Topic: Engineering and Physical Sciences

Approaches to Robotics in the United States and Japan: Report of a Bilateral Exchange (1990) - Growing consumer demand for individualized products is forcing many manufacturers to shift to smaller production runs of greater varieties of...

Assessment of the Benefits of Extending the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission: A Perspective from the Research and Operations Communities, Interim Report - Launched jointly in 1997 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Tropical...

Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) - The U.S. National Committee (USNC) for the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) functions as a bridge between the scientific and...

Engineering Challenges to the Long-Term Operation of the International Space Station (2000) - This study of the engineering challenges posed by long-term operation of the International Space Station (ISS) shows that the National Aeronautics...

Engineering Research and Technology Development on the Space Station (1996) - Reducing the costs and improving the performance of future government and commercial activities in space will require continuing engineering research...

Engineering Tasks for the New Century: Japanese and U.S. Perspectives (1999) - The U.S.-Japan bilateral task force was tasked with addressing the following questions: (1) How do Japan and the United States educate and train...

Factors Affecting the Utilization of the International Space Station for Research in the Biological and Physical Sciences (2003) - In the spring of 2001, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that it would make major changes in the final configuration...

From Explosives to the Gas that Heals (Chinese version, 2000-2001) - Alfred Nobel is best remembered for the Nobel Prizes awarded in his name every year. But he was also the inventor of dynamite, an explosive made from...

From Explosives to the Gas that Heals (German version, 2000) - Alfred Nobel is best remembered for the Nobel Prizes awarded in his name every year. But he was also the inventor of dynamite, an explosive made from...

From Explosives to the Gas that Heals (Spanish version, 2003) - Alfred Nobel is best remembered for the Nobel Prizes awarded in his name every year. But he was also the inventor of dynamite, an explosive made from...

Future Biotechnology Research on the International Space Station (2000) - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) manages research programs in two areas of the rapidly expanding field of biotechnology:...

Future Materials Science Research on the International Space Station (1998) - The microgravity environment (10-6 g) of space provides a unique opportunity to further our understanding of various materials phenomena involving...

Future Needs in Deep Submergence Science: Occupied and Unoccupied Vehicles in Basic Ocean Research (2004) - Deep-diving manned submersibles, such as Alvin, which gained worldwide fame when researchers used it to reach the wreck of the Titanic, have helped...

German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (1998) - Since 1995, the National Academy of Engineering has held an annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium for outstanding engineers ages 30-45 in...

Institutional Arrangements for Space Station Research (1999) - This report responds to a request from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to assess alternative approaches to the management of...

International Benchmarking of US Mathematics Research (1997) - The United States is clearly preeminent in mathematics today. The field is thriving in terms of both quality and opportunities. Not only are there...

International Commission on Optics (ICO) (Affiliated Commission of IUPAP) - The U.S. Advisory Committee for the International Commission for Optics (USAC/ICO) represents the interests of the U.S. optics community in ICO,...

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) - The U.S. Committee for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) performs the National Academies duties as the National Member...

International Mathematical Union (IMU) - The U.S. National Committee for Mathematics (USNC/Math) represents the United States in the International Mathematical Union (IMU), and promotes the...

International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) - The U.S. Liaison Committee (USLC) for the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) is the mechanism through which the U.S. physics...

International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) - The U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM) was established in 1949 to represent the interests of the United States...

Learning from TIMSS: Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, Summary of a Symposium (1997) - This is a report on a symposium whose primary goal was to seize a moment—soon after the initial release of findings from Third International...

Ocean Noise and Marine Mammals (2003) - For the 119 species of marine mammals, as well as for some other aquatic animals, sound is the primary means of learning about the environment and of...

People and Pixels: Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science (1998) - Space-based sensors are giving us an ever-closer and more comprehensive look at the earth's surface; they also have the potential to tell us about...

Planetary Sciences: American and Soviet Research/Proceedings from the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Workshop on Planetary Sciences (1991) - This book contains the proceedings from a workshop on planetary sciences sponsored by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the National Academy of...

Polymers and People (German version, 1999) - In 1920, a German scientist first proposed the correct structure for polymers as long chain molecules of many identical or similar chemical units....

Polymers and People (Japanese version, 2003) - In 1920, a German scientist first proposed the correct structure for polymers as long chain molecules of many identical or similar chemical units....

Polymers and People (Spanish version, 2003) - In 1920, a German scientist first proposed the correct structure for polymers as long chain molecules of many identical or similar chemical units....

Protecting the Space Station from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris (1997) - The chance of a spacecraft colliding with meteoroids or orbital debris increases with the size of the spacecraft and the time it spends in orbit. The...

Radiation and the International Space Station: Recommendations to Reduce Risk (2000) - A major objective of the International Space Station (ISS) is learning how to cope with how to live and work in space for extended periods. The...

Readiness Issues Related to Research in the Biological and Physical Sciences on the International Space Station (2001) - The Space Studies Board, in cooperation with the National Academy of Public Administration, agreed to organize a study of the status of life and...

Report of the Observer Panel for the U.S.-Japan Earthquake Policy Symposium (1997) - From September 16–18, 1996, a U.S.-Japan Earthquake Policy Symposium was held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. Hosted by the...

Report on the 1995 Scanning Review of European Bridge Structures (1996) - This report contains the findings of a scanning review conducted to capture a broad overview of bridge technology in Europe with the goal of...

Report on the 1997 Scanning Review of Asian Bridge Structures (1998) - This digest describes the findings of an international scanning tour undertaken to obtain a broad overview of bridge design, materials technology,...

Review of NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise Research Strategy for 2000-2010 (2000) - The Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration deals with space missions and research aimed at observing and...

Sounding Out the Ocean's Secrets (Chinese version, 2000-2001 ) - Early 19th century investigators realized that the speed of sound in water is different from its speed in air. The US Naval officers using sound to...

Sounding Out the Ocean's Secrets (Spanish version, 2003) - Early 19th century investigators realized that the speed of sound in water is different from its speed in air. The US Naval officers using sound to...

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) - The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) serves to build global interaction among research communities and promote advances in...

Union Radio Scientifique Internationale (URSI) - The International Union of Radio Science (universally referred to as URSI) is one of the majority of Scientific Unions which adhere to the...

U.S.-European-Japanese Workshop on Space Cooperation: Summary Report - A trilateral workshop on space cooperation hosted by the Space Research Committee (SRC) of the Science Council of Japan—and including representatives...

U.S.-Europe Collaboration in Space Science - This report reviews the past 30 years of space-based research across the Atlantic. The book, which was prepared jointly with the European Space...

U.S.-U.S.S.R. Joint Meeting on Earthquake Hazards Mitigation: September 9-13, 1991, Moscow, U.S.S.R. (1992) - Devastating earthquakes have occurred frequently in both the US and USSSR. When they happened, these earthquakes caused the loss of lives, the...

Wavelets: Seeing the Forest and the Trees (Spanish version, 2003) - This article describes the development of the mathematical modeling technique known as wavelets, which is used in computer imaging and animation as...