Frontiers of engineering
Subtitle: reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2011 symposium
By: National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies
Contributors: National Academy of Engineering
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9780309221436
Subjects: Technological innovations; Semantic networks (Information theory); Sustainable buildings; Neuroprostheses; Manufacturing processes; Design and construction; Engineering; Congresses; Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction [Additive manufacturing]; title: Additive manufacturing technologies: technology introduction and business implications; title: Additive manufacturing in aerospace: examples and research outlook; title: - Additive manufacturing is changing surgery; title: The shape of things to come: frontiers in additive manufacturing; title: Introduction [Semantic processing]; title: Automatic text understanding of content and text quality; title: Advancing natural language understanding with collaboratively generated content; title: Large-scale visual semantic extraction; title: Searching for statistical diagrams; title: Introduction [Engineering-sustainable buildings]; title: Challenges and opportunities for low-carbon buildings; title: Expanding design spaces; title: Opportunities and challenges for multiscale modeling of sustainable buildings; title: Accelerating green building market transformation with information technology; title: Introduction [Neuroprosthetics]; title: Retinal prosthetic systems for treatment of blindness; title: The evolution of brain-computer interfaces; title: Ultra low-power biomedical and bio-inspired systems.