Most people think of the children’s classic “Charlotte’s Web” as a story of devoted friendship between a spider and a pig. But it can also be read as a story of a budding engineer – Charlotte – who ...

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The following article originally appeared in Inside Higher Ed. A few years ago, Northwestern University alumnus Stephen Colbert spoke to our graduating seniors about improvisation. He said one of the ...

Engineering school was a valuable learning experience that provided me with a wealth of knowledge. But school can only prepare a student so much for an engineering career and looking back, there are a ...

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Great engineering isn’t just shipping features — it’s leading a culture where reliability is non-negotiable and failure becomes your sharpest tool. As leaders in engineering, we are ultimately ...

Sitting in the audience for the Advanced Manufacturing Minneapolis keynote, “Sensors in Space: Learnings from Designing NASA’s James Webb Telescope,” I was in awe. Dr. Jonathan Arenberg, chief mission ...

GLEN ROCK, N.J. In a class full of aspiring engineers, the big bad wolf had to do more than just huff and puff to blow down the three little pigs’ house. To start, he needed to get past a ...

With the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, commentators from all disciplines are offering insights into “what it all meant.”.Let's instead stick to results closer to home: What did the ...