Technology & Engineering

If you want to learn how to live green on a budget, then get "How To Live Green On a Budget" written by a person with real life experience living a green life on an affordable budget. Going green...

Although it was only designed for a ninety-day surface mission, the Viking 1 lander ultimately transmitted science messages to Earth for seven years. This authoritative history chronicles the...

The BassBox 6 Pro User Manual is the "how to" book for the famous speaker box design software by Harris Tech. The software and software license are NOT included and must be purchased separately from...

Cloud computing has been perceived as risky strategy, as if an organization were outsourcing its very soul. But Dan Griffin explains that the bigger risk is to ignore the benefits of cloud...

Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) are coming into the flight deck, bringing along with them a wide range of human factors considerations. In order to understand and assess the full impact of an EFB,...

This report deals with the passive fire protection used in the World Trade Center Towers.Author: U. S. Department of CommercePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:...

Improved detector technology in the past two decades opened a new era in the field of optical radiation measurements. Lower calibration and measurement uncertainties can be achieved with modern...

In February 2008, the Volpe Center performed acoustic measurements of ten snowcoaches and six snowmobiles. These measurements were made with two primary objectives: (1) help determine what testing...

The purpose of this document is to present the findings of the national evaluation of the I-95 Corridor Coalition's Airport Ground Transport Travel Information project, one element of the I-95 Test...

Through the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Safe Trip-21 initiative, the USDOT is testing a variety of technologies in a number of location in California as well as along the I-95...

Through the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) SafeTrip-21 initiative, the USDOT is testing a variety of technologies in a number of locations in California as well as along the I-95...

Through the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Safe Tip-21 Initiative, the USDOT is testing a variety of technologies in a number of locations in California as well as along the I-95...

In order that photovoltaic solar cells may be used more effectively to provide electrical power for spacecraft, it is desirable to refine the engineering design of solar cells and power systems,...

The NASA Authorization Act of 2005 articulated a new strategy for the nation's space program by specifically stating that "The Administrator shall establish a program to develop a sustained human...

This document details the proceedings of the Dynamic Measurement and Control for Autonomous Manufacturing Workshops held October 10 - 11, 2007 at Loyola College of Maryland.Author: Tsai...

This Work-Related Lung Disease (WoRLD) Surveillance Report is the fifth in a series of occupational respiratory disease surveillance reports produced by the National Institute for Occupational Safety...

Since the establishment of the original Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) values in 1974, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has continued to review...

This report is intended as a clean energy technology market overview for India, with two primary objectives: (1) to analyze the clean energy markets in India and (2) to identify opportunities for...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NCR) 2011-2012 Information Digest provides a summary of information about the NRC and the industry it regulates. It describes the agency's regulatory...

A Gear Chronology: Significant Events and Dates Affecting Gear Development : 9781499071146Author: William P. CrosherPublisher: XlibrisPublication Date: Nov 20, 2014Number of Pages: 260 pagesBinding:...

The purpose of this monograph is to organize and present, for effective use in deign, the significance experience and knowledge accumulated in development and operational programs to date. It reviews...

Wingless Flight tells the story of the most unusual flying machines ever flown, the lifting bodies. It is my story about my friends and colleagues who committed a significant part of their lives in...

This report is a part of the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center's Track Stability Research Program for the Federal Railroad Administration on thermal buckling of continuous welded...

In this book I will cover the basic fundamentals of programming for a CNC mill. I will be going over several subjects such as: -Fractions and decimals-The Cartesian coordinate system-Absolute and...

With the release of SharePoint 2013 comes a whole new raft of technologies to understand and implement. This book will go through the setting up of SharePoint 2013 itself from creating the setup...

At 1:33 pm on December 19, 2007, an explosion and fire destroyed T2 Laboratories, Inc. (T2), a chemical manufacturer on the north side of Jacksonville, Florida (Figure 1). The explosion, which was...

A multi-disciplined and team-based approach was used to integrate geophysical, hydrologic, and chemical data to characterize lithology, fractures, and hydraulic properties of fractured crystalline...

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) decommissioning program. Its purpose is to provide a stand-alone reference document that describes...

This Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product addresses current capabilities to integrate observations of the climate system into a consistent description of past and current...

This Synthesis and Assessment Product (SAP), developed as part of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, examines potential effects of sea-level rise from climate change during the twenty-first...