Frontiers of engineering reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2007 symposium / National Academy of Engineering of the National Academy.
| Author/creator | Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, |
| Description | xi, 195 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Engineering trustworthy computer systems: -- Introduction / Ana I. Anton and John Dunagan -- Privacy in a networked world / Rebecca N. Wright -- Unifying disparate tools in software security / Greg Morrisett -- Usable security: oxymoron or challenge? / Diana K. Smetters -- Control of protein conformations: -- Introduction / Donald J. Leo -- The evolutionary design of proteins / Rama Ranganathan -- Lighting up the mechanome / Matthew J. Lang -- Biotechnology for fuels and chemicals: -- Introduction / Richard T. Elander and Vijay Singh -- Corn-based materials / Sanjay V. Malhotra, Vineet Kumar, Anthony East, and Michael Jaffe -- Process review of lignocellulose biochemical conversion to fuel ethanol / Bruce S. Dien -- Sustainable biorefineries / Carina Maria Alles and Robin Jenkins -- Modeling and simulating human behavior:-- Introduction / Christian Lebiere and Robert Wray -- Computational cognitive neuroscience and its applications / Laurent Itti -- Barriers, bridges and progress in cognitive modeling for military applications / Kevin A. Gluck -- Modeling of culturally affected human behavior / Michael van Lent, Mark Core, Steve Solomon, Milton Rosenberg, Ryan McAlinden, and Paul Carpenter -- Safe water technologies: -- Introduction / Carol R. Rego and Paul K. Westerhoff -- Ultraviolet irradiation: an age-old emerging technology for water treatment / Karl G. Linden -- Membrane processes to address the global challenge of desalination / Amy E. Childress -- Biological treatments of drinking water / Jess C. Brown -- Distribution systems: the next frontier / Vanessa L. Speight. |
| General note | "The 2007 symposium was held September 24-26, and was hosted by Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington"--Pref. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Also available online. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012359348 |
| ISBN | 0309112532 |
| ISBN | 9780309112536 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |