Download PDF Winter Bridge on Frontiers of Engineering December 15, 2017 Volume 47 Issue 4 Articles In This Issue New Bridge Policy Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorRonald M. Latanision and Cameron H. Fletcher New Bridge Policy We appreciate suggestions for and feedback on The Bridge. For the most part these are positive, but in the past few months concerns were raised by two of our members about inaccuracies published in a Bridge article. We take such concerns very seriously. Previously, we have ... New: Electronic Delivery of The Bridge and NAE Annual Report Friday, December 15, 2017 Effective with the spring 2018 issue, The Bridge will be delivered electronically to overseas recipients, or you may choose to download each issue in PDF format at www.nae.edu/Bridge.aspx. This will ensure timely receipt and reduce the number of undeliverable dispatches. Also beginning in 2018, ... Editor's Note: Engineering US Competitiveness Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorRobert D. Braun There’s no better collection of brainpower gathered in one place each year than the US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (US FOE). This year’s event was hosted September 25–27 by United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) in East Hartford, Connecticut. About 100 ... Humans and Computers Working Together to Measure Machine Learning Interpretability Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorJordan Boyd-Graber Machine learning is ubiquitous: it is involved in detecting spam emails, flagging fraudulent purchases, and providing the next movie in a Netflix binge. But few users at the mercy of machine learning outputs know what’s happening behind the curtain. My research goal is to demystify the black ... Agile Fractal Systems: Reenvisioning Power System Architecture Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorTimothy D. Heidel and Craig Miller Agile and fractal power system design and control methods are needed to realize the benefits of distributed generation and storage technologies. The methods used to plan and operate the grid since the dawn of electrification have worked well. Indeed, the US grid has set the absolute standard for ... Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorKhurram Afridi Road transportation, which accounts for 23 percent of US total energy consumption, 59 percent of petroleum consumption, and 22 percent of greenhouse gas emissions (Davis et al. 2016), is undergoing a major transformation with the advent of ridesharing, autonomous driving, and vehicle ... The Roles of Machine Learning in Biomedical Science Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorKonrad Paul Kording, Ari S. Benjamin, Roozbeh Farhoodi, and Joshua I. Glaser While the direct goal of biological modeling is to describe data, it ultimately aims to find ways of fixing systems and enhancing understanding of system objectives, algorithms, and mechanisms. Thanks to engineering applications, machine learning is making it possible to model data extremely well, ... Efficient Feature Extraction and Classification Methods in Neural Interfaces Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorMahsa Shoaran, Benyamin A. Haghi, Masoud Farivar, and Azita Emami Brain disorders such as dementia, epilepsy, migraine, and autism remain largely undertreated, but neural devices are increasingly being used for their treatment. Such devices are designed to interface with the brain, monitor and detect neurological abnormalities, and trigger an appropriate type of ... The Evolution of Elevators: Physical-Human Interface, Digital Interaction, and Megatall Buildings Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorStephen R. Nichols For more than 160 years advances in vertical transportation and elevator technology have been key enablers of the increasingly high-rise buildings that define cities around the world. Improvements in elevator safety, robustness, quality, space efficiency, and performance have allowed buildings and ... Applications of Insights from Biology and Mathematics to the Design of Material Structures Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorJenny E. Sabin For the past 12 years, Jenny Sabin Studio and the Sabin Lab (based at -Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning) have engaged in work at the forefront of a new direction for 21st century architectural research practice—one that investigates the intersections of ... Op-ed: The H-1B Visa Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorSamuel C. Florman One Sunday evening this past August I turned on the TV and idly flipped from one station to the next. I landed on the start of an old favorite, 60 Minutes, and decided to see what this CBS stalwart was up to. I knew from experience that in summer the program often revisits topics reviewed earlier ... An Interview with…Holly Morris, Television Reporter and News Anchor Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorHolly Morris An Interview with… Holly Morris, Television Reporter and News Anchor Holly Morris Photo RON LATANISION (RML): Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today. HOLLY MORRIS: My pleasure. Thank you for the interest. RML: We were absolutely delighted to learn we could ...
New Bridge Policy Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorRonald M. Latanision and Cameron H. Fletcher New Bridge Policy We appreciate suggestions for and feedback on The Bridge. For the most part these are positive, but in the past few months concerns were raised by two of our members about inaccuracies published in a Bridge article. We take such concerns very seriously. Previously, we have ...
New: Electronic Delivery of The Bridge and NAE Annual Report Friday, December 15, 2017 Effective with the spring 2018 issue, The Bridge will be delivered electronically to overseas recipients, or you may choose to download each issue in PDF format at www.nae.edu/Bridge.aspx. This will ensure timely receipt and reduce the number of undeliverable dispatches. Also beginning in 2018, ...
Editor's Note: Engineering US Competitiveness Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorRobert D. Braun There’s no better collection of brainpower gathered in one place each year than the US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (US FOE). This year’s event was hosted September 25–27 by United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) in East Hartford, Connecticut. About 100 ...
Humans and Computers Working Together to Measure Machine Learning Interpretability Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorJordan Boyd-Graber Machine learning is ubiquitous: it is involved in detecting spam emails, flagging fraudulent purchases, and providing the next movie in a Netflix binge. But few users at the mercy of machine learning outputs know what’s happening behind the curtain. My research goal is to demystify the black ...
Agile Fractal Systems: Reenvisioning Power System Architecture Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorTimothy D. Heidel and Craig Miller Agile and fractal power system design and control methods are needed to realize the benefits of distributed generation and storage technologies. The methods used to plan and operate the grid since the dawn of electrification have worked well. Indeed, the US grid has set the absolute standard for ...
Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorKhurram Afridi Road transportation, which accounts for 23 percent of US total energy consumption, 59 percent of petroleum consumption, and 22 percent of greenhouse gas emissions (Davis et al. 2016), is undergoing a major transformation with the advent of ridesharing, autonomous driving, and vehicle ...
The Roles of Machine Learning in Biomedical Science Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorKonrad Paul Kording, Ari S. Benjamin, Roozbeh Farhoodi, and Joshua I. Glaser While the direct goal of biological modeling is to describe data, it ultimately aims to find ways of fixing systems and enhancing understanding of system objectives, algorithms, and mechanisms. Thanks to engineering applications, machine learning is making it possible to model data extremely well, ...
Efficient Feature Extraction and Classification Methods in Neural Interfaces Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorMahsa Shoaran, Benyamin A. Haghi, Masoud Farivar, and Azita Emami Brain disorders such as dementia, epilepsy, migraine, and autism remain largely undertreated, but neural devices are increasingly being used for their treatment. Such devices are designed to interface with the brain, monitor and detect neurological abnormalities, and trigger an appropriate type of ...
The Evolution of Elevators: Physical-Human Interface, Digital Interaction, and Megatall Buildings Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorStephen R. Nichols For more than 160 years advances in vertical transportation and elevator technology have been key enablers of the increasingly high-rise buildings that define cities around the world. Improvements in elevator safety, robustness, quality, space efficiency, and performance have allowed buildings and ...
Applications of Insights from Biology and Mathematics to the Design of Material Structures Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorJenny E. Sabin For the past 12 years, Jenny Sabin Studio and the Sabin Lab (based at -Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning) have engaged in work at the forefront of a new direction for 21st century architectural research practice—one that investigates the intersections of ...
Op-ed: The H-1B Visa Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorSamuel C. Florman One Sunday evening this past August I turned on the TV and idly flipped from one station to the next. I landed on the start of an old favorite, 60 Minutes, and decided to see what this CBS stalwart was up to. I knew from experience that in summer the program often revisits topics reviewed earlier ...
An Interview with…Holly Morris, Television Reporter and News Anchor Friday, December 15, 2017 AuthorHolly Morris An Interview with… Holly Morris, Television Reporter and News Anchor Holly Morris Photo RON LATANISION (RML): Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today. HOLLY MORRIS: My pleasure. Thank you for the interest. RML: We were absolutely delighted to learn we could ...