Cells: Current Status and Future Challenges--Stuart B. Adler -- DINNER SPEECH -- Engineering for a New World--Shirley Ann Jackson -- APPENDIXES -- Contributors -- Program -- Participants.EngineeringResearchCongressesEngineeringTechnological innovationsCongressesIdentificationEquipment and suppliesCongressesSystems engineeringCongressesEngineeringResearchEngineeringTechnological innovationsIdentificationEquipment and suppliesSystems engineering620National Academy of Engineering.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815069003321Frontiers of engineering3923632UNINA