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A growing number of colleges charge students higher tuition for engineering. What does this mean for low-income students and the future of U.S. technology? Engineering students stand out from…
Category: Features - Part 6
Greener & Safer
BY MEGAN SCULLY ILLUSTRATION BY STUART BRIERS Researchers devise new technologies to protect troops, including a trash-to-energy refinery. But a solution to roadside bombs remains elusive. When garbage piles…
SUMMER 2008 – FEATURE: Not Now, Voyager
EADS ASTRIUM Resembling a corporate jet but powered by rocket engines, the space plane of this European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. subsidiary will hurtle passengers 60 miles into space…
LAST WORD: Bury the Cold War Curriculum
BY DAVID E. GOLDBERG U.S. educators should instead stress qualitative thinking skills. The engineering curriculum is broken, and despite action by the National Academy of Engineering and National Science Foundation,…
Beyond the Blueprint
Boeing made aeronautics history in the 1990s when it developed its 777 aircraft using Dassault Systèmes’ three-dimensional computer-aided design software. Yet the plans ultimately ended up on paper. Back then, the…
COVER STORY: Grief, Grit & Grace
Blacksburg, Va.—It’s an unusually mild winter day, yet no one at Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering seems keen to play hooky. Students drift in and out of Norris Hall, testing…
Help Wanted
Eric Chen thought he knew what he wanted to do once he received his master’s degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. His plan was to continue working…
Caroline Baillie
An engineer campaigns on two fronts: against poverty in Argentina and old-style teaching at home. By Margaret Loftus Many visitors are drawn to Buenos Aires for the nightlife, the cafés, or…
Route to the Top
What do Fred Hassan, George W. Buckley, Michael R. Splinter, and David J. O’Reilly have in common? Well, they all breathe the rarefied air of some of America’s most important…