LED lighting advanced materials air pollution in national parks (Yosemite, Zion) allocation of radio frequencies automated highways automobile exhaust technology automobile safety / crashworthiness of automobiles biomass (including South America) clean turbo diesel engines colonization of mars concrete houses detonation of explosives dioxin disposal of radioactive waste earth-sheltered homes effects of nuclear war el nino / la nina electricity or gas deregulation flywheels forecasting earthquake forecasting tornados forecasting volcanos / Mt St. Helens geothermal home heating & cooling high speed trains Chernobyl now maglev trains magnetic fusion power nuclear terrorism ocean pollution ocean thermal energy conversion oil spills overfishing / seafood depletion overgrazing rainforests & deforestation rare earth metals: resources & consumption reprocessing of radioactive wastes satellite communication satellite reconaissance for ecology measurements spread of HIV in Africa terraforming topsoil urban planning / "smart growth" using ice cores to measure historical climate