Engineering: general Books

Book SynopsisFrom authors renowned in the fields of engineering and biology, this is the first book to integrate sensor and actuator technology with bioinspired design. Beginning with detailed descriptions of actuation and sensing mechanisms in plants and animals, the authors move on to apply these principles to synthetic design, offering in-depth knowledge of the development of state-of-the-art smart materials and devices. All of this is supported with a range of real-world applications, from tactile sensory systems in insects linked with the development of robotic hands, to the structural colour systems in nature used to inspire camouflage technology. Further examples are given of successful designs along with their integrated autonomous systems, such as flying and swimming, unmanned systems, and autonomous zero-energy building design. With a wide interdisciplinary appeal, this is an ideal resource for any student, practising engineer, or researcher interested in the connection between natural systems and synthetic design.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Principles of structural organization and functions in biological species; 3. Sensory and motor systems of the living world; 4. Synthetic sensing materials and sensors; 5. Synthetic active materials and actuators; 6. Bioinspired designs of sensors, actuators; 7. Design of autonomous systems.

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Book SynopsisEssays by leaders from academia and industry offer guidance for professionals and general readers on ethical questions arising in modern business and technology, exploring what can be learned from such lapses as #MeToo, Volkswagen, and Cambridge Analytica and offering a broad, accessible overview of these challenges.Trade Review'This is a comprehensive book, looking at the subject of ethics from many angles – individual ethics, corporate guidelines, and societal norms; engineering, business, and legal domains; codes of ethics, regulations, and natural law. It takes us back to early cases of ethics in corporate conduct in the 1950s, and up to date with the latest implications of artificial intelligence, bioengineering, virtual reality, and the internet of things. Everyone should be concerned with ethics, and there's something for everyone here.' Peter Norvig, Research Director, Google'Professor Ali E. Abbas and his contributors have skillfully utilised their impressive academic and professional experience and perceptively addressed noteworthy ethical issues affecting technology, business, engineering and the society. This illuminating and unique book, is highly recommended and I believe it could also be considered as a must read book of ethics for the next generation of leaders.' Najmedin Meshkati, University of Southern California'Next Generation Ethics is an exciting compendium of information and opinions about the new arising ethical situations and how we might deal with them. Of particular note is Chapter 2 by Ronald Howard on 'Building your Ethical Code'. Then in the Technology section; Chapter 5, an interview with Vint Cerf, a luminary of the internet, and Chapter 6, A Hippocratic Oath for Technologists, as well as a couple of good discussions of artificial intelligence. The book then proceeds to large sections on ethics in business enterprises, engineering and even society, including public policy, legal, medical, journalism, and religion. Anyone interested in the ethical challenges we are now facing should scan this book to awaken to our manifold ethical challenges, extract immediately useful information, and keep it as a ready reference.' Jim Matheson, SmartOrg, Inc'… a broad and comprehensive learning and teaching book to use and discuss …' Mandi Astola, PrometheusTable of Contents1. Next-generation ethics: an introduction Ali E. Abbas; 2. Ethical distinctions for building your ethical code Ronald Howard; Part I. Technology: 3. Composite ethical frameworks for IoT and other emerging technologies Max Senges, Patrick S. Ryan and Richard S. Whitt; 4. Ethics of immersive technologies Randall W. Hill, Jr; 5. Internet, technology, and the future: an interview with Vint Cerf Vint G. Cerf and Ali E. Abbas; 6. A Hippocratic Oath for technologists Ali E. Abbas, Max Senges and Ronald Howard; 7. Data, privacy, and the greater good Eric Horvitz and Deirdre Mulligan; 8. Guidelines for artificial intelligence containment James Babcock, Janos Kramar and Roman V. Yampolskiy; Part II. Business Enterprises: 9. Next-generation business ethics: the impact of artificial intelligence Kirk O. Hanson; 10. Big data privacy, ethics, and enterprise continuous monitoring systems Daniel E. O'Leary; 11. How management theories and culture fads kill organizational ethics Marianne M. Jennings; 12. How next-generation teams and teaming may affect the ethics of working in teams Scott S. Wiltermuth and Alyssa J. Han; 13. Transparency: the what, why, and how of organizational effectiveness and ethics James J. O'Toole; 14. Global engagement by leaders is a moral imperative: building the next generation of ethical corporate cultures Marsha Ershaghi Hames; Part III. Engineering: 15. The whistle that was not blown: WV, diesels and engineers Michael Davis; 16. Addressing corruption in our global engineering/construction industry William P. Henry; 17. Ethics issues facing engineers in oil and gas operations Iraj Ershaghi; 18. Engineering codes of ethics: legal protection and empowerment for engineers Jeffrey H. Matsuura; 19. Engineering ethics when lives are on the line: when does bad engineering become bad ethics? Neil G. Siegel; 20. Case studies of product life cycle environmental impacts for teaching engineering ethics Matthew J. Eckelman, John Basl, Christopher Bosso, Jacqueline Isaacs and Kathleen Eggleson; Part IV. Society: 21. Next generation ethical issues: engineering, business, medicine, and public policy James Ellis, Laura Mosqueda, Jack Knott and Yannis Yortsos; 22. Techno innovations: the role of ethical standards, law and regulation and the public interest Frank V. Zerunyan; 23. Evolutionary ethics: a potentially helpful framework in engineering a better society John N. Celona; 24. Topics in next-generation medical ethics: the art in the art of medicine Josh H. Hyatt; 25. Next-generation ethical development of medical devices: considering harms, benefits, fairness, and freedom Andrew O. Brightman, Jonathan Beever and Michael Hiles; 26. Looking back to go forward: the ethics of journalism in a social media age Glenda N. Cooper; 27. Social media ethics 2.0 Jeremy H. Lipschultz; 28. AI people and society Eric Horvitz; 29. Ethics in cyberspace: freedom, rights, and cybersecurity Richard A. Spinello; 30. Next-generation religion and ethics Varun Soni.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers practical tools in Python to students of innovation, as well as competitive intelligence professionals, to track new developments in science, technology, and innovation. The book will appeal to both—tech-mining and data science audiences. For tech-mining audiences, Python presents an appealing, all-in-one language for managing the tech-mining process. The book is a complement to other introductory books on the Python language, providing recipes with which a practitioner can grow a practice of mining text. For data science audiences, this book gives a succinct overview over the most useful techniques of text mining. The book also provides relevant domain knowledge from engineering management; so, an appropriate context for analysis can be created. This is the first book of a two-book series. This first book discusses the mining of text, while the second one describes the analysis of text. This book describes how to extract actionable intelligence from a variety of sources including scientific articles, patents, pdfs, and web pages. There is a variety of tools available within Python for mining text. In particular, we discuss the use of pandas, BeautifulSoup, and pdfminer.

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Book SynopsisSustainability can be interpreted as the principle that practices in engineering have to be implemented with respect to constraints in energy and materials and waste minimization. Sustainable science and engineering will provide the basis to solutions to the changing environment. This book is about the matrix of solutions and actions that can be used to help humankind face the challenges of the changing world. This is not a traditional engineering text for engineering students, with worked examples and quantitative problems. Instead, it presents lots of global problems, which lends itself first to a conceptual solution, which may be followed by real practical solutions for implementation. For students, conceptual solutions may be required in the form of essays and presentations. This book is the reference for both engineers and non-engineers who want to participate fully in the betterment of the world.

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Book SynopsisNow in its third edition, this dictionary contains 3,400 key terms, words, and phrases used in the day-to-day practice of project management. Along with traditional project management terms, it includes broader business terms to help seasoned managers and their successors navigate more easily the ubiquitous language of project-speak. Within the book, readers find the meaning of hundreds of technical terms and acronyms, with each entry providing important insight into some aspect of project management.

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