Engineering Sciences Issues Opportunities And Researches

Undergraduate and first-year graduate students engaging in engineering research need more than technical skills and tools to be successful. From finding a research position and funding, to getting the mentoring needed to be successful while conducting research responsibly, to learning how to do the other aspects of research associated with project management and communication, this book provides novice researchers with the guidance they need to begin developing mastery. Awareness and deeper understanding of the broader context of research reduces barriers to success, increases capacity to contribute to a research team, and enhances ability to work both independently and collaboratively. Being prepared for what's to come and knowing the questions to ask along the way allows those entering researcher to become more comfortable engaging with not only the research itself but also their colleagues and mentors.

"This edited volume includes eighteen chapters and discusses various research challenges in science, engineering and technology. Topics discussed include learning methods of artificial intelligence, computerized medical image processing, human-computer interaction for detection of hand gestures, community energy storage, e-learning, prediction of diabetic risk, hydrogen fuel cells for automobiles, solar cells, and more"--

The future security, economic growth, and competitiveness of the United States depend on its capacity to innovate. Major sources of innovative capacity are the new knowledge and trained students generated by U.S. research universities. However, many of the complex technical and societal problems the United States faces cannot be addressed by the traditional model of individual university research groups headed by a single principal investigator. Instead, they can only be solved if researchers from multiple institutions and with diverse expertise combine their efforts. The National Science Foundation (NSF), among other federal agencies, began to explore the potential of such center-scale research programs in the 1970s and 1980s; in many ways, the NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) program is its flagship program in this regard. The ERCs are "interdisciplinary, multi-institutional centers that join academia, industry, and government in partnership to produce transformational engineered systems and engineering graduates who are adept at innovation and primed for leadership in the global economy. To ensure that the ERCs continue to be a source of innovation, economic development, and educational excellence, A New Vision for Center-Based Engineering Research explores the future of center-based engineering research, the skills needed for effective center leadership, and opportunities to enhance engineering education through the centers.

Two large international conferences on Advances in Engineering Sciences were held in Hong Kong, March 12–14, 2014, under the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists (IMECS 2014), and in London, UK, 2–4 July, 2014, under the World Congress on Engineering 2014 (WCE 2014) respectively. This volume contains 37 revised and extended research articles written by prominent researchers participating in the conferences. Topics covered include engineering mathematics, computer science, electrical engineering, manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, and industrial applications. The book offers tremendous state-of-the-art advances in engineering sciences and also serves as an excellent reference work for researchers and graduate students working with/on engineering sciences. Contents:Switching Boundaries for Flexible Management of Natural Resource Investment under Uncertainty (T Tarnopolskaya, W Chen and C Bao)Using Exotic Option Prices as Control Variates in Monte Carlo Pricing Under a Local-Stochastic Volatility Model (Geoffrey Lee, Zili Zhu and Yu Tian)Multi-period Dynamic Portfolio Optimization through Least Squares Learning (C Bao, Z Zhu, N Langrené and G Lee)On General Solution of Incompressible and Isotropic Newtonian Fluid Equations (A A Maknickas)On the Inversion of Vandermonde Matrix via Partial Fraction Decomposition (Yiu Kwong Man)Fractal Fourier Coefficients with Application to Identification Protocols (Nadia M G Al-Saidi, Arkan J Mohammed, Elisha A Ogada and Adil M Ahmed)Scheduling Algorithm with Inserted Idle Time for Problem P∣prec∣Cmax (N S Grigoreva)Iterative Scheme for a Common Solutions of Equilibrium Problems, Variational Inequality Problems and Fixed Point Problems (Wichan Khongtham)Three-steps Iterative Method for Common Fixed Points, Variational Inclusions, and Equilibrium Problems (Yaowaluck Khongtham)Euler's Constant: A Proof of its Irrationality and Transcendence by means of Minus One Factorial (Okoh Ufuoma)Solution of Problem on Heat and Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction over an Exponentially Accelerated Infinite Vertical Plate (A Ahmed, M N Sarki and M Ahmad)Improving Human Resource Security of a Data Centre: Case Study of a Hong Kong Wines and Spirits Distribution Company (Hon Keung Yau and Alison Lai Fong Cheng)Model to Measure University's Readiness for Establishing Spin-offs: Comparison Study (Wahyudi Sutopo, Rina Wiji Astuti, Yuniaristanto, Agus Purwanto and Muhammad Nizam)Preliminary Study of Solar Electricity using Comparative Analysis (Wahyudi Sutopo, Dwi Indah Maryanie, Agus Purwanto and Muhammad Nizam)Tactile Memory for Different Shapes: Implications for Shape Coding in Man-machine Interfaces (Annie W Y Ng and Alan H S Chan)Ergonomics Recommendations for Control Station Work with Head Rotation (Steven N H Tsang, Stefanie X Q Kang and Alan H S Chan)A Methodological Approach to Affective Design (Youngil Cho and Sukyoung Kim)Data Analysis by Diminishing Rates of Change and ℓ1 Approximation (I C Demetriou and S S Papakonstantinou)Comparing Naïve-Bayes Network Structures over Multiple Dataset (Haruna Chiroma, Abdulsalam Ya'u Gital, Adamu I Abubakar, Sanah Abdullahi Muaz, Jaafar Z Maitama and Tutut Herawan)Route Recommendation Method Based on Driver's Estimated Intention Considering Route Selection with Car Navigation (Keisuke Hamada, Shinsuke Nakajima, Daisuke Kitayama and Kazutoshi Sumiya)Adaption of the Inertia Weight using a Novel Sine-based Chaotic Map for Particle Swarm Optimization (Yu-Huei Cheng)Fast Characterization of Intravascular Tissue by Subspace Method using Target Tissue's Neighborhood Information (Shota Furukawa, Eiji Uchino, Shinichi Miwa and Noriaki Suetake)Swarm Intelligent Control Object's Movement Simulation in Net-centric Environment using Neural Networks (Viacheslav Abrosimov)The Concept of Project Time Management with the Fuzzy Buffers Approach (Błaszczyk Paweł and Błaszczyk Tomasz)Data Driven Methods for Adaptation of ASR Systems (Akella Amarendra Babu, Yellasiri Ramadevi and Akepogu Ananda Rao)Semantic Web Improved by Including Class Information with the TFIDF Algorithm (Jyoti Gautam and Ela Kumar)Urban Drainage in the Metropolitan Region of Belém, Brazil: An Urbanistic Study (Juliano Pamplona Ximenes Ponte and Ana Júlia Domingues Das Neves Brandão)Finger Based Techniques for Nonvisual Touchscreen Text Entry (Mohammed Fakrudeen, Sufian Yousef, Mahdi H Miraz and Abdelrahman Hamza Hussein)LTE Downlink and Uplink Physical Layer (Temitope O Takpor and Francis E Idachaba)New Dielectric Modulated Graphene (DMG) FET-Based Sensor for High-performance Biomolecule Sensing Applications (Faycal Djeffal, Abdelhamid Benhaya, Khalil Tamersit and Mohamed Meguellati)Modelling and Optimization of Avalanche Photodiode Electrical Parameters using Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm (Toufik Bendib, Lucio Pancheri, Faycal Djeffal and Gian-Franco Dalla Betta)Experimental Study of Impact of Ship Electric Power Plant Configuration and Load Variation on Power Quality in the Ship Power Systems (Tomasz Tarasiuk, Andrzej Pilat, Mariusz Szweda, Mariusz Gorniak and Zenon Troka)Studying of Electroencephalographic Signal Changes Induced by Odor Exposure (Rita Jorge Cerqueira Pinto, Isabel Patrícia Pinheiro Peixoto Xavier, Maria Do Rosário Alves Calado and Sílvio José Pinto Simões Mariano)DC Motor Speed Control using FGPA (Ahmed Telba)Pellistor Gas Sensor Performance: Interface Circuitry Analysis (Hauwa Talatu Abdulkarim)Extended Research on Prefilter Bandwidth Effects in Asynchronous Sequential Symbol Synchronizers based on Pulse Comparison by both Transitions at Half Bit Rate (Antonio D Reis, Jose F Rocha, Atilio S Gameiro and Jose P Carvalho)Models of Organizational Change for Modernizing Pollution Warning Services (Anca Daniela Ionita and Mariana Mocanu) Readership: Professionals, academics and graduate students in electrical & electronic engineering, computer engineering, industrial engineering and mathematics. Key Features:This volume contains revised and extended research articles written by prominent researchers participating in the conferencesThe book offers the state of art of tremendous advances in engineering sciencesThe book can also serve as an excellent reference work for researchers and graduate students working with/on engineering sciencesKeywords:Engineering Mathematics;Computer Science;Electrical Engineering;Manufacturing Engineering;Industrial Engineering;Industrial Applications