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Bracing for Disaster by Tobriner Stephen;
epub |eng | | Author:Tobriner, Stephen;

Figure 9.9 The Rialto Building: northern Mission Street facade, with reconstruction under way. Note damage between fourth and fifth floors, which may have resulted because of pounding between the Rialto ...
( Category: Seismic Design September 2,2023 )
The Global Movement and Tracking of Chemical Manufacturing Equipment: A Workshop Summary by Kathryn Hughes
epub |eng | 2014-10-08 | Author:Kathryn Hughes

A POLICY PERSPECTIVE ON DUAL-USE CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT NON-PROLIFERATION The reason that the United States opposes chemicals weapons, said Matthew Moakler, is that they are weapons of mass destruction that can ...
( Category: Engineering September 2,2023 )
Surmounting the Barriers: Ethnic Diversity in Engineering Education: Summary of a Workshop by National Academy of Engineering
epub |eng | 2014-09-20 | Author:National Academy of Engineering

Any strategy proposed to overcome impediments should have implicit or explicit answers to questions such as these. There should also be explicit acknowledgment of institutional issues associated with efforts to ...
( Category: Engineering September 2,2023 )
Opportunities for the Gulf Research Program: Middle-Skilled Workforce Needs: Summary of a Workshop by Elizabeth O’Hare
epub |eng | 2014-10-25 | Author:Elizabeth O’Hare

UNDERSTANDING THE WHOLE SYSTEM Bill Raley, dean of industrial and technical programs at the College of the Mainland, which has received $5 million to create the Gulf Coast Safety Institute, ...
( Category: Engineering September 2,2023 )
Making Value for America: Embracing the Future of Manufacturing, Technology, and Work by Nicholas M. Donofrio
epub |eng | 2015-03-12 | Author:Nicholas M. Donofrio

Education and Training Critical Skills and Experience Innovation requires scientists, engineers, technicians, operators, managers, analysts, and many others with the skills to conceive of an innovation and then develop it ...
( Category: Industrial Technology September 2,2023 )
Delta Waters by Committee on Strategic Research for Integrated Water Resources Management
epub |eng | 2014-01-11 | Author:Committee on Strategic Research for Integrated Water Resources Management

LONG-TERM MONITORING Long-term monitoring is traditionally the purview of government agencies providing the public information on topics such as environmental changes and trends, public safety, and economic indicators. Data collection ...
( Category: Engineering September 2,2023 )
Limited Affordable Low-Volume Manufacturing: Summary of a Workshop by Maureen Mellody
epub |eng | 2015-03-14 | Author:Maureen Mellody

REDUCING TOTAL LEAD TIME WITH QUICK RESPONSE MANUFACTURING Bill Ritchie, President, Tempus Institute Mr. Ritchie began his talk by describing his own history in the manufacturing industry and how production ...
( Category: Engineering & Transportation September 2,2023 )
Opportunities to Use Remote Sensing in Understanding Permafrost and Related Ecological Characteristics: Report of a Workshop by National Research Council
epub |eng | 2014-06-25 | Author:National Research Council

References Alasset, P. J., V. Poncos, V. Singhroy, and R. Couture. 2008. InSAR Monitoring of Permafrost Activity in the Lower Mackenzie Valley, Canada. Presented at 2008 IEEE International Geoscience and ...
( Category: Engineering September 2,2023 )
Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment by Committee on Health Impact Assessment
epub |eng | 2014-08-02 | Author:Committee on Health Impact Assessment

ASSIGNING MONETARY VALUES TO HEALTH CONSEQUENCES The health consequences of a decision can be characterized according to their economic or monetary valuation. Although monetary effects clearly are not health effects ...
( Category: Pollution September 2,2023 )
SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS TO BENEFIT SCIENCE AND SOCIETY: RECOMMENDED MISSIONS FOR THE NEXT DECADE by National Research Council of the National Academies
epub |eng | 2008-09-09 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

LAUNCH: 2016–2020 MISSION SIZE: Large ORBIT: LEO, SSO AGENCY: NASA ESTIMATED COST: $600 million AREAS OF INTEREST: Ecosystems, Health, Water, Weather INSTRUMENTS: Ultraviolet spectrometer, infrared spectrometer, microwave limb sounder BENEFITS: ...
( Category: Engineering September 2,2023 )
Review of the Research Program of the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership: Third Report by National Research Council of the National Academies
epub |eng | 2010-11-24 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

13 Howell, D., and K. Snyder, “Electrochemical Energy Storage,” Presentation to the committee, August 4, 2009. A PHEV battery cost assessment was conducted by TIAX for the DOE (Sinha et ...
( Category: Automotive September 2,2023 )
Missouri River Planning: Recognizing and Incorporating Sediment Management by National Research Council of the National Academies
epub |eng | 2011-02-24 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

Emergent Sandbar Habitat In response to the 2000/03 Biological Opinion, the Emergent Sandbar Habitat (ESH) program was initiated in 2004. The project area extends from Garrison Dam in North Dakota ...
( Category: Hydrology September 2,2023 )
Defense Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis: MEETING THE CHALLENGE by National Research Council of the National Academies
epub |eng | 2006-09-30 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

Although these steps have been developed and proven successful in the context of large, complex, and strategic decisions requiring analytic support, a streamlined version is likely to be useful even ...
( Category: Engineering September 2,2023 )
Colorado River Basin Water Management: Evaluating and Adjusting to Hydroclimatic Variability by National Research Council of the National Academies
epub |eng | 2007-06-01 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

These three points have important implications for water management decisions for the Colorado River basin and are revisited in the Commentary section at the end of this chapter. FIGURE 3-6 ...
( Category: Engineering & Transportation September 2,2023 )
REDUCING CONSTRUCTION COSTS: USES OF BEST DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRACTICES BY PROJECT OWNERS: PROCEEDINGS REPORT by Federal Facilities Council
epub |eng | 2007-10-15 | Author:Federal Facilities Council

FIGURE 6.3 Bridging method. CASE STUDIES EMPLOYING BRIDGING AND A STANDING DISPUTE RESOLUTION PANEL Three bridging projects recently completed by Brookwood Program Management illustrate how bridging and use of a ...
( Category: Engineering & Transportation September 2,2023 )

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