Ninth Annual Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering / National Academy of Engineering of the National Academy.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

National Academy of Engineering.

Conference Name:

Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering (2003 : Irvine, Calif.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Engineering.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Preface

Contents

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Microbial Mineral Respiration

DIANNE K. NEWMAN

Water-Resource Engineering, Economics, and Public Policy

GREGORY W. CHARACKLIS

Life Cycle Development: Expanding the Life Cycle Framework to Address Issues of Sustainable Development

GREGORY A. NORRIS

FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY: HOW FAR DOWN IS THE BOTTOM?

Status, Challenges, and Frontiers of Silicon CMOS Technology

JACK HERGENROTHER

Molecular Electronics

JAMES R. HEATH

Limits of Storage in Magnetic Materials

THOMAS J. SILVA

Thermodynamics of Nanosystems

CHRISTOPHER JARZYNSKI

COUNTERTERRORISM TECHNOLOGIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

Biological Counterterrorism Technologies

Using Biotechnology to Detect and Counteract Chemical Weapons

ALAN J. RUSSELL, JOEL L. KAAR, AND JASON A. BERBERICH

An Engineering Problem-Solving Approach to Biological Terrorism

MOHAMED ATHHER MUGHAL

Infrastructure Protection

Internet Security

WILLIAM R. CHESWICK

BIOMOLECULAR COMPUTING

DNA Computing by Self-Assembly

ERIK WINFREE

Natural Computation as a Principle of Biological Design

WILLEM P. C. STEMMER

Challenges and Opportunities in Programming Living Cells

RON WEISS

DINNER SPEECH

The Most Important Lessons You Didn't Learn in Engineering School

WILLIAM F. BALLHAUS, JR.

APPENDIXES

Breakout Sessions

Contributors

Program

Participants.

Notes:

"Reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2003 NAE Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering"--Cover.

"The 2003 symposium was held September 18-20 at the Beckman Center in Irvine, California."--p. v.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610209118

9780309166423

030916642X

9781280209116

1280209119

9780309529921

0309529921

OCLC:

60365213