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Articles tagged with "engineering"

03/10/2014

Jessica Stoller-Conrad

Imagine that you are in a meeting with coworkers or at a gathering of friends. You pull out your cell phone to show a presentation or a video on YouTube. But you don't use the tiny screen; your phone projects a bright, clear image onto a wall or a big screen.

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 other

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.

10/29/2012

Julia Greer Wins Grant, Awards

Brian Bell

Julia Greer is going to need to find space in her office for all of the awards, medals, and grant acceptance letters she has been receiving lately.

10/25/2012

Progress for Paraplegics

Michael Rogers

Caltech engineers, who last year helped enable a paraplegic man to stand and move his legs voluntarily, have developed a new method to automate the system, which provides epidural electrical stimulation to people with spinal-cord injuries. This advancement could make the technology widely available to rehab clinics and thousands of patients worldwide. It would also reduce the system's training time and costs for hospitals and clinics and make it easier for patients to continue their rehabilitation at home.

10/23/2012

Reconsidering the Global Thermostat

Kimm Fesenmaier

Many ideas have been floated about how to potentially manipulate the planet's climate in order to counteract the effects of global warming—a concept known as geoengineering. But because some of these efforts could affect areas of the planet inequitably, geoengineering has often raised an ethical question: Whose hand would control the global thermostat? Now a team of researchers from Caltech, Harvard, and the Carnegie Institution says there doesn't have to be just a single global control.

10/21/2012

Clean-Energy Research Accelerates

Ann Motrunich

Caltech clean-energy research is accelerating thanks to the renovation of the Earle M. Jorgensen Laboratory. Transformed into a cutting-edge facility for energy science, the lab unites two powerhouse programs: the Resnick Sustainability Institute and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis.

10/17/2012

Developing the Next Generation of Microsensors

Kimm Fesenmaier

Setting the stage for a new class of motional sensors, Caltech researchers have developed a new ultrasensitive, microchip-scale accelerometer that uses laser light to measure displacement.