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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…
News - Part 19
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…
March 2008 – Briefings
ISRAEL—Few Middle East problems lend themselves to engineering solutions. But visionaries believe one particular project could help alleviate two problems at once. Here’s the idea: Build a canal that can…
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…
The Sky’s the Limit
This August, the world’s athletes will gather in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games. Although it will be the rainy season there, the weather during opening ceremonies will be perfect….
Staying on Track
For a number of Daliana Rodriguez’s classmates, first-year engineering presented such “a dramatic change of culture” that they couldn’t cope, she recalls. Jolted by the rigorous lineup of science and…
Comments from the Publisher
Last fall, it was my pleasure to attend the opening of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (HSEAS), and to hear Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust affirm the…