Frontiers of engineering [[electronic resource] ] : reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2007 symposium

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Disciplina: 620
• Soggetto topico: Engineering
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Engineering Trustworthy Computer Systems""; ""Introduction--Ana I. Antón and John Dunagan""; ""Privacy in a Networked World--Rebecca N. Wright""; ""Unifying Disparate Tools in Software Security--Greg Morrisett""; ""Usable Security: Oxymoron or Challenge?--Diana K. Smetters""; ""Control of Protein Conformations""; ""Introduction--Donald J. Leo""; ""The Evolutionary Design of Proteins--Rama Ranganathan""; ""Lighting Up the Mechanome--Matthew J. Lang""; ""Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals""; ""Introduction--Richard T. Elander and Vijay Singh"" ; ""Corn-Based Materials--Sanjay V. Malhotra, Vineet Kumar, Anthony East, and Michael Jaffe""""Process Review of Lignocellulose Biochemical Conversion to Fuel Ethanol--Bruce S. Dien""; ""Sustainable Biorefineries--Carina Maria Alles and Robin Jenkins""; ""Modeling and Simulating Human Behavior""; ""Introduction--Christian Lebiere and Robert Wray""; ""Computational Cognitive Neuroscience and Its Applications--Laurent Itti""; ""Barriers, Bridges, and Progress in Cognitive Modeling for Military Applications--Kevin A. Gluck"" ; ""Modeling of Culturally Affected Human Behavior--Michael van Lent, Mark Core, Steve Solomon, Milton Rosenberg, Ryan McAlinden, and Paul Carpenter""""Safe Water Technologies""; ""Introduction--Carol R. Rego and Paul K. Westerhoff""; ""Ultraviolet Irradiation: An Age-Old Emerging Technology for Water Treatment--Karl G. Linden""; ""Membrane Processes to Address the Global Challenge of Desalination--Amy E. Childress""; ""Biological Treatments of Drinking Water--Jess C. Brown""; ""Distribution Systems: The Next Frontier--Vanessa L. Speight""; ""Appendixes""; ""Breakout Sessions"" ; ""Contributors""""Program""; ""Participants""
• Titolo autorizzato: Frontiers of engineering
• ISBN: 1-281-20926-0; 9786611209261; 0-309-11254-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820787503321
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