Abstract: Adhesive dynamics (AD) is a method for simulating the dynamic response of biological systems in response to force. Biological bonds are mechanical entities that exert force under strain, and applying forces to biological ...

Abstract: The profound impact of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) has resulted in arguments about the original intent of Congress in enacting the legislation. The greatest controversy surrounds the requirements ...

Abstract: During the energy crisis of the 1970s, governments at the federal, state, and local level were preoccupied with policy decisions impacting every aspect of energy production and use. Today, as the result of reactions to the ...

Abstract: The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon presented unique teachable moments to engineering educators but with the competing demand to complete the course as designed and as ...

Abstract: Wind measurements have been made for many years for numerous applications, with instruments that represent the simple and the complex, but only in this century has any real progress been made in understanding the dynamic ...

Abstract: The introduction of piped water to cities in the mid-19th century led to the spread of cholera and typhoid in the United States and the other industrialized countries. Filtration and then chlorination around the turn of ...

Abstract: Engineering leadership must consider macroethics; those issues important to society at large. The downstream effects of design decisions must be considered