Fifth Annual Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering / National Academy of Engineering.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Conference Name:

Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering (5th : 1999 : Irvine, Calif.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering--Research--United States--Congresses.

Engineering.

Engineering--Technological innovations--United States--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Frontiers of engineering

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Preface

Contents

Magnetic Recording: Winner of the Data Storage Technology Race

Evolution of Large Multiprocessor Servers

Network Survivability and Information Warfare

Moving up the Information Food Chain: The Future of Web Search

Genes, Chips, and the Human Genome

Colloidal-Scale Engineering

Design of Biomimetic Polymeric Materials

Deregulating the Electric Grid: Engineering Challenges

The Future of Nuclear Energy

Renewable Energy Technologies: Today and Tomorrow

Issues Associated with the Volume Manufacturing of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

Optical Applications of Microelectromechanical Systems

Career Flexibility in Rapidly Changing Times

Break-out Session Outcomes

Contributors

Program

Participants.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309183635

0309183634

9780309516426

0309516420

OCLC:

228041424