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05/22/2013

Kimm Fesenmaier

Caltech's Class of 2013 is a group of passionate, curious, and creative individuals who have spent their undergraduate years advancing research, challenging both conventional thinking and one another.

12/09/2012

A New Tool for Secret Agents—And the Rest of Us

Kimm Fesenmaier

Caltech electrical engineers have developed inexpensive silicon microchips that generate and radiate terahertz (THz) waves. These high-frequency electromagnetic waves fall into a largely untapped region of the electromagnetic spectrum—between microwaves and far-infrared radiation—and can penetrate a host of materials without the ionizing damage of X-rays.

12/06/2012

Point of Light

Marcus Woo

As technology advances, it tends to shrink. From cell phones to laptops—powered by increasingly faster and tinier processors—everything is getting thinner and sleeker. And now light beams are getting smaller, too. Engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a device that can focus light into a point just a few nanometers (billionths of a meter) across—an achievement they say may lead to next-generation applications in computing, communications, and imaging.

11/29/2012

3-D Dentistry

Michael Rogers

A Caltech imaging innovation will ease your trip to the dentist and may soon energize home entertainment systems too.

11/19/2012

One Metal Scoop, Slightly Used

Douglas Smith

On November 20, 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean paid a visit to JPL's Surveyor 3, which had landed on the moon two and a half years earlier.

11/25/2012

Seeing the World in a Grain of Sand

Douglas Smith

José Andrade has got the dirt on dirt. An associate professor of civil and mechanical engineering at Caltech, Andrade will discuss how the actions of a few grains of sand can affect landslides, earthquakes, and even Mars rovers. He will be speaking at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium. Admission is free.

11/18/2012

Knowing When to Fold 'Em

Michael Rogers

Electrical engineer Azita Emami is an expert in the 21st century technology of analog and digital circuits for computers, sensors, and othe

11/15/2012

Nano Insights Could Lead to Improved Nuclear Reactors

Kimm Fesenmaier

In order to build the next generation of nuclear reactors, materials scientists are trying to unlock the secrets of certain materials that are radiation-damage tolerant. Now Caltech researchers have brought new understanding to one of those secrets—how the interfaces between two carefully selected metals can absorb, or heal, radiation damage.

11/13/2012

Diving Into the Unknown: An Interview with Andrei Faraon

Kimm Fesenmaier

This fall, Andrei Faraon (BS '04) returned to his alma mater to take a position as an assistant professor of applied physics and materials science. In his work, he builds devices that attempt to use light to manipulate single quantum systems in solids. Faraon recently answered some questions about his research and returning to Caltech.

11/12/2012

David G. Goodwin, 1957–2012

Douglas Smith

David G. Goodwin, professor of mechanical engineering and applied physics, emeritus, passed away at his home in Pasadena on Sunday, November 11, 2012, after a five-year battle with brain cancer and a struggle with Parkinson's disease that began in 1998. He was 55 years old.