Frontiers of Engineering:

Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2005 Symposium

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Publication Year:2006

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Front Matter	i-xii
ID AND VERIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES: Introduction	1-4	(skim)
Ongoing Challenges in Face Recognition	5-14	(skim)
Designing Biometric Evaluations and Challenge Problems for Face-Recognition Systems	15-22	(skim)
Large-Scale Activity-Recognition Systems	23-32	(skim)
ENGINEERING FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES: Introduction	33-36	(skim)
Challenges in the Implementation of Appropriate Technology Projects: The Case of the DISACARE Wheelchair Center in Zambia	37-44	(skim)
Engineering Inputs to the CDC Safe Water System Program	45-52	(skim)
Sustainable Development Through the Principles of Green Engineering	53-58	(skim)
Science and Engineering Research That Values the Planet	59-68	(skim)
ENGINEERING COMPLEX SYSTEMS: Introduction	69-74	(skim)
Complex Networks: Ubiquity, Importance, and Implications	75-82	(skim)
The Promise of Synthetic Biology	83-88	(skim)
Population Dynamics of Human Language: A Complex System	89-98	(skim)
Agent-Based Modeling as a Decision-Making Tool	99-108	(skim)
ENERGY RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE: Introduction	109-112	(skim)
Future Energy	113-118	(skim)
Organic Semiconductors for Low-Cost Solar Cells	119-130	(skim)
Research and Development at the U.S. Department of Energy on Hydrogen Production and Storage	131-142	(skim)
Fuel Cells: Current Status and Future Challenges	143-152	(skim)
DINNER SPEECH: Engineering for a New World	153-166	(skim)
Appendix: Contributors	167-176	(skim)
Appendix: Program	177-180	(skim)
Appendix: Participants	181-190	(skim)

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