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"In 1995, the National Academy of Engineering initiated the Frontiers of Engineering Program, which brings together about 100 young engineering leaders at annual symposia to learn about cutting-edge research and technical work in a variety of engineering fields. The 2009 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium was held at The National Academies' Arnold O. and Mabel Beckman Center on September 10-12. Speakers were asked to prepare extended summaries of their presentations, which are reprinted in this volume. The intent of this book is to convey the excitement of this unique meeting and to highlight cutting-edge developments in engineering research and technical work."--Publisher's description.
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This work presents extended summaries of presentations from the September 2002 symposium. Engineers from the fields of chemical and molecular engineering, "technology for human beings," nuclear energy, and quantum information technology were asked to present overviews of their fields, describe recent research, identify limitations on advances, and summarize the long-term significance of their work. Included are talks on fuel cells, direct computer-brain interfaces, advanced nuclear reactor technologies, quantum cryptography, and ion-trap quantum computation. Also included is the invited "dinner speech" of Andrew Viterbi (cofounder of Qualcomm) on the development of digital communication and the wireless industry. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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