Science and Technics / Technology & engineering

Light Scattering, Size Exclusion Chromatography and Asymmetric Flow Field Flow Fractionation: Powerful Tools for the Characterization of Polymers, Pro

von Stepan Podzimek

A comprehensive, practical approach to three powerful methods of polymer analysis and characterization

This book serves as a complete compendium of three important methods widely used for the characterization...

Magnesium, Magnesium Alloys, and Magnesium Composites

von Manoj Gupta & Nai Mui Ling Sharon

A look at the current and future uses of magnesium-based products and their role in the world's environmental and technological revolution

The lightest of all structural metals, having one-fourth the density...

Principles of Microelectromechanical Systems

von Ki Bang Lee

The building blocks of MEMS design through closed-form solutions

Microelectromechanical Systems, or MEMS, is the technology of very small systems; it is found in everything from inkjet printers and cars to cell...

Multi-Mode / Multi-Band RF Transceivers for Wireless Communications: Advanced Techniques, Architectures, and Trends

von Gernot Hueber & Robert Bogdan Staszewski

• Summarizes cutting-edge physical layer technologies for multi-mode wireless RF transceivers.
• Includes original contributions from distinguished researchers and professionals.
• Covers cutting-edge physical layer...

Fundamentals of Sensor Network Programming: Applications and Technology

von S. Sitharama Iyengar, Nandan Parameshwaran & Vir V. Phoha

This book provides the basics needed to develop sensor network software and supplements it with many case studies covering network applications. It also examines how to develop onboard applications on individual...

Basics of Troubleshooting in Plastics Processing: An Introductory Practical Guide

von Muralisrinivasan Natamai Subramanian

The Basics of Troubleshooting in Plastics Processing is a condensed practical guide that gives the reader a broad introduction to properties of thermoplastics plastics, additives, the major processes (extrusion,...

Advanced Kalman Filtering, Least-Squares and Modeling: A Practical Handbook

von Bruce P. Gibbs

This book is intended primarily as a handbook for engineers who must design practical systems.

Its primary goal is to discuss model development in sufficient detail so that the reader may design an estimator...

Graphic Standards Field Guide to Residential Construction

von Dennis J. Hall & Nina M. Giglio

• A must-have reference to more than 100 common residential conditions—from accessibility issues to working with zinc
• Practical information that the architect, engineer, contractor and homeowner can access quickly,...

Virtual Teamwork: Mastering the Art and Practice of Online Learning and Corporate Collaboration

von Robert Ubell

"This book, by Robert Ubell and his excellent team of collaborators, adds an important dimension to effective teaching and learning in online environments. It addresses how interaction and collaboration online...

Solar Cells and Their Applications

von Lewis M. Fraas & Larry D. Partain

A major update of solar cell technology and the solar marketplace

Since the first publication of this important volume over a decade ago, dramatic changes have taken place with the solar market growing almost...

Project Management - Best Practices: Achieving Global Excellence

von Harold Kerzner & International Institute for Learning

From senior executives across the globe, insights for successful project management implementation

The bestselling first edition of Project Management Best Practices: Achieving Global Excellence set the course...

The Wiley Guide to Project Technology, Supply Chain, and Procurement Management

von Peter Morris & Jeffrey K. Pinto

A complete guide to managing technical issues and procuring third-party resources

The Wiley Guides to the Management of Projects address critical, need-to-know information that will help professionals successfully...

Design Informed: Driving Innovation with Evidence-Based Design

von 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

von 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

von 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

von 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

von 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

von 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

von 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

von 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...