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
1 Front Matter; 2 Active Flow Control: Enabling Next-Generation Jet Propulsion Aerodynamics; 3 Miniature Spy Planes: The Next Generation of Flying Robots; 4 Toward Micromechanical Flyers; 5 Dynamic Planning and Control of Civil Infrastructure Systems; 6 Improbable Is Not Impossible: Decision Making Under Uncertainty; 7 Interdependencies in Civil Infrastructure Systems; 8 Design Challenges for Future Wireless Systems; 9 Next-Generation Mobile Wireless Internet Technology; 10 Service Architectures for Emerging Wireless Networks; 11 Wireless Integrated Network Sensors (WINS): The Web Gets Physical; 12 Applying Simulation Technology to the Life Sciences; 13 Reengineering the Paralyzed Nervous Systems; 14 Merging Living Cells and Microsystems Engineering; 15 Technology Innovation in the New Era; 16 Appendix A: Contributors; 17 Appendix B: Program; 18 Appendix C: Participants
National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, Policy and Global Affairs, Institute of Medicine, and Public Policy Committee on Science, Engineering
National Materials and Manufacturing Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Anne Frances Johnson
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, and Cooperation Development, Security
Board on Science Education, Board on Higher Education and Workforce, National Academy of Engineering, and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Kerry Brenner, Alexandra Beatty, Joe Alper
National Research Council, National Academy of Engineering, Policy and Global Affairs, Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Committee on Engineering Education, Committee on Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers, John Sislin, Mary C. Mattis