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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skim chapter

Front Matter i-x

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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