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Selected books and papers by Paul Niquette |
TRANSPORTATION
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Chapters in the Sky: Adventures in personal aviation Descriptive Glossary: The language of flying and fliers Squawk 1200: A history of the next midair collision Collision Evasion System: Challenging wishful thinking about collision avoidance systems Position and Hold: Time is not of the essence. The Clock Won't Wait: One and only position report. Here Comes the Sun: Only one star in the daytime. Landfall Navigating: Remove an ambiguous decision. Live Reckoning: If not by stars then by radio. Point of No Return: Deciding when there is no decision. Simplexity Aloft: A dozen critical issues. Gathering Range: Direction finding has its limits. Shoot the Moon: A celestial body that was not seen. Wages of Flight: Expenditures for staying aloft not speed. Which Way, Amelia? Solution to the biggest aviation mystery in history. Wind Circle: An asymmetrical reciprocity. Green Flight: Minimizing carbon footprint for getting there World's Fastest Airliner: There were two and they were rivals. Cleared to Land: Fuel exhaustion by the clock Pilot's Nightmare: Turning back -- or not turning back Sloping in the Dark: Realities of the "Black Hole Approach" Circling: Ground and Sky: Airplanes and bicycles have something in common. What the Wild Goose Knows: Aerodynamics is for the birds Santa Monica Omni: A life changing experience aloft. |
| Trains
Smart Sensor Networks in Railway Vehicles: Paper for IEEE/NIST Smart Sensor Conference, 1994 Transaction-Based Monitoring Systems: Third Generation in diagnostic hardware and software Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brakes: Breakthrough in the technology of the world's railroads Current Hogging as a Factor in Loss-of-Shunt: A study of the most subtle problem in automatic train control Confusion-Free Codes: Not to be confused with "Comma-Free Codes." Unique Photograph of a BART Train: Two cars in earliest operations. Streetcar Mystery: Headway vs leeway Headway vs Leeway: Convenience trumps annoyance -- for now. Train Speed: Keeping time in the numerator Trail Braking: Safe following distance Station Stop: Dispelling a myth about headway Trip Time: Figuring out how fast trains really travel. Express vs Local: Who really benefits from express service? World's Fastest Train: For sure, but how fast really? Fast Track: Superelevation and Tilt Technology. Pantograph Design: Improving those contraptions on the roof. Single Tracking: Practical approach to a common commuting complant. Metrum Asinorum: Making trains fit the tracks Managing Headways in Single-Track Emergencies: Optimizing trip-time and headway. |
| Automobiles Engineered Automobile Crashes: First published paper on automobile crash injury research, 1954 Historic Car Crash: Figuring out the time of maximum crush-in volume. To Brake or Not to Brake: Coasting toward better mileage Carbon Footprint: Electric cars can be culprits depending on the local source of power. The Bourke Engine: Specific horsepower is the whole game World's Fastest Dragster: Acceleration trumps speed at the quarter-mile point. Five Axles: Mystery of differences in highway damage on two continents Unsprung Secrets: Discovered explanation for pavement damage by trucks Density Lock: A counter-intuitive proposal for preventing traffic jams. |
| Space
Technology Aurora Borealis An amazing photograph no matter how you look at it. Astrogating Asteroids Discovery for avoiding a collision course with Planet Earth Barycenterfold Object lesson provides perspective on solar system dimensions. Corner-Cube Good enough may not always be better than best. Ellipse Illusion Ellipse in a cylinder is intuitive, but in a cone, not so much. Martian Microbe Exciting discrepancy in genetic codes. Measuring the Moon A penny for your perspective. Mystery Orbit Space invention in search of a necessity. Orbital Deflection Invention for the deflection of a threatening asteroid Prepositions in Space Which way is 'up' and how long until 'next'? Rock from the Sky Strategem for avoiding collision with a Near Earth Object (NEO) To Billow or Not to Billow Cloudy evidence for Dark Matter in space. Trampoline Deorbiting System Satellite with sacrificial derelict capturing mechanism. Trappist Orbits Seven exo-planets in harmonious stability. What Goes Around Figuring out arrival times at an orbital intersection. |
SOFTWARE
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| 101 Words I
Don't Use: Natural Selection applied to
language The A-Word: Volition's personal hiding place Be-Free English: Volition's linguistic hiding place Eleemosynary: How to select a candidate Elegancelessness: A festival of self-references Factoid: Respect for facts, large and small Figures of Speech: Somebody has too much spare time Ground Rules: English is a game of inches The H-Word: A scaffold for misunderstanding Ignominy: English is a game without rules Leverage: A technical word sullied by greed. The N-Word: A linguistic event, as sudden as curious Paradigm Shift: Valuable coinage squandered on pretentions Pluplural: Wisdom discovered in primitive thoughts. Run vs Set: Meanings lost in too many meanings Syllables of Recorded Time: Every word has too lengths Techie Talk: Technology's expressions in the language of society. Tridecabillion: Naming numbers of any length The Velar Stops Here: A billion-dollar idea that nobody wants French Nouns: Monograph on statistical properties of gender selection |
COMMENTARIES
Discovering Assumptions: Powerful tool for innovation Deniability: A most iniquitous -- wicked -- public policy Dyskeptia: When reality is not good enough Effect and Cause: Wind does not blow where it listeth. The Grumble Factor: Waiting for elevators and trains Humbug: The most iniquitous movie ever made The Moon Illusion: Natural Selection at work Twelve Happens: Parenting by the numbers The Stress Interview: Don't try this as home. Constitution for Iraq: America's most valuable gift to the Middle East Why do old men snore? Four answers to the why question 101 Doozies I've Met Extraordinary Persons Filtered by Memorabiliy
THE FUTURE
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| PAUL NIQUETTE
Technical Consultant to Management 5 Rue du Poudouvre
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