Download PDF Frontiers of Engineering December 15, 2009 Volume 39 Issue 4 Vol 39 No. 4 Winter 2009 Bridge on Frontiers of Engineering Articles In This Issue Infrastructure Resilience to Disasters Tuesday, December 15, 2009 AuthorStephanie E. Chang Designing resilient infrastructure systems will require collaborative efforts by engineers and social scientists. Urban societies depend heavily on the proper functioning of infrastructure systems such as electric power, potable water, and transportation networks. Normally invisible, this ... Why Health Information Technology Doesn't Work Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Author Elmer V. Bernstam and Todd R. Johnson To improve the quality of our health care while lowering its cost, we will make the immediate investments necessary to ensure that within five years all of America’s medical records are computerized. This will cut waste, eliminate red tape, and reduce the need to repeat expensive medical ... Managing and Coordinating Health Care: Creating Collaborative, Proactive Systems Tuesday, December 15, 2009 AuthorDavid A. Dorr Health care managers can greatly improve communication and the coordination of care for elders. In the last 100 years, huge advances in public health and medical care have resulted in people living longer, healthier lives. These advances have led to a shift from infectious diseases ... Optical Antennas: A New Technology that can Enhance Light-Matter Interactions Tuesday, December 15, 2009 AuthorLukas Novotny Antennas in the optical range will improve the efficiency of light-emitting devices. The purpose of optical antennas is to convert the energy of free propagating radiation to localized energy, and vice versa. Although this is similar to what radio wave and microwave antennas do, optical ... Computational Sustainability: Computational Methods for a Sustainable Environment, Economy, and Society Tuesday, December 15, 2009 AuthorCarla P. Gomes Researchers in computing, information science, and many other disciplines are working together to support sustainable development. The dramatic depletion of natural resources in the last century now threatens our planet and the livelihood of future generations. Our Common Future, a ... Crossing New Frontiers - Editorial Tuesday, December 15, 2009 AuthorAndrew M. Weiner Papers from the 2009 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Every year the NAE U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (US FOE) Symposium brings together approximately 100 outstanding young engineers, aged 30 to 45, to share ideas and learn about cutting-edge research on a variety of engineering ...
Infrastructure Resilience to Disasters Tuesday, December 15, 2009 AuthorStephanie E. Chang Designing resilient infrastructure systems will require collaborative efforts by engineers and social scientists. Urban societies depend heavily on the proper functioning of infrastructure systems such as electric power, potable water, and transportation networks. Normally invisible, this ...
Why Health Information Technology Doesn't Work Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Author Elmer V. Bernstam and Todd R. Johnson To improve the quality of our health care while lowering its cost, we will make the immediate investments necessary to ensure that within five years all of America’s medical records are computerized. This will cut waste, eliminate red tape, and reduce the need to repeat expensive medical ...
Managing and Coordinating Health Care: Creating Collaborative, Proactive Systems Tuesday, December 15, 2009 AuthorDavid A. Dorr Health care managers can greatly improve communication and the coordination of care for elders. In the last 100 years, huge advances in public health and medical care have resulted in people living longer, healthier lives. These advances have led to a shift from infectious diseases ...
Optical Antennas: A New Technology that can Enhance Light-Matter Interactions Tuesday, December 15, 2009 AuthorLukas Novotny Antennas in the optical range will improve the efficiency of light-emitting devices. The purpose of optical antennas is to convert the energy of free propagating radiation to localized energy, and vice versa. Although this is similar to what radio wave and microwave antennas do, optical ...
Computational Sustainability: Computational Methods for a Sustainable Environment, Economy, and Society Tuesday, December 15, 2009 AuthorCarla P. Gomes Researchers in computing, information science, and many other disciplines are working together to support sustainable development. The dramatic depletion of natural resources in the last century now threatens our planet and the livelihood of future generations. Our Common Future, a ...
Crossing New Frontiers - Editorial Tuesday, December 15, 2009 AuthorAndrew M. Weiner Papers from the 2009 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Every year the NAE U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (US FOE) Symposium brings together approximately 100 outstanding young engineers, aged 30 to 45, to share ideas and learn about cutting-edge research on a variety of engineering ...