Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Volume 21 This is the 21st Volume in the series Memorial Tributes compiled by the National Academy of Engineering as a personal remembrance of the lives and outstanding achievements of its members and foreign members. These volumes are intended to stand as an enduring record of the many contributions of ... Read this Volume
ISBN978-0-309-49147-1 Copyright2019 Beyond Spectre: Confronting New Technical and Policy Challenges In 2017, researchers discovered a vulnerability in microprocessors used in computers and devices all over the world. The vulnerability, named Spectre, combines side effects from caching and speculative execution, which are techniques that have been used for many years to increase the speed at ...Authoring institutionForum on Cyber Resilience; Computer Science and Telecommunications Board; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateMay 30, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-49162-4 Copyright2019 Revisiting the Manufacturing USA Institutes The Manufacturing USA initiative seeks to reinforce U.S.-based advanced manufacturing through partnerships among industry, academia, and government. Started in 2012 and established with bipartisan support by the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014, the initiative envisages ...Authoring institutionInnovation Policy Forum; Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy; Policy and Global Affairs; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateMay 29, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-49403-8 Copyright2019 Authenticity, Integrity, and Security in a Digital World Digital technology is incorporated into nearly every facet of American life, from commerce, community, healthcare, food systems, transportation, education, media, entertainment, and employment. Its increasingly integral nature raises critical questions moving forward, such as what emerging ...Authoring institutionGovernment-University-Industry Research Roundtable; Policy and Global Affairs; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateMay 29, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-49025-2 Copyright2019 Metrics for Successful Supercritical Water Oxidation System Operation at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant The supercritical water oxidation system at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant near Richmond, Kentucky is a secondary waste processing reactor that is an important unit in the overall function of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Pilot Program. This system is designed to reactively ...Authoring institutionBoard on Army Science and Technology; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publication DateMay 14, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-49236-2 Copyright2019 Offshore Well Completion and Stimulation While the public is generally aware of the use of hydraulic fracturing for unconventional resource development onshore, it is less familiar with the well completion and stimulation technologies used in offshore operations, including hydraulic fracturing, gravel packs, “fracpacks,” and ...Authoring institutionRoundtable on Unconventional Hydrocarbon Development; Board on Earth Sciences and Resources; Water Science and Technology Board; Division on Earth and Life Studies; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateMay 8, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-49273-7 Copyright2019 Engineering Societies' Activities in Helping to Align the Needs and Goals of Industry and Academia In the last of a series of workshops on the role of engineering societies in engineering education in the United States, the National Academy of Engineering held a workshop to (a) explore ways the societies can help better align engineering education with the needs of industry; (b) provide an ...Authoring institutionNational Academy of EngineeringPublication DateMay 7, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-48653-8 Copyright2019 Developing Norms for the Provision of Biological Laboratories in Low-Resource Contexts On June 27-28, 2018, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) convened an international workshop in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on developing norms for the provision of laboratories in low-resource contexts. The U.S. Department of State's ...Authoring institutionPolicy and Global Affairs; Board on Life Sciences; Division on Earth and Life Studies; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateMay 1, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-48961-4 Copyright2019 Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States Flooding is the natural hazard with the greatest economic and social impact in the United States, and these impacts are becoming more severe over time. Catastrophic flooding from recent hurricanes, including Superstorm Sandy in New York (2012) and Hurricane Harvey in Houston (2017), caused ...Authoring institutionPolicy and Global Affairs; Water Science and Technology Board; Division on Earth and Life Studies; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateMarch 29, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-49123-5 Copyright2019 Together We Can Do Better: A Gathering of Leaders in Academia to Prevent Sexual Harassment In recent decades, important gains have been made with respect to the participation of women in science, technology, engineering, and medical (STEM) disciplines at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the United States. More women than ever are joining faculty ranks in these fields and moving ...Authoring institutionBoard on Higher Education and Workforce; Policy and Global Affairs; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateMarch 29, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-49037-5 Copyright2019 Report 3 on Tracking and Assessing Governance and Management Reform in the Nuclear Security Enterprise The congressionally mandated report A New Foundation for the Nuclear Enterprise (the "Augustine-Mies" report), released in November 2014, concluded that "the existing governance structures and many of the practices of the [nuclear security] enterprise are inefficient and ...Authoring institutionLaboratory Assessments Board; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; National Academy of Public AdministrationPublication DateMarch 8, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-49075-7 Copyright2019 The Convergence of Violent Extremism and Radiological Security Thirty scientists, engineers, analysts, and other security-oriented specialists from six countries gathered December 10-12, 2018, in Helsinki, Finland, for a workshop on the convergence of violent extremism and radiological security. Discussions focused on regional and national trends, ...Authoring institutionDevelopment, Security, and Cooperation; Policy and Global Affairs; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateMarch 8, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-48771-9 Copyright2019 Acquisition Strategies for Future Space-Based Optics: Unclassified Summary This study originated with congressionally directed language from the House Permanent Select Committee for Intelligence (HPSCI) in 2016 and titled “Acquisition Strategies for Future Space Based Optics”. This publication is an unclassified summary of the classified report. Authoring institutionAir Force Studies Board; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateFebruary 26, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-48991-1 Copyright2019 Adapting to the 21st Century Innovation Environment The innovation environment of the 21st century is characterized by disruption, accelerated technology development, and globalized access to information, which is a dramatic shift from the largely government-controlled Cold War innovation environment of the previous century. The shift from an ...Authoring institutionGovernment-University-Industry Research Roundtable; Policy and Global Affairs; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateFebruary 19, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-48929-4 Copyright2019 Review of the Commercial Aspects of NASA SMD's Lunar Science and Exploration Initiative On December 11, 2017, President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive-1 (SPD-1). The new directive replaced original text in the National Space Policy of the United States of America and instructed the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to "lead the ...Authoring institutionSpace Studies Board; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateFebruary 7, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-48750-4 Copyright2019 Frontiers of Engineering 2018 This volume presents papers on the topics covered at the National Academy of Engineering's 2018 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. Every year the symposium brings together 100 outstanding young leaders in engineering to share their cutting-edge research and innovations in selected areas. The ...Authoring institutionNational Academy of EngineeringPublication DateJanuary 28, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-48715-3 Copyright2019 Making Climate Assessments Work Climate assessment activities are increasingly driven by subnational organizations—city, county, and state governments; utilities and private companies; and stakeholder groups and engaged publics—trying to better serve their constituents, customers, and members by understanding and ...Authoring institutionBoard on Energy and Environmental Systems; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateJanuary 11, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-48416-9 Copyright2019 An Astrobiology Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe. It is an inherently interdisciplinary field that encompasses astronomy, biology, geology, heliophysics, and planetary science, including complementary laboratory activities and field studies ...Authoring institutionSpace Studies Board; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateJanuary 1, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-48288-2 Copyright2019 Forest Health and Biotechnology The American chestnut, whitebark pine, and several species of ash in the eastern United States are just a few of the North American tree species that have been functionally lost or are in jeopardy of being lost due to outbreaks of pathogens and insect pests. New pressures in this century are ...Authoring institutionBoard on Agriculture and Natural Resources; Division on Earth and Life Studies; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateJanuary 1, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-48859-4 Copyright2019 Planetary Protection Classification of Sample-Return Missions from the Martian Moons An international consensus policy to prevent the biological cross-contamination of planetary bodies exists and is maintained by the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) of the International Council for Science, which is consultative to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer ...Authoring institutionSpace Studies Board; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; European Science FoundationPublication DateJanuary 1, 2019 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-48781-8 Copyright2019 Continuous Manufacturing for the Modernization of Pharmaceutical Production On July 30-31, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop titled Continuous Manufacturing for the Modernization of Pharmaceutical Production. This workshop discussed the business and regulatory concerns associated with adopting continuous manufacturing ...Authoring institutionBoard on Chemical Sciences and Technology; Division on Earth and Life Studies; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateJanuary 1, 2019 More Info