Tag: Engineering
How do superconductors work? A physicist explains what it means to...
Mishkat Bhattacharya, Rochester Institute of Technology
The modern world runs on electricity, and wires are what carry that electricity...
Foams used in car seats and mattresses are hard to recycle...
Srikanth Pilla, Clemson University and James Sternberg, Clemson University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic...
Electric planes are coming: Short-hop regional flights could be running on...
Gökçin Çınar, University of Michigan
Electric planes might seem futuristic, but they aren’t that far off, at least for...
Only about 1 in 5 engineering degrees go to women
Danyelle Tauryce Ireland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Despite various efforts to encourage...
Future engineers need to understand their work’s human impact – here’s...
Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego
Engineers spend much of their time absorbed in the technical aspects of problems, whether they’re designing the...
Stereotypes about girls dissuade many from careers in computer science
Allison Master, University of Houston; Andrew N. Meltzoff, University of Washington, and Sapna Cheryan, University of Washington
Stereotypes about...
Trailblazing women who broke into engineering in the 1970s reflect on...
Laura Ettinger, Clarkson University
Engineering in the U.S. has long been – and continues to be – a male-dominated...
COVID-19 has spurred investments in air filtration for K-12 schools –...
Mark Thomas Hernandez, University of Colorado Boulder
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought increased attention to indoor air quality and...