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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Table of Contents

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Front Matter i-xii

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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