Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2002 NAE Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering

by National Academy of Engineering

Overview

This collection includes summaries of presentations given at the NAE Symposium in September 2002. Topics include chemical and molecular engineering in the 21st century, human factors engineering, the future of nuclear energy, and engineering challenges for quantum information technology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780309087322
Publisher:	National Academies Press
Publication date:	03/11/2003
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

Chemical and Molecular Engineering in the 21^st Century

Fuel Cells That Run on Common Fuels John M. Vohs 3

Dimension-Dependent Properties of Macromolecules in Nanoscopic Structures Juan J. de Pablo Paul F. Nealey 11

The Role of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Process Industries David Lee Davidson 21

Technology for Human Beings

The Human Factor Kim J. Vicente 31

Human Factors Applications in Surface Transportation Thomas A. Dingus 39

Implications of Human Factors Engineering for Novel Software User-Interface Design Mary Czerwinski 43

Frontiers of Human-Computer Interaction: Direct-Brain Interfaces Melody M. Moore 47

The Future of Nuclear Energy

Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies John F. Kotek 55

Licensing and Building New Nuclear Infrastructure Peter S. Hastings 61

Sustainable Energy from Nuclear Fission Power Marvin L. Adams 71

Stretching the Boundaries of Nuclear Technology James P. Blanchard 81

Engineering Challenges for Quantum Information Technology

Quantum Cryptography Steven J. van Enk 93

Ion-Trap Quantum Computation Dietrich Leibfried 97

Scalable Quantum Computing Using Solid-State Devices Bruce Kane 103

Dinner Speech

The Science, Technology, and Business of Digital Communication Andrew J. Viterbi 111

Appendixes

Contributors 121

Program 127

Participants 131