Frontiers of engineering : reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2006 symposium / National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

National Academy of Engineering.

National Academies Press (U.S.)

Conference Name:

Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering (12th : 2006 : Dearborn, Mich.)

Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering--Research--Congresses.

Engineering.

Engineering--Technological innovations--Congresses.

Identification--Equipment and supplies--Congresses.

Identification.

Systems engineering--Congresses.

Systems engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Preface

Contents

THE RISE OF INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND MACHINES

Introduction

M. Brian Blake and David B. Fogel

Commercializing Auditory Neuroscience

Lloyd Watts

Creating Intelligent Agents in Games

Risto Miikkulainen

Co-Evolution of Social Sciences and Engineering Systems

Robert L. Axtell

Using Computational Cognitive Models to Improve Human-Robot Interaction

Alan C. Schultz

THE NANO/BIO INTERFACE

Tejal Desai and Hiroshi Matsui

Biological and Biomimetic Polypeptide Materials

Timothy J. Deming

Applications of Biomimetics

Morley O. Stone

Optical Imaging for In Vivo Assessment of Tissue Pathology

Rebekah A. Drezek, Naomi J. Halas, and Jennifer West

Commercialization and Future Developments in Bionanotechnology

Marcel P. Bruchez

ENGINEERING PERSONAL MOBILITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Apoorv Agarwal and William F. Schneider

Long-Term Trends in Global Passenger Mobility

Andreas Schäfer

Energy and Environmental Impacts of Personal Mobility

Matthew J. Barth

New Mobility: The Next Generation of Sustainable Urban Transportation

Susan Zielinski

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS WITH ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC IMPACT

Jennifer K. Ryan and Julie L. Swann

Supply Chain Applications of Fast Implosion

Brenda L. Dietrich

From Factory to Foxhole: Improving the Army's Supply Chain

Mark Y.D. Wang

Managing Disruptions to Supply Chains

Lawrence V. Snyder and Zuo-Jun Max Shen

Engineering Methods for Planning Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities

Michael P. Johnson

DINNER SPEECH

The Changing Face of Industrial Research

W. Dale Compton

APPENDIXES

Contributors

Program

Participants.

Notes:

"The twelfth U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium at Ford Research and Innovation Center in Dearborn, Michigan, was held on September 21-23, 2006"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610764303

9780309179089

0309179084

9781280764301

1280764309

9780309666183

030966618X

OCLC:

83556472