Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and senior director of programs at the National Academy of Engineering. His new book is Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World (W.W.

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Bucknell University Professor Elif Miskioǧlu, chemical engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award — the agency's most prestigious and ...

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Each year, millions of people suffer from neurological impairments such as strokes. For these individuals, a crucial part of rehabilitation is to improve the use of their hands and arms. During spring ...

Modeling how cars deform in a crash, how spacecraft respond to extreme environments, or how bridges resist stress could be made thousands of times faster thanks to new artificial intelligence that ...

Even if you don’t work in a science or technical field, you’ve likely heard of the engineering profession. There are dozens of types of engineers, with each type applying the concepts of math, science ...