Fuel cells are typically made from three materials that have to withstand heat ranging from room temperature to 800° Celsius. But because the materials expand at different rates when heated,…
+ BY BERYL LIEFF BENDERLY E. coli and other food-borne illnesses kill thousands annually. Now, researchers in the emerging field of food-safety engineering are trying to protect what we eat,…
+ BY THOMAS K. GROSE + PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK OVASKA/REDUX Engineers stoke the natural-gas boom – and investigate its risks. Beneath the headline “Good News About Gas,” Massachusetts Institute of…
+ BY MARY LORD + ILLUSTRATION BY MARK MCGINNIS Revamped curricula show freshmen what it means to be an engineer. Stephen Belkoff couldn’t get his first-year students to grasp the importance…
+ BY THOMAS K. GROSE What wows the Facebook generation? It’s not exactly thermodynamics, but clearly some engineering faculty know how to transfer their energy and wisdom into cool classes that…
Down-to-earth illustrations – like an exploding sausage – are among techniques shown to stimulate learning and student retention. Casting about for everyday examples to drive home a thermodynamics principle,…
NSF’s director wants to tear down barriers to research collaboration. To understand Subra Suresh’s vision for the National Science Foundation, it helps to know the intent behind a sleek new…
From Texas techie to Defense Department dignitary, the life and times of an engineering powerhouse. By Joannie M. Schrof Anita Jones is one of those people you just have to…
Overseas and at home, innovations abound in science, technology, engineering and math instruction. An expanded cover story explores ideas and approaches in Finland; South Africa, Japan, Israel; France; Brazil, China,…
UNDER ATTACK Software engineers range widely across disciplines to unmask and defeat cyberfoes. But can they win? + BY DAVID ZAX LEARNING FROM DISASTER The Gulf oil spill holds powerful…
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