Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading Edge Engineering from the 1999 NAE Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering (2000)

Frontiers of Engineering is the fifth book highlighting the presentations of the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) annual symposium series, Frontiers of Engineering. The 1999 NAE Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering was held October 14-16, at the Academies' Beckman Center in Irvine, California. The 101 emerging engineering leaders (ages 30-45) from industry, academia, and federal laboratories who attended the meeting heard presentations and discussed cutting-edge research and technical work in four engineering fields. Symposium speakers were asked to prepare extended summaries of their presentations, and it is those papers that are contained here. The intent of this book, and of the four that precede it in the series, is to describe the content and underpinning philosophy of this unique meeting and to highlight some of the exciting developments in engineering today.

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1 Drowning in Data 1-24

2 Making Sense of the Human Genome 25-28

3 Engineering Novel Structures 29-48

4 Energy for the Future and Its Environmental Impact 49-70

5 Optics 71-90

6 Dinner Speech 91-98

Appendix A: Break-out Session Outcomes 99-110

Appendix B: Contributors 111-116

Appendix C: Program 117-118

Appendix D: Participants 119-128

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Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering From the 2000 NAE Symposium on Frontiers in Engineering (2001)

In 1995 the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) initiated the Frontiers of Engineering Symposium program, which every year brings together 100 of the nation's future engineering leaders to learn about cutting-edge research and technical work in different engineering fields. On September 14-16, 2000, the National Academy of Engineering held its sixth Frontiers of Engineering Symposium at the Academies' Beckman Center in Irvine, California. Symposium speakers were asked to prepare extended summaries of their presentations, and it is those papers that are contained here. The intent of this book, and of the five that precede it in the series, is to describe the content and underpinning philosophy of this unique meeting and to highlight some of the exciting developments in engineering today.

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Systems Engineering Challenges of the International Space Station 1-9

Battlefield Management 10-16

Software Development at Microsoft 17-22

Physically Based Animation 23-29

Data Mining and Visualization 30-40

Digital Geometry Processing 41-44

The Human Genome Project: Elucidating Our Genetic Blueprint 45-53

Current Genomic Research: The Proteins Have It 54-61

Bioengineering for the Science and Technology of Biological Systems 62-74

Genomics and Ethics 75-80

From Clusters to Automobiles: Processing and Applications of Granular Nanomaterials 81-88

Science and Technology of Nanotube-Based Materials 89-92

Nanoscale aterials: Sysnthesis, Analysis, and Applications 93-104

Bits Versus Atoms -- The Future of Information Technology 105-114

Appendix A: Contributors 115-123

Appendix B: Program 124-125

Appendix C: Participants 126-134

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Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2001 NAE Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering (2002)

This collection includes summaries of presentations given at the NAE Symposium in March 2001. Topics include flight at the leading edge, civil systems, wireless communications, and technology and the human body

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Active Flow Control: Enabling Next-Generation Jet Propulsion Aerodynamics 1-9

Miniature Spy Planes: The Next Generation of Flying Robots 10-20

Toward Micromechanical Flyers 21-30

Dynamic Planning and Control of Civil Infrastructure Systems 31-39

Improbable Is Not Impossible: Decision Making Under Uncertainty 40-46

Interdependencies in Civil Infrastructure Systems 47-56

Design Challenges for Future Wireless Systems 57-63

Next-Generation Mobile Wireless Internet Technology 64-67

Service Architectures for Emerging Wireless Networks 68-77

Wireless Integrated Network Sensors (WINS): The Web Gets Physical 78-84

Applying Simulation Technology to the Life Sciences 85-90

Reengineering the Paralyzed Nervous Systems 91-98

Merging Living Cells and Microsystems Engineering 99-104

Technology Innovation in the New Era 105-110

Appendix A: Contributors 111-118

Appendix B: Program 119-120

Appendix C: Participants 121-128

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Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2002 NAE Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering (2003)

This collection includes summaries of presentations given at the NAE Symposium in September 2002. Topics include chemical and molecular engineering in the 21st century, human factors engineering, the future of nuclear energy, and engineering challenges for quantum information technology.

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Chemical and Molecular Engineering in the 21st Century 1-28

Technology for Human Beings 29-52

The Future of Nuclear Energy 53-90

Engineering Challenges for Quantum Information Technology 91-108

Dinner Speech 109-118

Appendix: Contributors 119-126

Appendix: Program 127-130

Appendix: Participants 131-140

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Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2003 NAE Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering (2004)

This volume includes 14 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's Ninth Annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium held in September 2003. The U.S. Frontiers meeting brings together 100 outstanding engineers (ages 30-45) to learn from their peers and discuss leading-edge technologies in a range of fields. The 2003 symposium covered these four areas: environmental engineering; fundamental limits of nanotechnology; counterterrorism technologies and infrastructure protection; and biomolecular computing. Papers in the book cover topics such as microbial mineral respiration; water-resource engineering, economics, and public policy; frontiers of silicon CMOS technology; molecular electronics; biological counterterrorism technologies; Internet security; DNA computing by self-assembly; and challenges in programming living cells, among others. A talk by Aerospace Corp. president and CEO William F. Ballhaus, Jr. titled The Most Important Lessons You Didn't Learn in Engineering School is also included in the volume. Appendixes include summaries of the breakout session discussion that focused on public understanding of engineering, information about the contributors, the symposium program, and a list of the meeting participants. The book is the ninth in a series covering the topics of the U.S. Frontiers of Engineering meetings.

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Environmental Engineering 1-24

Fundamental Limits of Nanotechnology: How Far Down is the Bottom? 25-74

Counterterrorism Technologies and Infrastructure Protection 75-102

Biomolecular Computing 103-130

Dinner Speeches 131-140

Appendix A: Breakout Session 141-152

Appendix B: Contributors 153-158

Appendix C: Program 159-162

Appendix D: Participants 163-170

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Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2004 NAE Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering (2005)

Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2005 Symposium (2006)

This volume includes 14 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's Tenth Annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium held in September 2004. The U.S. Frontiers meeting brings together 100 outstanding engineers (ages 30-45) to learn from their peers and discuss leading-edge technologies in a range of fields. The 2004 symposium covered these four areas: engineering for extreme environments, designer materials, multiscale modeling, and engineering and entertainment. Papers in the book cover topics such as scalable mobile robots for deployment in polar climates, the challenges of landing on Mars, thin-film active materials, vascular tissue engineering, small-scale processes and large-scale simulations of the climate system, simulating physically accurate illumination in computer graphics, and designing socially intelligent robots, among others. Appendixes include information about the contributors, the symposium program, and a list of the meeting participants. The book is the tenth in a series covering the topics of the U.S. Frontiers of Engineering meetings.

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ENGINEERING FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTSIntroduction--Mary Kae Lockwood and John W. Weatherly 1-4

Cool Robots: Scalable Mobile Robots for Instrument Network Deployment in Polar Climates--Laura R. Ray, Alexander D. Price, Alexander Streeter, Daniel Denton, and James H. Lever 5-16

The Role of Modeling and Simulation in Extreme Engineering Projects--Jon Berkoe 17-22

The Challenges of Landing on Mars--Tommaso P. Rivellini 23-32

Accessing the Lunar Poles for Human Exploration Missions--B. Kent Joosten 33-36

DESIGNER MATERIALSIntroduction--Kristi S. Anseth and Diann E. Brei 37-40

Thin-Film Active Materials--Greg P. Carman 41-46

The Future of Engineering Materials: Multifunction for Performance-Tailored Structures--Leslie A. Momoda 47-54

Biomimetic Strategies in Vascular Tissue Engineering--Jennifer L. West 55-64

MULTISCALE MODELINGIntroduction--Grant S. Heffelfinger and Dimitrios Maroudas 65-68

Equation-Free Modeling for Complex Systems--Ioannis G. Kevrekidis 69-76

Modeling the Stuff of the Material World: Do We Need All of the Atoms?--Rob Phillips 77-86

Balancing Scales in Biological Models--Adam Paul Arkin 87-88

Small-Scale Processes and Large-Scale Simulations of the Climate System--Bjorn B. Stevens 89-94

ENGINEERING AND ENTERTAINMENTIntroduction--Chris Kyriakakis 95-98

Capturing and Simulating Physically Accurate Illumination in Computer Graphics--Paul Debevec 99-112

Spatial Audio Reproduction: Toward Individualized Binaural Sound--William G. Gardner 113-122

Designing Socially Intelligent Robots--Cynthia Breazeal 123-130

Appendix A: Designing Socially Intelligent Robots--Cynthia Breazeal 131-138

Appendix B: Program 139-142

Appendix C: Participants 143-152

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Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2006 Symposium (2007)

This volume includes 15 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's 2006 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) Symposium held in September 2006. USFOE meetings bring together 100 outstanding engineers (ages 30 to 45) to exchange information about leading-edge technologies in a range of engineering fields. The 2006 symposium covered four topic areas: intelligent software systems and machines, the nano/bio interface, engineering personal mobility for the 21st century, and supply chain management. A paper by dinner speaker Dr. W. Dale Compton, Lillian M. Gilbreth Distinguished Professor of Industrial Engineering, Emeritus, is also included. The papers describe leading-edge research on commercializing auditory neuroscience, future developments in bionanotechnology, sustainable urban transportation, and managing disruptions to supply chains, among other topics. Appendixes include information about contributors, the symposium program, and a list of meeting participants. This is the twelfth volume in the USFOE series.

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THE RISE OF INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE, Introduction 1-4

Commercializing Auditory Neuroscience 5-14

Creating Intelligent Agents in Games 15-28

Co-Evolution of Social Sciences and Engineering Systems 29-36

Using Computational Cognitive Models to Improve Human-Robot Interaction 37-42

THE NANO/BIO INTERFACE, Introduction 43-46

Biological and Biomimetic Polypeptide Materials 47-58

Applications of Biomimetics 59-64

Optical Imaging for In Vivo Assessment of Tissue Pathology 65-72

Commercialization and Future Developments in Bionanotechnology 73-80

ENGINEERING PERSONAL MOBILITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, Introduction 81-84

Long-Term Trends in Global Passenger Mobility 85-98

Energy and Environmental Impacts of Personal Mobility 99-106

New Mobility: The Next Generation of Sustainable Urban Transportation 107-116

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND APPLICATIONS WITH ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC IMPACT, Introduction 117-120

Supply Chain Applications of Fast Implosion 121-130

From Factory to Foxhole: Improving the Army’s Supply Chain 131-138

Managing Disruptions to Supply Chains 139-148

Engineering Methods for Planning Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities 149-158

DINNER SPEECH, The Changing Face of Industrial Research 159-168

Contributors 169-178

Program 179-182

Participants 183-190

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