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      The Global Positioning System: A Shared National Asset

      Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,National Research Council

      The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based navigation system that was originally designed for the US military. This book identifies technical improvements that would enhance military, civilian, and commercial…

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      Disposal of Offshore Platforms

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Marine Board,Committee on Disposition of Offshore Platforms

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      Practical Lessons from the Loma Prieta Earthquake

      Geotechnical Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews research on the Loma Prieta quake and draws from it’s practical lessons that can be applied to other earthquake-prone areas of the country. This work contains papers presented at…

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      Future R&D Environments: A Report for the National Institute of Standards and Technology

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on Future Environments for the National Institute of Standards and Technology

      This study was supported by Contract No. 50SBNBOC1003 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institute of Standards and Technology –T.p. verso.

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      Safety of Tourist Submersibles

      Committee on Assessing Passenger Submersible Safety,National Research Council,National Research Council,Marine Board

      Examines the development of the tourist submarines industry around the world and explores the problems involved with strengthening the Coast Guard’s capability of providing the oversight and expertise needed to…

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      Nuclear Physics: The Core of Matter, the Fuel of Stars

      Committee on Nuclear Physics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Part of the The Physics in a New Era series, this book describes the activity in understanding nuclear structure and symmetries, the behavior of matter at extreme densities, the role…

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      The Mathematical Sciences’ Role in Homeland Security: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications,National Academy of Sciences

      Mathematical sciences play a key role in many important areas of Homeland Security. This report presents the results of a workshop focusing on mathematical methods and techniques for addressing these…

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      Fueling Innovation and Discovery: The Mathematical Sciences in the 21st Century

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications,Committee on the Mathematical Sciences in 2025

      The mathematical sciences are part of everyday life. Modern communication, transportation, science, engineering, technology, medicine, manufacturing, security, and finance all depend on the mathematical sciences. Fueling Innovation and Discovery describes…

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      Improving State Voter Registration Databases: Final Report

      Committee on State Voter Registration Databases,National Research Council

      Improving State Voter Registration Databases outlines several actions that are needed to help make voter registration databases capable of sharing information within state agencies and across state lines. These include…

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      Mathematical Challenges from Theoretical/Computational Chemistry

      Committee on Mathematical Challenges from Computational Chemistry,National Research Council

      Explores the research interface between computational chemistry and the mathematical sciences. Useful for non-specialists, this book documents some prominent examples of successful cross-fertilizations between the fields and explores the mathematical…

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      Interim Report of the Committee on Exclusive Economic Zone Information Needs: Coastal States and Territories

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Marine Board,National Academy of Sciences

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      Assessment of Advanced Solid-State Lighting

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Committee on Assessment of Solid-State Lighting

      Summarizes the current status of solid-state lighting (SSL) technologies and products - light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and organic LEDs (OLEDs) - and evaluates barriers to their improved cost and performance. This…

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      Neutrinos and Beyond: New Windows on Nature

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Neutrino Facilities Assessment Committee,National Academy of Sciences

      The President’s FY 2003 Budget Request for the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction Account called for a National Research Council (NRC) review of…

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      Assessment of Hydrologic and Hydrometeorological Operations and Services

      National Weather Service Modernization Committee,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Floods are by far the most devastating of all weather-related hazards in the United States. The National Weather Service (NWS) is charged by Congress to provide river and flood forecasts…

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      Fishing Vessel Safety: Blueprint for a National Program

      Committee on Fishing Vessel Safety,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Addressing the role of the US Coast Guard and the fishing industry, this book evaluates safety measures, such as vessel inspection and registration, and the training and licensing of fishermen…

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      C4ISR for Future Naval Strike Groups

      Committee on C4ISR for Future Naval Strike Groups,Naval Studies Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      The Navy has put forth a construct for its strike forces. A key aspect of this construct is the need for flexible, adaptive command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and…

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      Black and Smokeless Powders: Technologies for Finding Bombs and the Bomb Makers

      Committee on Smokeless and Black Powder,National Research Council

      Focuses on ways to improve public safety by preventing bombings involving smokeless or black powders and apprehending the makers of the explosive devices. This book examines technologies used for detection…

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      Wireless Technology Prospects and Policy Options

      Committee on Wireless Technology Prospects and Policy Options,National Research Council

      The use of radio-frequency communication–commonly referred to as wireless communication–is becoming more pervasive as well as more economically and socially important. Technological progress over many decades has enabled the deployment…

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      Integrated Computational Materials Engineering: A Transformational Discipline for Improved Competitiveness and National Security

      Committee on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering,National Research Council

      Integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) can accelerate materials development and unify design and manufacturing. This book offers a vision for ICME, a view of case studies and lessons learned, an…

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      Making the Soldier Decisive on Future Battlefields

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Army Science and Technology,Committee on Making the Soldier Decisive on Future Battlefields

      Establishes the technical requirements for overmatch capability for dismounted soldiers operating individually or in small units. This book prescribes technological and organizational capabilities needed to make the dismounted soldier a…

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      Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on the Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons,National Academy of Sciences

      Underground facilities are used extensively by many nations to conceal and protect strategic military functions and weapons and stockpiles. Based on numerical calculations, this report presents a series of findings…

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      Federal Facilities Beyond the 1990s: Ensuring Quality in an Era of Limited Resources:: Summary of a Symposium

      Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Federal Facilities Council,National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2007

      Panel on Electronics and Electrical Engineering,National Research Council

      The report on the EEEL presents an assessment of the Lab’s four divisions. The assessment is based on four criteria: alignment with national priorities, motivation of its programs, technical merit…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2009

      Panel on Electronics and Electrical Engineering,National Research Council

      The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, carries out its mission of promoting U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by developing and…

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      Interim Report on 21st Century Cyber-Physical Systems Education

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on 21st Century Cyber-Physical Systems Education

      Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are increasingly relied on to provide the functionality and value to products, systems, and infrastructure in sectors including transportation, health care, manufacturing, and electrical power generation and…

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      Photonics: Maintaining Competitiveness in the Information Era

      Panel on Phototonics Science and Technology Assessment,Solid State Sciences Committee,Board on Physics and Astronomy,National Research Council

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      A Reassessment of the Marine Salvage Posture of the United States

      Committee on Marine Salvage Issues,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Evaluates the changes, and assesses the adequacy of marine salvage in the United States. Among the issues addressed in this book are conditions in the salvage industry; emergency response-time; national…

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      Critical Technology Accessibility

      Committee on Critical Technology Accessibility,Air Force Studies Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The Defense Intelligence Agency asked the NRC to form a committee to help develop study topics about technology warning. One issue was the dependence on foreign suppliers of critical technology…

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      Managing Materials for a Twenty-First Century Military

      Committee on Assessing the Need for a Defense Stockpile,National Research Council

      Since 1939, the U.S. government, using the National Defense Stockpile (NDS), has been stockpiling critical strategic materials for national defense. The economic and national security environments, however, have changed significantly…

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      A Strategy for Research in Space Biology and Medicine into the Next Century

      Committee on Space Biology and Medicine,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides a review of ground-based and space research in eleven disciplines, ranging from bone physiology to plant biology. This book offers recommendations for research. It is useful as a reference…

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      Application of Lightweighting Technology to Military Vehicles, Vessels, and Aircraft

      Committee on Benchmarking the Technology and Application of Lightweighting,National Research Council

      Lightweighting is a concept well known to structural designers and engineers in all applications areas, from laptops to bicycles to automobiles to buildings and airplanes. Reducing the weight of structures…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Information Technology Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2007

      Panel on Information Technology,National Research Council

      The report on the ITL presents a general assessment of the laboratory including a look at its research strategies, opportunities, planning for growth, research culture, and computing infrastructure; and provides…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Information Technology Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2009

      Panel on Information Technology,National Research Council

      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Information Technology Laboratory evaluates The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Six divisions…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Information Technology Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2011

      Panel on Information Technology,National Research Council

      Since 1959, the National Research Council (NRC), at the request of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has annually assembled panels of experts to assess the quality and…

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      Avoiding Surprise in an Era of Global Technology Advances

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on Defense Intelligence Agency Technology Forecasts and Reviews,National Academy of Sciences

      The Technology Warning Division of the Defense Intelligence Agency asked the National Research Council to undertake a study examining technology warning issues. This report provides the first part of that…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Building and Fire Research Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2008

      Panel on Building and Fire Research,National Research Council

      Assesses the scientific and technical work of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This book finds that, overall the technical…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Building and Fire Research Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2010

      Panel on Building and Fire Research,National Research Council

      A panel of experts appointed by the National Research Council assessed the scientific and technical work of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) of the National Institute of Standards…

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      Mathematics and 21st Century Biology

      Committee on Mathematical Sciences Research for DOE's Computational Biology,National Research Council

      The increasing amounts of biological data along with advances in computing power are making possible the construction of predictive biological systems models. To assist this transformation, the US Department of…

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      Controlling the Quantum World: The Science of Atoms, Molecules, and Photons

      Committee on AMO2010,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      As part of the Physics 2010 decadal survey project, the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation requested that National Research Council assess opportunities in atomic, molecular, and optical…

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      Nuclear Physics: Exploring the Heart of Matter

      The Committee on the Assessment of and Outlook for Nuclear Physics,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      The principal goals of the study were to articulate the scientific rationale and objectives of the field and then to take a long-term strategic view of U.S. nuclear science in…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2007

      Panel on Chemical Science and Technology,National Research Council

      The report on the CSTL presents an assessment of the Lab’s five divisions, covering–where appropriate–how well each division addresses national priorities, its impact and level of innovation, its technical merit…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology: Fiscal Year 2009

      Panel on Nanoscale Science and Technology,National Research Council

      The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) was founded on May 1, 2007, and remains in development with respect to projects and…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2009

      Panel on Chemical Science and Technology,National Research Council

      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory examines the operations of the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) of the National Institute…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology: Fiscal Year 2011

      Panel on Nanoscale Science and Technology,National Research Council

      Since 1959, the National Research Council (NRC), at the request of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has annually assembled panels of experts to assess the quality and…

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      Evaluation of the National Aerospace Initiative

      Committee on the National Aerospace Initiative,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The Air Force became concerned about the National Aerospace Initiative’s possible consequences on Air Force programs and budget if NAI program decisions differed from Air Force priorities. To examine this…

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      Future Materials Science Research on the International Space Station

      Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Materials Advisory Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Physics in a New Era: An Overview

      Physics Survey Overview Committee,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Physics at the beginning of the twenty-first century has reached the levels of accomplishment and impact in a society and nation that are changing rapidly. This book reviews the frontiers…

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      Autonomy Research for Civil Aviation: Toward a New Era of Flight

      Committee on Autonomy Research for Civil Aviation,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      This report develops a set of integrated and comprehensive technical goals and objectives of importance to the civil aeronautics community and the nation.

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