Download PDF Engineering Challenges September 1, 1999 Volume 29 Issue 3 Articles In This Issue Five Worthy Ways to Spend Large Amounts of Money for Research on Environment and Resources Wednesday, September 1, 1999 AuthorJesse H. Ausubel I envision a large, prosperous economy that treads lightly and emits little or nothing. The first decade of my career I carried briefcases for William A. Nierenberg (NAE), Robert M. White (NAE), and other leaders in formulating such major research programs as the World Climate Program ... Structural Materials: Challenges and Opportunities Wednesday, September 1, 1999 AuthorEdgar A. Starke, Jr., and James C. Williams With the abundance of new structural materials, industrial designers and engineers are faced with an ever-growing number of choices for use in products. Recent advances in structural materials have enabled the development of improved products that have a positive impact on our economic ... There's Work to Be Done (editorial) Wednesday, September 1, 1999 AuthorGeorge Bugliarello As the beginning of the new millennium nears, it is sobering to take stock of the challenges facing our society that require the deep involvement of engineers. We approach the millennium with a justifiable pride in the enormous achievements of engineering. In the last century alone, these ... Alternative Pathways to a Carbon-Emission-Free Energy System Wednesday, September 1, 1999 AuthorHenry R. Linden There has developed a broad consensus that energy systems will move towards electricity for all stationary energy uses, and to hydrogen (compressed, adsorbed, or liquefied) for transportation fuel. Over the past several decades there have been drastic changes in the perception of the forces ...
Five Worthy Ways to Spend Large Amounts of Money for Research on Environment and Resources Wednesday, September 1, 1999 AuthorJesse H. Ausubel I envision a large, prosperous economy that treads lightly and emits little or nothing. The first decade of my career I carried briefcases for William A. Nierenberg (NAE), Robert M. White (NAE), and other leaders in formulating such major research programs as the World Climate Program ...
Structural Materials: Challenges and Opportunities Wednesday, September 1, 1999 AuthorEdgar A. Starke, Jr., and James C. Williams With the abundance of new structural materials, industrial designers and engineers are faced with an ever-growing number of choices for use in products. Recent advances in structural materials have enabled the development of improved products that have a positive impact on our economic ...
There's Work to Be Done (editorial) Wednesday, September 1, 1999 AuthorGeorge Bugliarello As the beginning of the new millennium nears, it is sobering to take stock of the challenges facing our society that require the deep involvement of engineers. We approach the millennium with a justifiable pride in the enormous achievements of engineering. In the last century alone, these ...
Alternative Pathways to a Carbon-Emission-Free Energy System Wednesday, September 1, 1999 AuthorHenry R. Linden There has developed a broad consensus that energy systems will move towards electricity for all stationary energy uses, and to hydrogen (compressed, adsorbed, or liquefied) for transportation fuel. Over the past several decades there have been drastic changes in the perception of the forces ...