LEADER 04939nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910791777103321 005 20230725021206.0 010 $a0-309-17701-4 010 $a1-282-91697-1 010 $a9786612916977 010 $a0-309-14198-2 035 $a(CKB)2560000000069609 035 $a(EBL)3564194 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000436186 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11284564 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000436186 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10426197 035 $a(PQKB)11626532 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3564194 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10433660 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL291697 035 $a(OCoLC)932320518 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3564194 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000069609 100 $a20101124d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExamination of the U.S. Air Force's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce needs in the future and its strategy to meet those needs$b[electronic resource] /$fCommittee on Examination of the U.S. Air Force's Science, Technology ; Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs, Air Force Studies Board ; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; National Research Council of the National Academies 210 $aWashington $cNational Academies Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (176 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-309-14197-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Role of STEM Capabilities in Achieving the Air Force Vision and Strategy""; ""3 Air Force Career Fields and Occupations That Currently Require a STEM Degree""; ""4 STEM Personnel in the Acquisition Workforce""; ""5 The Current and Future U.S. STEM-Degreed Workforce""; ""6 Managing STEM Personnel to Meet Future STEM Needs Across the Air Force""; ""7 The Need for Action""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members"" 327 $a""Appendix B: Meetings and Speakers""""Appendix C: Supporting Demographic Data""; ""Appendix D: Air Force STEM Workforce""; ""Appendix E: Length of Time to Fill Civilian Positions""; ""Appendix F: Applying Basic Rated Management Process and Model to STEM""; ""Appendix G: Scientists, Engineers, and the Air Force: An Uncertain Legacy"" 330 $a"The Air Force requires technical skills and expertise across the entire range of activities and processes associated with the development, fielding, and employment of air, space, and cyber operational capabilities. The growing complexity of both traditional and emerging missions is placing new demands on education, training, career development, system acquisition, platform sustainment, and development of operational systems. While in the past the Air Force's technologically intensive mission has been highly attractive to individuals educated in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, force reductions, ongoing military operations, and budget pressures are creating new challenges for attracting and managing personnel with the needed technical skills. Assessments of recent development and acquisition process failures have identified a loss of technical competence within the Air Force (that is, in house or organic competence, as opposed to contractor support) as an underlying problem. These challenges come at a time of increased competition for technical graduates who are U.S. citizens, an aging industry and government workforce, and consolidations of the industrial base that supports military systems. In response to a request from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering, the National Research Council conducted five fact-finding meetings at which senior Air Force commanders in the science and engineering, acquisition, test, operations, and logistics domains provided assessments of the adequacy of the current workforce in terms of quality and quantity"--Publisher's description. 606 $aMilitary engineering 606 $aMilitary education$zUnited States 606 $aArmed Forces$xVocational guidance 615 0$aMilitary engineering. 615 0$aMilitary education 615 0$aArmed Forces$xVocational guidance. 676 $a355.50973 712 02$aScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Society. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791777103321 996 $aExamination of the U.S. Air Force's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce needs in the future and its strategy to meet those needs$93786505 997 $aUNINA LEADER 05240nam 2200637 450 001 9910823990103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a3-527-67153-6 010 $a3-527-67151-X 010 $a3-527-67154-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000001123454 035 $a(EBL)1411629 035 $a(OCoLC)862828505 035 $a(OCoLC)861536748 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1411629 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1411629 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10768950 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525171 035 $a(PPN)18631728X 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001123454 100 $a20131011h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aNon-diffractive waves /$fedited by Hugo E. Herna?ndez-Figueroa, Erasmo Recami, and Michel Zamboni-Rached 210 1$aWeinheim :$cWiley-VCH,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (509 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-527-41195-X 311 $a1-299-93920-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aNon-Diffracting Waves; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 Non-Diffracting Waves: An Introduction; 1.1 A General Introduction; 1.1.1 A Prologue; 1.1.2 Preliminary, and Historical, Remarks; 1.1.3 Definition of Non-Diffracting Wave (NDW); 1.1.4 First Examples; 1.1.5 Further Examples: The Non-Diffracting Solutions; 1.2 Eliminating Any Backward Components: Totally Forward NDW Pulses; 1.2.1 Totally Forward Ideal Superluminal NDW Pulses; 1.3 Totally Forward, Finite-Energy NDW Pulses; 1.3.1 A General Functional Expression for Whatever Totally-Forward NDW Pulses 327 $a1.4 Method for the Analytic Description of Truncated Beams1.4.1 The Method; 1.4.2 Application of the Method to a TB Beam; 1.5 Subluminal NDWs (or Bullets); 1.5.1 A First Method for Constructing Physically Acceptable, Subluminal Non-Diffracting Pulses; 1.5.2 Examples; 1.5.3 A Second Method for Constructing Subluminal Non-Diffracting Pulses; 1.6 ``Stationary'' Solutions with Zero-Speed Envelopes: Frozen Waves; 1.6.1 A New Approach to the Frozen Waves; 1.6.2 Frozen Waves in Absorbing Media; 1.6.3 Experimental Production of the Frozen Waves 327 $a1.7 On the Role of Special Relativity and of Lorentz Transformations1.8 Non-Axially Symmetric Solutions: The Case of Higher-Order Bessel Beams; 1.9 An Application to Biomedical Optics: NDWs and the GLMT (Generalized Lorenz-Mie Theory); 1.10 Soliton-Like Solutions to the Ordinary Schroedinger Equation within Standard Quantum Mechanics (QM); 1.10.1 Bessel Beams as Non-Diffracting Solutions (NDS) to the Schroedinger Equation; 1.10.2 Exact Non-Diffracting Solutions to the Schroedinger Equation; 1.10.3 A General Exact Localized Solution; 1.11 A Brief Mention of Further Topics 327 $a1.11.1 Airy and Airy-Type Waves1.11.2 ``Soliton-Like'' Solutions to the Einstein Equations of General Relativity and Gravitational Waves; 1.11.3 Super-Resolution; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2 Localized Waves: Historical and Personal Perspectives; 2.1 The Beginnings: Focused Wave Modes; 2.2 The Initial Surge and Nomenclature; 2.3 Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) Interest; 2.4 Reflective Moments; 2.5 Controversy and Scrutiny; 2.6 Experiments; 2.7 What's in a Name: Localized Waves; 2.8 Arizona Era; 2.9 Retrospective; Acknowledgments; References 327 $aChapter 3 Applications of Propagation Invariant Light Fields3.1 Introduction; 3.2 What Is a ``Non-Diffracting'' Light Mode?; 3.2.1 Linearly Propagating ``Non-Diffracting'' Beams; 3.2.2 Accelerating ``Non-Diffracting'' Beams; 3.2.3 Self-Healing Properties and Infinite Energy; 3.2.4 Vectorial ``Non-Diffracting'' Beams; 3.3 Generating ``Non-Diffracting'' Light Fields; 3.3.1 Bessel and Mathieu Beam Generation; 3.3.2 Airy Beam Generation; 3.4 Experimental Applications of Propagation Invariant Light Modes; 3.4.1 Microscopy, Coherence, and Imaging 327 $a3.4.2 Optical Micromanipulation with Propagation Invariant Fields 330 $aThis continuation and extension of the successful book ""Localized Waves"" by the same editors brings together leading researchers in non-diffractive waves to cover the most important results in their field and as such is the first to present the current state.The well-balanced presentation of theory and experiments guides readers through the background of different types of non-diffractive waves, their generation, propagation, and possible applications. 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