Memorial Tributes 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
ISBN978-0-309-47850-2 Copyright2018 Autonomy on Land and Sea and in the Air and Space Autonomy is multidisciplinary, multicultural, and global in its development and applications. Autonomous vehicles rely on communications, artificial intelligence, sensors, virtual and enhanced reality, big data, security, and many other technologies. Each year the annual meeting of the National ...Authoring institutionNational Academy of EngineeringPublication DateJuly 31, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-47901-1 Copyright2018 Understanding Measures of Faculty Impact and the Role of Engineering Societies On January 26, 2017, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), held a workshop in Washington, DC, on the engagement of engineering societies in undergraduate engineering education. Since then, the NAE has held a series of follow-up regional ...Authoring institutionNational Academy of EngineeringPublication DateJuly 31, 2018 More Info
The 3rd Global Grand Challenges Summit Summary On July 18–20, 2017, the third and largest Global Grand Challenges Summit was held in Washington, DC on the campus of George Washington University. Nearly 900 people attended, half of them undergraduate or graduate students from 150 universities/colleges. Authoring institutionNational Academy of Engineering Publication DateJuly 30, 2018 More Info
Copyright2018 NAE Annual Report 2017 Provides details on the scope and depth of NAE work performed in 2016. These activities have been conceived and executed to pursue our goal of providing objective, independent advice to the federal government and the engineering community and to proactively promote the technological welfare of the ...Authoring institutionNational Academy of EngineeringPublication DateJuly 17, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-47874-8 Copyright2018 Deploying Sustainable Energy During Transitions The widespread destruction of California, Houston, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands from extreme events, along with continued future transition planning exercises for building and rebuilding, have increased the focus on the potential role of sustainable energy deployment. To discuss the ...Authoring institutionScience and Technology for Sustainability Program; Policy and Global Affairs; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateJuly 10, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-47805-2 Copyright2018 Combat Search and Rescue in Highly Contested Environments The Personnel Recovery (PR) and Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) missions are core mission functions of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). PR refers to the broad range of operations and forces that provide recovery of personnel, whether the environment is hostile or peaceful. CSAR refers to more ...Authoring institutionAir Force Studies Board; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateJune 4, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-47387-3 Copyright2018 Emerging Trends and Methods in International Security Beginning in October 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a set of workshops designed to gather information for the Decadal Survey of Social and Behavioral Sciences for Applications to National Security . The second workshop focused on emerging trends and ...Authoring institutionBoard on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateMay 16, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-47406-1 Copyright2018 Atlantic Offshore Renewable Energy Development and Fisheries The development of offshore energy on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is overseen by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). In support of its mission to conduct its activities in an environmentally and economically responsible way, BOEM engaged a steering committee of the National ...Authoring institutionOcean Studies Board; Division on Earth and Life Studies; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateApril 16, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-47492-4 Copyright2018 Progress Toward Transforming the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program Over the past several years, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been transforming the procedures of its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), a program that produces hazard and dose‒response assessments of environmental chemicals and derives toxicity values that can be used to ...Authoring institutionBoard on Environmental Studies and Toxicology; Division on Earth and Life Studies; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateApril 11, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-47269-2 Copyright2018 Land Management Practices for Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) techniques, which aim to remove and sequester excess carbon from the atmosphere, have been identified as an important part of the portfolio of responses to climate change and have been garnering increased attention. Forests, grasslands, agricultural lands, and soils ...Authoring institutionDivision on Earth and Life Studies; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateMarch 29, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-47285-2 Copyright2018 Report 2 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 institutionPanel to Track and Assess Governance and Management Reform in the Nuclear Security Enterprise; Laboratory Assessments Board; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; National Academy of Public AdministrationPublication DateMarch 13, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-46788-9 Copyright2018 Indicators for Monitoring Undergraduate STEM Education Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals generate a stream of scientific discoveries and technological innovations that fuel job creation and national economic growth. Ensuring a robust supply of these professionals is critical for sustaining growth and creating jobs ...Authoring institutionBoard on Science Education; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateMarch 8, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-46503-8 Copyright2018 Envisioning the Data Science Discipline: The Undergraduate Perspective: Interim Report The need to manage, analyze, and extract knowledge from data is pervasive across industry, government, and academia. Scientists, engineers, and executives routinely encounter enormous volumes of data, and new techniques and tools are emerging to create knowledge out of these data, some of them ...Authoring institutionComputer Science and Telecommunications Board; Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics; Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Board on Science Education; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateMarch 5, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-46805-3 Copyright2018 Making Medicines Affordable Thanks to remarkable advances in modern health care attributable to science, engineering, and medicine, it is now possible to cure or manage illnesses that were long deemed untreatable. At the same time, however, the United States is facing the vexing challenge of a seemingly uncontrolled rise in ...Authoring institutionNorman R. Augustine, Guru Madhavan, and Sharyl J. Nass, Editors; Committee on Ensuring Patient Access to Affordable Drug Therapies; Board on Health Care Services; Health and Medicine Division; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateMarch 1, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-46842-8 Copyright2018 Review of NASA's Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks: 2017 Letter Report This is the fifth, and final, in a series of letter reports that provide an independent review of the more than 30 evidence reports that NASA has compiled on human health risks for long-duration and exploration spaceflights. This letter report reviews five evidence reports and examines the quality ...Authoring institutionBoard on Health Sciences Policy; Health and Medicine Division; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateFebruary 26, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-47199-2 Copyright2018 The Role of State Governments in Economic Development and R&D Competitiveness Federal investments in research and development have historically supported the security of the nation, the protection of public health and the environment, the growth of new industries, and the employment of millions of Americans. However, proposed cuts to federal support and policy guidance ...Authoring institutionGovernment-University-Industry Research Roundtable; Policy and Global Affairs; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateFebruary 12, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-46607-3 Copyright2018 Designing Safety Regulations for High-Hazard Industries TRB Special Report 324: Designing Safety Regulations for High-Hazard Industries, examines key factors relevant to government safety regulators when choosing among regulatory design types, particularly for preventing low-frequency, high consequence events. In such contexts, safety regulations are ...Authoring institutionPolicy Studies; Studies and Special Programs Division; Transportation Research Board; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateFebruary 12, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-47127-5 Copyright2018 Aeronautics 2050: Proceedings of a Workshop–in Brief The Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a 1-day visioning workshop to facilitate a dialog on the historical contributions of the ASEB to development of the U.S. civil aeronautics sector, recent advances ...Authoring institutionAeronautics and Space Engineering Board; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateFebruary 7, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-47179-4 Copyright2018 International Coordination for Science Data Infrastructure Advances in science and technology have led to the creation of large amounts of data—data that could be harnessed to improve productivity, cure disease, and address many other critical issues. Consensus in the scientific community is growing that the transition to truly data-driven and open ...Authoring institutionBoard on Research Data and Information; Policy and Global Affairs; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublication DateFebruary 5, 2018 More Info
ISBN978-0-309-47187-9 Copyright2018 An Undergraduate Competition Based on the Grand Challenges for Engineering: Planning and Initial Steps On September 18, 2017, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) held a workshop to explore the possibility of a competition for undergraduate students based on the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering. The workshop brought together university faculty and administrators, representatives of ...Authoring institutionNational Academy of EngineeringPublication DateFebruary 5, 2018 More Info
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