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NEW FOUNDATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
by Ming Xie (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Hui Chen (Tongji University, China) & Zhencheng Hu (Kumamoto University, Japan)
Key Features
• The book exposes readers to the fundamentals of perception, decision and action • The book contains original publications of the authors • It is an original book by experts in the field • It is a book accessible to students, and of interest to young researchers and experts
Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in computer science, control engineering, automotive engineering, mechanical engineering, and electronic engineering; researchers and practitioners in automotive and automation industries.
404pp 978-981-4271-63-9 Feb 2021 US$88 £73
CAD/CAM WITH CREO PARAMETRIC
Step-by-Step Tutorial for Versions 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0
by Krassimir Dotchev (University of Portsmouth, UK) & Ivan Popov (University of Portsmouth, UK)
Key Features
• The book provides essential knowledge in 3D CAD/CAM modelling with Creo Parametric (Creo) in a single concise textbook covering all main modules • It is suitable for beginners and intermediate users. The other books on Creo resemble reference manuals, cover only some applications, and provide exhaustive list of commands and descriptions that are more suitable for intermediate or advanced users
Readership: Valuable to undergraduates, graduates, researchers and practitioners in the fields of Mechanical, Manufacturing, Aerospace, and Automotive Engineering — as well as general Engineering departments — who requires guidance on using Creo Parametric in CAD/CAM subject areas. Other readers include those studying degree apprenticeships in mechanical engineering, students at technical colleges and general online users looking to improve their skills in CAD/CAM.
340pp Feb 2021 978-1-78634-945-3(pbk) US$48 £40 978-1-78634-933-0 US$98 £85
World Scientific Series on the Built Environment - Vol 2
A Systems Thinking Approach
(2nd Edition)
by Yang Miang Goh (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Key Features
• This is the first WSH management textbook in Singapore • It is believed that this is the first textbook linking WSH management to the concept of systems thinking • The examples and case studies provide a practical view of how WSH management can be implemented • Detailed discussion of different local WSH legislations • Online learning quizzes tied to each chapter
Readership: Professionals and students (undergraduate and above) concerned with or studying workplace safety and the management of worker and overall workplace health.
348pp Dec 2020 978-981-122-625-0(pbk) US$68 £60 978-981-122-497-3 US$108 £95
DYNAMICALLY ENABLED CYBER DEFENSE
by Lin Yang (Sun Yat-sen University, China) & Quan Yu (Peng Cheng Laboratory, China)
Key Features
• Deeply analyzes problems caused by system homogenization, and summarizes the basic status quo of dynamic defense technology • Elaborates current mainstream dynamic defense technologies from four aspects: its internal hardware platform, software service, information data and external network communication, it also ascertains their possible evolution routes, clarifies their relationship with existing security products, and makes macro analysis and discussions on security gain and overall system efficiency of these technologies
Readership: Graduate students in electronic information related majors who are interested in dynamically-enabled cyber defense, scientists and engineers who are specialised in network security research.
320pp 978-981-123-433-0 Jul 2021 US$118 £105
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DATACENTER PROTOCOLS FOR CLOUD COMPUTING
by Alex X Liu (Ant Financial, USA) & Ali Munir (Cornell University, USA)
This unique compendium focuses on the design and implementation of emerging transport protocols and task scheduling mechanisms to mitigate congestion in datacentre networks. Datacenters have become a critical infrastructure for hosting user-facing online services such as web search and social networking.
For datacenter transport, this volume highlights the design and implementation details of the state-of-art transport protocols that not only achieves optimal performance in terms of minimizing flow completion times but are also deployment friendly.
Readership: Professionals, researchers, academics, and graduate students in computer engineering, neural networks, and computer maths and science.
by Berardino D’Acunto (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
Key Features
• Most commands are presented in action, within programs aimed at solving specific problems • Generally, a problem is discussed globally: deriving the mathematical model from the physical phenomena and solving the equations with Matlab
Readership: Students of university courses on Computational Methods and Applied Mathematics for Engineering students, and Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry students. Also ideal for industry technicians and professionals interested in learning how to use Matlab.
312pp 978-981-124-066-9 Dec 2021 US$78 £70
World Scientific Series in R&D Management - Vol 7
A PERSPECTIVE ON HOLISTIC ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
Learning, Adapting and Creating Value
by Robert J Aslett (3e8 Consulting, USA), John MAcken (Portland State University, USA) & Siva K Yerramilli (Synopsys Inc., USA)
The content for this book is based on over 105 years of combined experience working in a rapidly changing industry. In most chapters, practical examples and case studies of the concepts provided are given.
Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the field of engineering and technology management, and engineers and managers who want to improve their engineering organization.
516pp 978-981-122-832-2 Mar 2021 US$138 £120
by Kiat Seng Yeo, Zhiren Yang & Andy Chan This new index is designed through a novel and fresh methodology from the existing ones (i.e. QS, THE, ARWU) to evaluate the three key components — research multidisciplinarity, research impact, and research collaborative-ness. Together, these form a new and differentiated composite index under this research assessment framework for universities. Data is derived objectively based on OECD’s schema in Web of Science’s InCites through a 10-year period from 2009 to 2018.
Readership: Universities seeking to improve themselves in different areas of research, and their stakeholders. Prospective students who want to pursue further studies or research in applied research who wish to know the strengths and quality of faculty and research in the university of their choice, as well as the university’s current research foci and direction. Companies looking for collaboration with universities to address real-world issues and strengthening university-industry partnership.
88pp Nov 2020 978-981-122-952-7(pbk) US$38 £35
BIG DATA TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
by Guanghui Zhao (The Guizhou Transportation and Economy Technology Institute, China) & Gusheng Zhu (Qujing Normal University, China)
This book is designed as a popular science book on Big Data Analytics in Intelligent Transportation Systems. It aims to provide an introduction to big-data transportation. Starting from an overview on the development of big data Transportation in various countries, followed by the Strategy Blueprint of Big-data Transportation, which include innovative models; planning, transportation logistics , and application case studies. Finally, the book discusses applications of big-data transportation platform.
Readership: The book’s target readers are managers working in transportation company, and officials in transportation departments, researchers in the field of transportation technology and application, and teachers and students interested in transportation.
320pp 978-981-123-599-3 Sep 2021 US$98 £85
by Frank A Felder (Rutgers University, USA)
This book presents an integrative and in-depth approach to understanding electricity markets. It combines engineering, economics, and regulatory and public policy, with business analysis. The first part of the book presents the key concepts in these fields relevant to the study of electricity markets. Starting with power engineering basics, the book proceeds to explain how these engineering fundamentals, combined with economic and regulatory theory, are used to design and operate successful electricity markets. With this foundation, business analyses of all sectors of the electric power industry — generation, transmission, distribution, retail supply, energy efficiency, and demand response — are conducted. The second part of the book contains several chapters on advanced electricity market topics that use the integrative approach developed in the first section. These advanced topics include the history of restructured electricity markets, regulating electricity derivatives, and how to run an energy services company.
Key Features
• Presents an integrative approach across several disciplines, helping readers to have a much deeper understanding of electricity markets than with a singular approach • Addresses the important issues, problems and challenges facing the industry • Blends rigorous analysis with unique insights, anecdotes and case studies
Readership: Graduate students; researchers in engineering, law and public policy; professionals at Independent Systems Operators, public utility commissions, and public policy; engineers, lawyers and economists.
200pp 978-981-283-829-2 Jun 2022 US$85 £71
The Genius and Legacy of Solomon Golomb
edited by Beatrice AGolomb (University of California San Diego, USA), Guang G Gong (University of Waterloo, Canada) & Alfred W Hales (IDA Center for Communications Research, la Jolla, USA)
Solomon Wolf Golomb left an unparalleled legacy of accomplishment and recognition for his work in the applications of mathematics to coding and communication theory. His legacy also includes a host of individuals whose lives and careers were immeasurably enriched by their interactions with him. The co-editors have attempted to collect many articles/essays in this volume, of a not-too-technical sort, by a representative collection of such individuals. Among their motivations is the wish to convince the reader of the incredibly prescient choice of his given name.
Readership: General.
400pp 978-981-123-436-1 Mar 2022 US$78 £70
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL TRANSLATION
Publishing, Style and Terminology
by James Brian Alexander Mitchell (MERL-Consulting SAS, France) & Anca Florescu-Mitchell (MERL-Consulting SAS, France)
Key Features
• Covers a wide repertoire of topics from the pure sciences (physics, chemistry, etc.) to engineering (aviation, transport, nuclear, environment, etc.), as well as patent translation • Filled with anecdotes and advice on where to get specific guidance and how to find the best resources
Readership: The book will be highly useful to scientists who are nonnative speakers of English and who need to publish in English journals and apply for patents. Topics covered will appeal mostly to engineers, industrial scientists and researchers in the pure sciences. The book would also interest independent technical translators and students of translation.
200pp Apr 2022 978-981-124-314-1(pbk) US$28 £25 978-981-124-155-0 US$58 £50
SUSTAINABILITY FOR BEGINNERS
Introduction and Business Prospects
by Ramadoss Tamil Selvan (National University of Singapore, Singapore) & Seeram Ramakrishna (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Key Features
• Explores current sustainability business models & prospects suitable for business school students and emerging entrepreneurs • Multiple-choice questions provided at the end of every chapter, with answers at the end of the book
Readership: The book primarily targets undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in Business schools and related majors such as Economics, Environmental Science, Material Science, and Engineering. Emerging entrepreneurs, higher academics, industry professionals working in investment and financial sectors, as well as start-ups will also be interested. Domain-Specific Bodies of Knowledge in Project Management
BUILDING A BODY OF KNOWLEDGE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
edited by George Ofori (London South Bank University, UK)
This book aims to present a state-of-the-art account of the field of project management (PM) and present a body of knowledge (BoK)of the field for developing countries. It will discuss the current state of knowledge on project management by considering current trends and how they widen the content and scope of the field and explore the need for a special body of knowledge of project management for developing countries. It will also determine the nature of project management in developing countries, consider the contents of the field, and discuss the relationships between the new field and established bodies of knowledge. Lastly, this book will consider the future of project management in developing countries and how it might influence mainstream project management.
Key Features
• The book brings together chapters authored by eminent researchers and practitioners on Project Management in Construction. The authors are also highly knowledgeable in aspects of construction in developing countries • The book fills a vacuum. Both researchers and practitioners in the developing countries have had to use concepts and frameworks of project management which have been formulated for different contexts
Readership: Students and practitioners of general project management, undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of architecture, construction and engineering, practising architects, civil and building engineers, construction managers, quantity surveyors, and students, researchers and practitioners from both developing and industrialised countries.
500pp 978-981-122-471-3 Mar 2022 US$178 £155
INNOVATION ANALYTICS
Tools for Competitive Advantage
edited by Nachiappan Subramanian (University of Sussex, UK), S G Ponnambalam (Vellore Institute of Technology, India) & Mukund Janardhanan (University of Leicester, UK)
Innovation analytics is an emerging paradigm that integrates information/ knowledge, analytics, digital twins and artificial intelligence to support and manage the entire lifecycle of a product and process from inception, through engineering design and manufacture, to service and disposal of manufactured products. Innovation analytics is to become an integral part of the innovation lifecycle to help make smart, agile decisions and accelerate business growth.
Key Features
• This book focuses on the novel aspects of innovation analytics by blending the capabilities of designers and data specialist from interdisciplinary perspectives, driving synchronicity in skills and operations wide innovation • The above topics have not been covered in any previously published books
Readership: This is an interdisciplinary textbook useful for undergraduates and postgraduates at studying analytics courses at college or university. Courses may include: new product development, business analytics, supply chain management, project management, innovation management, engineering management and technology management. Also of interest to courses accredited by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Management or the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.
200pp 978-1-80061-000-2 Jul 2022 US$88 £75
DECIPHERING CHINA’S MICROCHIP INDUSTRY
by Fang Chen & Ruifeng Dong The ban on sales of ZTE, imposed by the US, made China feel the weight of a small chip. The ban is termed as a trade war. What is the truth behind this trade friction? Why did the Chinese microchip industry encounter such a predicament? What is the future of the microchip industry in China? This book tried to answer these questions, uncovers the secrets of China’s microchip industry, and traces its development.
Readership: General public interested in China’s microchip industry.
224pp Jan 2021 978-981-121-841-5(pbk) US$28 £25 978-981-121-721-0 US$58 £50
World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science Series A - Vol 98
THE CHUA LECTURES: FROM MEMRISTORS AND CELLULAR NONLINEAR NETWORKS TO THE EDGE OF CHAOS
(In 4 Volumes)
Volume I. Memristors: New Circuit Element with Memory Volume II. Memristors and CNN: The Right Stuff for AI and Brain-Like Computers Volume III. Chaos: Chua’s Circuit and Complex Nonlinear Phenomena Volume IV. Local Activity Principle: Chua’s Riddle, Turing Machine, and Universal Computing Rule 137
by Leon O Chua (University of California at Berkeley, USA)
This 4-volume compendium contains the verbatim hard copies of all color slides from the Chua Lecture Series presented at HP in Palo Alto, during the period from September 22 to November 24, 2015. Each lecture consists of 90 minutes, divided into a formal lecture, a discussion session, and an Encore of special trivia that the audience found mesmerizing.
Exclusive Access to the accompanying Video and Audio materials comes with the purchase of this book.
Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in memristors and circuits.
1008pp Oct 2020 978-981-121-537-7(Set) US$548 £480 Vol. 1 216pp 978-981-121-538-4 Aug 2020 US$158 £140
Vol. 2 248pp 978-981-121-540-7 Aug 2020 US$158 £140
Vol. 3 244pp 978-981-121-542-1 Aug 2020 US$158 £140
Vol. 4 300pp 978-981-121-544-5 Aug 2020 US$188 £165
Simple Chaotic Oscillators
by Julien Clinton Sprott (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) & Wesley Joo-Chen Thio (University of Michigan, USA)
Key Features
• There are a number of other books that deal with chaotic circuits, but most of those circuits are relatively complicated and often do not include detailed theoretical analysis and comparison with experimental results • This colourful, heavily-illustrated book focuses on especially simple examples of circuits that exhibit chaos with component values that are optimized for simplicity
Readership: This book should appeal to researchers and hobbyists and could be included as recommended reading for any undergraduate or graduate course in electronic circuit theory and applications.
340pp 978-981-123-999-1 Jul 2022 US$128 £115
500 YEARS AFTER LEONARDO DA VINCI MACHINES
Towards Innovation and Control
by Maide Bucolo (University of Catania, Italy), Arturo Buscarino (University of Catania, Italy & CNR-IASI, Italy), Carlo Famoso (University of Catania, Italy), Luigi Fortuna (University of Catania, Italy & CNR-IASI, Italy) & Salvina Gagliano (University of Catania, Italy)
Key Features
• First to present the innovation of Leonardo da Vinci’s machines based on control techniques and technology • Timely after 500 years of Leonardo passing • Stimulates the control of old machines with innovative devices
Readership: Students and researchers interested in complex systems and the history of science.
108pp Feb 2020 978-981-121-245-1(pbk) US$28 £25 978-981-121-183-6 US$48 £40
LECTURE NOTES ON MECHANICS
Intermediate Level
by Lock Yue Chew & Elbert Chia (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) With an emphasis on perspectives that are more fundamental and techniques more advanced than those given in most introductory mechanics textbooks, the book illuminates on notions where vectors are coordinate free, presents the importance of reference frames (inertial and non-inertial) to mechanics problems, the role of Galilean Relativity on invariance and covariance of physical quantities, a framework to perform calculations — free from the constraint of a fixed axis — in rotational dynamics, and others.
Key Features
• This book puts forth perspectives, concepts and methods that are usually skimmed through in freshman courses due to their advanced nature and insufficient time • While advanced in nature, the materials covered do not approach the difficulty of a sophomore’s course in mechanics based on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics • This book serves to bridge the gap between these two levels Readership: Junior undergraduate students in Physics and Engineering. Lecturers of Physics and Engineering courses, looking for ideal materials to ease students’ learning.
ELECTRICAL AND GEOMETRICAL PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC MONOLAYERS
by Mitsumasa Iwamoto (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan), Tetsuya Yamamoto (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) & Zhong-Can Ou-Yang (Chinese Academy of Science, China)
Key Features
• This book addresses the physical mechanisms that stabilize various shapes of domains in monolayers by using dielectric physics, electrostatics, and the physics of liquid crystals
Readership: This book would be useful for physicists, chemists and electronic engineers of the field to understand their experimental results and to develop new theories.
250pp 978-981-4602-97-6 Feb 2022 US$106 £88
MAXWELL DISPLACEMENT CURRENT AND OPTICAL SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATION IN ORGANIC MATERIALS
Analysis and Application for Organic Electronics
by Mitsumasa Iwamoto (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) & Dai Taguchi (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Key Features
• There are many books that describe carrier conduction mechanism of solids, including metals, insulators, conductors, semiconductors and so forth, on the basis of established physics of carrier conduction mechanism of metals, conductors, and semiconductors • There are many books that describe dielectric polarization of Solids, on the basis of dielectrics physics • However, we cannot find any books that describe carrier transport on the basis of dielectric physics approach
Readership: For professional engineers and scientists, in particular, in the field of electrical & electronics devices and material science. The level is suitable for graduate course students and experts in the field of condensed matter physics, materials science, electrical & electronic engineering. This book will be also useful for students who are studying academic courses such as Advanced Electronic Materials, Organic electronic devices, Condensed matters, etc. It may also interest professionals in biology, nonlinear optics, computer simulations, organic materials electronics.
250pp 978-981-123-694-5 Jul 2021 US$88 £75
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY BEGINS WITH H
both properly understood, and misunderstood: Superconductivity basics rethought
by Jorge E Hirsch (University of California San Diego, USA)
Key Features
• There is no other book that explains superconductivity the way this book does. • Other existing books on superconductivity require advanced scientific training and yet do not correctly explain their basic physics. Or, they give a superficial qualitative overview of superconductors without explaining how they work. This book provides a unified understanding of all superconducting materials, unlike all other books on superconductivity that make a sharp distinction between ‘conventional’ and ‘unconventional’ superconductors
Readership: Undergraduates, graduates, research professionals and the general public interested in superconductivity. Series on the Foundations of Natural Science and Technology - Vol 14
ELASTIC CONSTANTS IN HEAVILY DOPED LOW DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS
by Kamakhya Prasad Ghatak (Institute of Engineering and Management, India & University of Engineering and Management, India) & Madhuchhanda Mitra (University of Calcutta, India)
The elastic constant (EC) is a very important mechanical property of the these materials and its significance is already well known in literature. This first monograph solely deals with the quantum effects in EC of heavily doped (HD) low dimensional materials. The materials considered are HD quantum confined nonlinear optical, III-V, IIVI, IV-VI, GaP, Ge, PtSb2, stressed materials, GaSb, Te, II-V, Bi2Te3, lead germanium telluride, zinc and cadmium diphosphides, and quantum confined III-V, II-VI, IV-VI, and HgTe/CdTe superlattices with graded interfaces and effective mass super-lattices. The presence of intense light waves in optoelectronics and strong electric field in nano-devices changes the band structure of semiconductors in fundamental ways, which have also been incorporated in the study of EC in HD low dimensional optoelectronic compounds that control the studies of the HD quantum effect devices under strong fields. The importance of measurement of band gap in optoelectronic materials under intense external fields has also been discussed in this context. The influences of magnetic quantization, crossed electric and quantizing fields, electric field and light waves on the EC in HD semiconductors and super-lattices are discussed.
The content of this book finds twenty-five different applications in the arena of nano-science and nano-technology. We The authors have discussed the experimental methods of determining the Einstein Relation, screening length and EC in this context. This book contains circa 200 open research problems which form the integral part of the text and are useful for both PhD aspirants and researchers in the fields of condensed matter physics, materials science, solid state sciences, nano-science and technology and allied fields in addition to the graduate courses in semiconductor nanostructures.
Key Features
• Represents a useful reference source for researchers and designers of thermal nano-devices • Contains applications to optoelectronic devices • Discusses the influence of strong external electric field on nano-devices • Presents the theoretical simulation of nano-electronic device materials in the quantized wave vector space • Various expressions and a few chapters of this first monograph have been appearing for the first time in printed form
Readership: This book is written for graduate and post graduate students, researchers, engineers and professionals in the fields of mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, semiconductors and related areas, nano-electronics, condensed matter physics, solid state sciences, materials science, nanoscience and technology and nano-structured materials in general.
1036pp 978-981-122-946-6 Apr 2021 US$228 £200
AN ANALYTIC THEORY OF MULTI-STREAM ELECTRON BEAMS IN TRAVELING WAVE TUBES
by Alexander Figotin (University of California, Irvine, USA)
Key Features
• Unique mathematical physics prospective on the theory of TWTs. All analytical developments are illustrated extensively by plots and graphs • Deep analytical insight into the physics of electron beams including origins of plasma instabilities and the “wave-particle interaction” • The theory provides tools for analytical assessment of regimes of
TWT operation as well for conceiving new amplification regimes
Readership: Graduate students and researchers in plasma physics, electrical engineering and mathematical physicist interested in vacuum electronics. As well as those interested in scope of subjects related to physics of electron beams.
500pp 978-981-120-919-2 Nov 2020 US$158 £140
LINEAR AND NONLINEAR WAVE PROPAGATION
by Spencer Kuo (New York University, USA)
Key Features
• There are many journal articles, monographs, and advanced reference books in this subject area, but a textbook to introduce this topic area systematically is not available • This book is presented from the physics and engineering point of view, rather than from the mathematics point of view, it makes this book easy for the physics and engineering students to accept it • It prepares students with an understanding of wave phenomena and knowledge of solving wave propagation problems, which enable them to expand their studies into related areas
Readership: Students and professionals in linear waves and nonlinear waves courses.
208pp 978-981-123-163-6 Apr 2021 US$88 £75
WORLD OF CHIPS
Roaming Integrated Circuit World
by Shichang Zou (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
The book is Zou Shichang’s introduction of chips and integrated circuits to elementary students. It includes many talks, where Dr. Zou introduces to children common knowledge of chips and integrated circuits and the present situation of China’s chip industry. With the great scientist’s introduction of cutting-edge science and industry, this book is a rare-tofind popular science book for elementary students.
Key Features
• Written by one of the Academicians of CAS • Introducing the current development situation of the IC field of China • Questions in the book are raised by primary school students, which will be understandable to readers of 6-11 years old
Readership: Students of all levels with interest in physics and applied/ technical physics.
An Introduction
by Roberto De Luca (Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy)
The study of the magnetic response of Josephson junction networks can be useful in outlining the behaviour of existing superconducting electronic devices, in conceiving new types of magnetic sensors, and in describing the lowfield magnetic properties of granular superconductors. In the present work a wide introduction to Josephson junction networks is provided. The Josephson equations are introduced by means of Ohta’s semi-classical model and a simple description of the magnetic response of multiply connected superconductors is given. The analysis of the magnetic response of Josephson junction networks is gradually built up from simple interferometers to three-dimensional lattices of superconducting devices. The analytic description of these systems may be applied when fabricating ultrasensitive vectorial magnetic field sensors and interpreting the low-field magnetic properties of superconducting granular systems.
Key Features
• The book is a study guide unique in its character; it starts from very simple superconducting systems and extends its reach to threedimensional networks of Josephson junctions • The material can be a starting point for future research in the field of superconducting devices and superconducting granular systems
Readership: Graduate students in Condensed Matter Physics and related areas of Physics.
432pp 978-981-120-925-3 Aug 2020 US$118 £105
BETWEEN MAKING AND KNOWING
Tools in the History of Materials Research
edited by Joseph DMartin (Durham University, UK) & Cyrus C M Mody (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
This book offers a comprehensive sketch of the tools used in material research and the rich and diverse stories of how those tools came to be. We aim to give readers a sense of what tools materials researchers required in the late 20th century, and how those tools were developed and became accessible. The book is in a sense a collective biography of the components of what the philosopher of science, Ian Hacking, calls the “instrumentarium” of materials research. Readers should gain an appreciation of the work materials researchers put into developing and using such tools, and of the tremendous variety of such tools. They should also gain some insight into the material (and hence financial) prerequisites for materials research. Materials research requires funding for the availability and maintenance of its tools; and the category of tools encompasses a broad range of substances, apparatus, institutions, and infrastructure.
Key Features
• There are no competing volumes that cover such a wide range • Our list of authors includes a number of the most prominent midcareer and senior scholars working on this topic (e.g., Amy Slaton,
Robert Crease, Catherine Westfall, Christophe Lé cuyer) as well as many of the rising stars of the field whose names will be prominent in years to come (e.g., Victoria Lee, Julia Bursten, Joanna Behrman,
Robin Scheffler, Ben Wilson)
Readership: Researchers and graduate students in materials science and related fields.
Empowering STEM Education with Technology
by Javier García-Zubía (University of Deusto, Spain)
Key Features
• Real access to remote experiments and test the technology • Detailed description of remote laboratories and how to use them in the classroom • Complete view of the remote experimentation
Readership: Researchers, teachers or students in faculties of engineering, who wish to learn more about remote laboratories and how to conduct and design remote experiments.
268pp 978-1-78634-942-2 Mar 2021 US$88 £75
Between Theory and Practice
by David Blockley (University of Bristol, UK)
This book takes the reader on a learning journey of reflections on the gaps between theory and practice in professional life — not just in engineering but across all disciplines. The learning is summarized through 20 learning points or lessons, each one placed in context. Some of the important lessons are about learning from failure, joining-up theory and practice, understanding process, classifying uncertainty, managing risks, finding resilience, thinking systems to improve performance and nurturing practical wisdom.
Readership: Undergraduate engineering students and professionals who wish to understand the gap between theory and practice in engineering.
332pp 978-1-78634-762-6 Feb 2020 US$78 £50
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About IJACR: Aims & Scope
As the only international journal in the field of air-conditioning and refrigeration in Asia, IJACR reports researches on the equipments for controlling indoor environment and cooling/refrigeration. It includes broad range of applications and underlying theories including fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and nano/ bio-related technologies. In addition, it covers future energy technologies, such as fuel cell, wind turbine, solar cell/heat, geothermal energy and etc.
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GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL
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Haibin Duan (Beihang University, China) Yingxun Wang (Beihang University, China)
About GNC: Aims & Scope
Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) will report on advances in the understanding and utilization of guidance, navigation and control theories, technologies and systems. The journal serves as a platform for academic exchange by experts, scholars and researchers in these fields. The following subjects are of particular interest to the journal: • Modeling, analysis and design of dynamics, control and guidance systems • Stability, optimization, electronics, avionics, and information processing related to various vehicle systems (marine, ground, aeronautical, and astronautical systems) • Theoretical and empirical research in guidance, navigation and control technologies • Application of guidance, navigation and control technologies to real-world problems
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANOID ROBOTICS (IJHR)
Ming Xie (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Juyang (John) Weng (Michigan State University, USA) & Giulio Sandini (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy)
The International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (IJHR) covers all subjects on the mind and body of humanoid robots. It is dedicated to advancing new theories, new techniques, and new implementations contributing to the successful achievement of future robots which not only imitate human beings, but also serve human beings. While IJHR encourages the contribution of original papers which are solidly grounded on proven theories or experimental procedures, the journal also encourages the contribution of innovative papers which venture into the new, frontier areas in robotics.
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Managing Editor-in-Chief
Jie Chen (Tongji University, China)
Co-Editors-in-Chief
Ben M. Chen (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China) Lihua Xie (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
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Unmanned Systems (US) aims to cover all subjects related to the development of automatic machine systems, which include advanced technologies in unmanned hardware platforms (aerial, ground, underwater FREE articles and unconventional platforms), unmanned software systems, energy systems, modeling and control, online! communications systems, computer vision systems, sensing and information processing, navigation and path planning, computing, information fusion, multi-agent systems, mission management, machine intelligence, artificial intelligence, and innovative application case studies. Abstracting/Indexing: Academic OneFile | Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) | Baidu | CNKI | CnpLINKer | CrossRef | Ebsco Discovery Service | EBSCO Electronic Journal Service (EJS) | Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) | ExLibris Primo Central | Google Scholar | J-Gate | Naver | NSTL - National Science and Technology Libraries | OCLC WorldCat® | ProQuest Computer & Information Systems Abstracts | ProQuest Technology Collection (Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace) | ProQuest Technology Collection (Materials Science & Engineering Database) | Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) | Scopus | The Summon® Service.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ROBOTICS RESEARCH (JMRR)
https://www.worldscientific.com/jmrr
Editor-in-Chief: Jaydev P. Desai (Georgia Tech., USA)
Medical robotics has been progressively revolutionizing treatment for at least the past two decades. The Journal of Medical Robotics Research (JMRR) invites fundamental contributions to all areas of medical robotics including clinical evaluation studies. The journal is primarily aimed towards bringing the scientific and technological developments as well as clinical evaluation studies in the area of medical robotics to a wider robotics and clinical audience.
Areas of discussion include:
• Robot-assisted Surgery • Image-guided Interventions • Rehabilitation Robotics • Assistive Robotics • Surgical Check out the simulation • Image-guided Diagnosis and Therapy • Nano-scale and micro-scale Interventions • Telesurgery FREE articles • Haptics for Medical Robotics • Smart instrumented tools for surgery • Surgical Navigation • Surgical Workflow online! • Wearable Rehabilitation Systems Abstracting/Indexing: Baidu | CNKI Scholar | CnpLINKer | CrossRef | Ebsco Discovery Service | EBSCO Electronic Journal Service (EJS) | Embase | ExLibris Primo Central | Google Scholar | J-Gate | Naver | NSTL - National Science and Technology Libraries | OCLC WorldCat® | Proquest Computer & Information Systems Abstracts | ProQuest Computer & Information Systems Abstracts | ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Database | ProQuest Technology Collection (Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace) | Scopus | The Summon® Service .
