Frontiers of engineering : reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2006 symposium / National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies.

"The twelfth U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium at Ford Research and Innovation Center in Dearborn, Michigan, was held on September 21-23, 2006"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents -- THE RISE OF INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND MACHINES -- Introduction--M. Brian Blake and David B. Fogel -- Commercializing Auditory Neuroscience--Lloyd Watts -- Creating Intelligent Agents in Games--Risto Miikkulainen -- Co-Evolution of Social Sciences and Engineering Systems--Robert L. Axtell -- Using Computational Cognitive Models to Improve Human-Robot Interaction--Alan C. Schultz -- THE NANO/BIO INTERFACE -- Introduction--Tejal Desai and Hiroshi Matsui -- Biological and Biomimetic Polypeptide Materials--Timothy J. Deming -- Applications of Biomimetics--Morley O. Stone -- Optical Imaging for In Vivo Assessment of Tissue Pathology--Rebekah A. Drezek, Naomi J. Halas, and Jennifer West -- Commercialization and Future Developments in Bionanotechnology--Marcel P. Bruchez -- ENGINEERING PERSONAL MOBILITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY -- Introduction--Apoorv Agarwal and William F. Schneider -- Long-Term Trends in Global Passenger Mobility--Andreas Schäfer -- Energy and Environmental Impacts of Personal Mobility--Matthew J. Barth -- New Mobility: The Next Generation of Sustainable Urban Transportation--Susan Zielinski -- SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS WITH ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC IMPACT -- Introduction--Jennifer K. Ryan and Julie L. Swann -- Supply Chain Applications of Fast Implosion--Brenda L. Dietrich -- From Factory to Foxhole: Improving the Army's Supply Chain--Mark Y.D. Wang -- Managing Disruptions to Supply Chains--Lawrence V. Snyder and Zuo-Jun Max Shen -- Engineering Methods for Planning Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities--Michael P. Johnson -- DINNER SPEECH -- The Changing Face of Industrial Research--W. Dale Compton -- APPENDIXES -- Contributors -- Program -- Participants.