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Titolo: | Frontiers of engineering : reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2006 symposium / / National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
Disciplina: | 620 |
Soggetto topico: | Engineering - Research |
Engineering - Technological innovations | |
Identification - Equipment and supplies | |
Systems engineering | |
Note generali: | "The twelfth U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium at Ford Research and Innovation Center in Dearborn, Michigan, was held on September 21-23, 2006"--Pref. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- THE RISE OF INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND MACHINES -- Introduction--M. Brian Blake and David B. Fogel -- Commercializing Auditory Neuroscience--Lloyd Watts -- Creating Intelligent Agents in Games--Risto Miikkulainen -- Co-Evolution of Social Sciences and Engineering Systems--Robert L. Axtell -- Using Computational Cognitive Models to Improve Human-Robot Interaction--Alan C. Schultz -- THE NANO/BIO INTERFACE -- Introduction--Tejal Desai and Hiroshi Matsui -- Biological and Biomimetic Polypeptide Materials--Timothy J. Deming -- Applications of Biomimetics--Morley O. Stone -- Optical Imaging for In Vivo Assessment of Tissue Pathology--Rebekah A. Drezek, Naomi J. Halas, and Jennifer West -- Commercialization and Future Developments in Bionanotechnology--Marcel P. Bruchez -- ENGINEERING PERSONAL MOBILITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY -- Introduction--Apoorv Agarwal and William F. Schneider -- Long-Term Trends in Global Passenger Mobility--Andreas Schäfer -- Energy and Environmental Impacts of Personal Mobility--Matthew J. Barth -- New Mobility: The Next Generation of Sustainable Urban Transportation--Susan Zielinski -- SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS WITH ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC IMPACT -- Introduction--Jennifer K. Ryan and Julie L. Swann -- Supply Chain Applications of Fast Implosion--Brenda L. Dietrich -- From Factory to Foxhole: Improving the Army's Supply Chain--Mark Y.D. Wang -- Managing Disruptions to Supply Chains--Lawrence V. Snyder and Zuo-Jun Max Shen -- Engineering Methods for Planning Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities--Michael P. Johnson -- DINNER SPEECH -- The Changing Face of Industrial Research--W. Dale Compton -- APPENDIXES -- Contributors -- Program -- Participants. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Frontiers of engineering |
ISBN: | 0-309-17908-4 |
1-280-76430-9 | |
9786610764303 | |
0-309-66618-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910820307303321 |
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