Frontiers of engineering : reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2014 symposium /
This volume presents papers on the topics covered at the National Academy of Engineering's 2014 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. Th...
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| Format: | Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, District of Columbia :
The National Academies Press,
[2015]
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780309314626 0309314623 0309314615 9780309314619 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Co-robotics
- Introduction / Brian Gerkey and Carmel Majidi
- Progress in self-driving vehicles / Chris Urmson
- Safe, cheap, and smart: collaborative robots in manufacturing / Matthew Williamson
- Personalized medical robots / Allison M. Okamura and Tania K. Morimoto
- Battery anxiety
- Introduction / Jeff Sakamoto and Daniel Steingart
- Electrochemical Prozac: relieving battery anxiety through life and safety research / Alvaro Masias
- Challenges in batteries for electric vehicles / Sarah Stewart, Jake Christensen, Nalin Chaturvedi, and Aleksandar Kojic
- Lithium ion batteries and their manufacturing challenges / Claus Daniel
- Technologies for the heart
- Introduction / Karen Christman and Ashley Peterson
- The history of heart valves: an industry perspective / Erin M. Spinner
- Engineering heart valve treatment strategies for tomorrow / W. David Merryman
- Biomaterials for treating myocardial infarctions / Jason A. Burdick and Shauna M. Dorsey
- Regulatory perspectives on technologies for the heart / Tina M. Morrison
- Shale gas and oil
- Introduction / Billy B. Bardin and Christopher W. Jones
- Shale natural resources / Stephen Ingram
- Microbial ecology of hydraulic fracturing / Kelvin B. Gregory
- The shale gas revolution: a methane-to-organic chemicals renaissance? / Eric E. Stangland
- Appendixes.