LEADER 03943nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910815069003321 005 20240417003158.0 010 $a0-309-18026-0 010 $a1-280-34935-2 010 $a9786610349357 010 $a0-309-65697-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245170 035 $a(OCoLC)64684482 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10115256 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000159478 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11151840 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000159478 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10159246 035 $a(PQKB)11685607 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3378058 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3378058 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10115256 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL34935 035 $a(OCoLC)923275114 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245170 100 $a20060309d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrontiers of Engineering $ereports on leading-edge engineering from the 2005 symposium /$fNational Academy of Engineering of the National Academies 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academies Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 300 $a"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. 311 $a0-309-10102-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFrontMatter -- 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. 606 $aEngineering$xResearch$vCongresses 606 $aEngineering$xTechnological innovations$vCongresses 606 $aIdentification$xEquipment and supplies$vCongresses 606 $aSystems engineering$vCongresses 615 0$aEngineering$xResearch 615 0$aEngineering$xTechnological innovations 615 0$aIdentification$xEquipment and supplies 615 0$aSystems engineering 676 $a620 712 02$aNational Academy of Engineering. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815069003321 996 $aFrontiers of engineering$93923632 997 $aUNINA