Science and Technics / Technology & engineering

Design Informed: Driving Innovation with Evidence-Based Design

by Gordon H. Chong, Robert Brandt & W. Mike Martin

The Power of Evidence to Create Design Excellence

This practical, accessible book—for design professionals and students alike—is about design excellence and how to achieve it. The authors propose an evidence-based...

Complexity Theory and Project Management

by Wanda Curlee & Robert L. Gordon

An insightful view on how to use the power of complexity theory to manage projects more successfully

Current management practices require adherence to rigid, global responses unsuitable for addressing the changing...

Redeveloping Industrial Sites: A Guide for Architects, Planners, and Developers

by Carol Berens

The ultimate resource on strategies for redeveloping abandoned urban sites

Architects, urban planners, urban designers, developers, city officials, and all those interested in revitalizing their post-industrial...

Fuel Cell Science: Theory, Fundamentals, and Biocatalysis

by Andrzej Wieckowski & Jens Norskov

A comprehensive survey of theoretical andexperimental concepts in fuel cell chemistry

Fuel cell science is undergoing significant development, thanks, in part, to a spectacular evolution of the electrocatalysis...

Landscape Architectural Research: Inquiry, Strategy, Design

by Elen M. Deming & Simon Swaffield

A practical, single-source guide tosuccessful strategies for landscape architecture research

As the scope of landscape architecture expands to engage with other disciplines, and streams of information directing...

Ethics in Science and Engineering

by James G. Speight & Russell Foote

For engineering and scientific endeavors to progress there must be generally accepted ethical guidelines in place to which engineers and scientists must adhere. This book explores the various scientific and...

Hybrid Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications

by Bhanu P. S. Chauhan

Hybrid nanomaterials are unique conjugates of organic/inorganic structures. Hybrid Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications presents the basic principles underlying the synthesis and fabrication...

Verification, Validation, and Testing of Engineered Systems

by A. Engel

Systems' Verification Validation and Testing (VVT) are carried out throughout systems' lifetimes. Notably, quality-cost expended on performing VVT activities and correcting system defects consumes about half...

Control of Electric Machine Drive Systems

by Seung-Ki Sul

A unique approach to sensorless control and regulator design of electric drives

Based on the author's vast industry experience and collaborative works with other industries, Control of Electric Machine Drive...

Still Image and Video Compression with MATLAB

by K. Thyagarajan

This book describes the principles of image and video compression techniques and introduces current and popular compression standards, such as the MPEG series. Derivations of relevant compression algorithms...

Foundation Design: Theory and Practice

by N. S. V. Kameswara Rao

In Foundation Design: Theory and Practice, Professor N. S. V. Kameswara Rao covers the key aspects of the subject, including principles of testing, interpretation, analysis, soil-structure interaction modeling,...

Larval Fish Nutrition

by G. Joan Holt

Nutrition is particularly important in the healthy development of fish during their early-life stages. Understanding the unique nutritional needs of larval fish can improve the efficiency and quality of fish...

Self-Organized Organic Semiconductors: From Materials to Device Applications

by Quan Li

This book focuses on the exciting topic on self-organized organic semiconductors – from materials to device applications. It offers up-to-date and accessible coverage of self-organized semiconductors for organic...

Handbook of Smart Antennas for Rfid Systems

by Nemai Chandra Karmakar

The Handbook of Smart Antennas for RFID Systems is a single comprehensive reference on the smart antenna technologies applied to RFID. This book will provide a timely reference book for researchers and students...

Two-Way Radios and Scanners For Dummies

by H. Ward Silver

Discover a fun new hobby with helpful possibilities

Get directions, talk to folks overseas, or find out whether the fish are biting

Want to check out the morning news in London, help out in emergencies, or tune...

Advanced Process Control: Beyond Single Loop Control

by Cecil Smith

This book fills the gap between basic control configurations (Practical Process Control) and model predictive control (MPC). For those loops whose performance has a direct impact on plant economics or product...

Economic Systems Analysis and Assessment: Intensive Systems, Organizations,and Enterprises

by Andrew P. Sage & William B. Rouse

An Authoritative Introduction to a Major Subject in Systems Engineering and Management

This important volume fills the need for a textbook on the fundamentals of economic systems analysis and assessment, illustrating...

Construction Supervision

by Jerald L. Rounds & Robert O. Segner

This book covers all supervisory situations one is likely to encounter on a commercial, industrial, or institutional construction project. The book is based upon a very successful Electrical Project Supervision...

Broadband Optical Access Networks

by Leonid G. Kazovsky, Ning Cheng & Wei-Tao Shaw

Detailing for Landscape Architects: Aesthetics, Function, Constructibility

by Thomas R. Ryan, Edward Allen & Patrick J. Rand

The new industry standard on landscape architectural detailing

Detailing for Landscape Architects takes the reader on an educational journey across three major areas of landscape architectural detailing—aesthetics,...