Overview

This volume presents papers on the topics covered at the National Academy of Engineering's 2015 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. The 2015 symposium was held September 9-11 at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman center in Irvine, California. The intent of this book is to highlight innovative developments in engineering research and technical work.

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Author:   National Academy of Engineering
Publisher:   National Academies Press
Imprint:   National Academies Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.281kg
ISBN:  

9780309379533

ISBN 10:   0309379539
Pages:   174
Publication Date:   01 February 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY; 3 Cybersecurity and Privacy-Introduction--David Brumley and Daniela Oliveira; 4 Security at Different Layers of Abstractions: Application, Operating Systems, and Hardware--Bryan D. Payne; 5 Computer Security and Privacy: Where Human Factors Meet Engineering--Franziska Roesner; 6 On the Technical Debt of Medical Device Security--Kevin Fu; 7 Challenges of Engineering Cybersecurity: A Government Perspective--Tomas Vagoun; 8 ENGINEERING THE SEARCH OF EARTH-LIKE EXOPLANETS; 9 Engineering the Search for Earth-like Exoplanets-Introduction--Sara Seager and Mitchell Walker; 10 Engineering the James Webb Space Telescope--Amy Lo; 11 Starlight Suppression: Technologies for Direct Imaging of Exoplanets--Dmitry Savransky; 12 Realizing Large Structures in Space--Jeremy Banik; 13 Sensing Controls for Space-based Planet Finding-Jonathan T. Black; 14 OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL METAMATERIALS; 15 Optical and Mechanical Metamaterials-Introduction--Jennifer Dionne and Luke Sweatlock; 16 Materials by Design: Using Architecture and Nanomaterial Size Effects to Attain Unexplored Properties--Julia Greer; 17 Mechanical Metamaterials: Design, Fabrication, and Performance--Christopher Spadaccini; 18 Metamaterial-based Device Engineering--Andrea Al; 19 Catching Light Rays: Refractory Plasmonics for Energy Conversion, Data Storage, and Medical Applications--Alexandra Boltasseva and Urcan Guler; 20 FORECASTING NATURAL DISASTERS; 21 Forecasting Natural Disasters-Introduction--James Done and Amir AghaKouchak; 22 An Integrated Approach to Assess and Manage Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate--Ning Lin; 23 Moving from Risk Assessment to Risk Reduction: An Economic Perspective on Decision Making in Natural Disasters--Jeffrey Czajkowski; 24 APPENDIXES; 25 Contributors; 26 Program; 27 Participants

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