Civil & Environmental Engineering

Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) surface canopy in Monterey Bay, California. | Image courtesy of Christy Varga

Dec 3, 2020

Can kelp help relieve ocean acidification?

Environment Issue #110

“We need to ensure that hospitals remain operational to treat patients and avoid greater loss of life.” | Stocksy/Per Swantesson

Oct 19, 2020

A new technique predicts how quakes would affect a city’s hospitals

Environment, Health, Technology & Society Issue #105

Sampling drinking water at a California Department of Water Resources event | Photo by Florence Low/California Department of Water Resources

Jul 16, 2020

A water expert discusses a dramatic shift in federal oversight

Environment, Health

Bouncing back from a disaster is toughest for those who started with the least. | Stocksy/Mauro Grigollo

Jun 2, 2020

How do we measure the economic fallout from earthquakes?

Environment, Technology & Society Issue #100

The more autonomy in the car, the less attentive the driver | Unsplash/chuttersnap

May 28, 2020

Why self-driving cars shouldn’t be too autonomous

Computation & Data, Transportation & Robotics Issue #96

“If we plan wisely now, urban water will be available when we need it,” says Richard Luthy. | Adobe Stock/Tierney

May 11, 2020

Less water could sustain more Californians if we make every drop count

Environment

A transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. | Flickr/NIAID-RML

Mar 27, 2020

What are the factors that affect COVID-19 transmission?

Health, Technology & Society Issue #91

Birds of a feather flock together — but how? | Unsplash/Nathan Dumlao

Mar 6, 2020

Nick Ouellette: What flocks of birds can tell us about engineering

Computation & Data, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics Issue #90

Mealworms fed a steady diet of HBCD-laden polystyrene were as healthy as those eating a normal diet. | Adobe Stock/digitalstock

Jan 7, 2020

A study shows how the humble mealworm can help solve some big problems

Energy, Environment, Health Issue #85

Americans spend 87% of their time inside. | Stocksy/Kkgas

Dec 9, 2019

Are the buildings you live and work in making you feel stressed?

Health Issue #84

Could updated technologies enable more efficient use of nontraditional water sources? | iStock/VichienPetchmai

Oct 29, 2019

Q&A: How do we develop new sources of usable water?

Environment, Technology & Society Issue #81

The field of data science is improving outcomes across domains and will only continue to do so if women are represented. | Illustration by Sarah Rieke

Oct 11, 2019

Margot Gerritsen: How to get more women into data science

Computation & Data

A disproportionate amount of attention has been paid to pollutants and emissions inside. | Stocksy/Aleksandar Novoselski

Sep 27, 2019

Lynn Hildemann: What’s lurking inside our homes and offices?

Environment, Health Issue #79

Wastewater treatment, a process essential to community health — is also vulnerable to power grid shutdowns. | Flickr/Doc Searls

Aug 9, 2019

A battery that harnesses energy from mixing of freshwater and seawater

Energy, Environment Issue #76

What if work and school environments inspired a sense of well-being? | Pexels/Magda Ehlers

Jul 19, 2019

Q&A: How do we design buildings that enable occupants to thrive?

Technology & Society Issue #77

The freedom we have in designing technology requires more intentional decisions about how we want to interact with it. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Jul 15, 2019

James Landay: What’s next in human-computer interaction?

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data

The wake caused by a turbine pointing directly into the wind reduces the output of those behind it. | Image courtesy of Calgary Drone Photography

Jul 3, 2019

A tiny tweak could steer wind power in the right direction

Energy, Environment Issue #79

California bills would mandate reducing, composting or recycling 75 percent of single-use packaging by 2030. | Photo: Karl-Friedrich Hohl/iStock

May 8, 2019

Q&A: Experts discuss the future of waste disposal

Environment Issue #72

A study of jackdaws offers insights as designers work to orchestrate the motions of drones and autonomous cars.| iStock/TT

May 6, 2019

What can autonomous vehicles learn from the flight behavior of birds?

Transportation & Robotics Issue #71

The drone's camera snaps photos at the pace of one per second, painting a detailed picture of water quality. | Video courtesy of Kurt Hickman

May 6, 2019

Can a drone reveal the murky secrets of San Francisco Bay?

Environment Issue #71

What’s next in long-term energy storage? | Reuters/Jo Yong-Hak

Apr 2, 2019

The next step in clean energy storage could take its cue from biology

Energy, Environment Issue #70

The deal calls for the conversion of all U.S. power to clean, renewable energy sources and the creation of millions of green jobs. | iStock/ ilyast

Apr 2, 2019

Experts examine strengths and weaknesses of the Green New Deal

Environment, Technology & Society

The analysis found 1.47 million solar rooftop installations in the United States, a much higher figure than generally estimated. | Getty Images

Jan 10, 2019

Machine learning helps scientists locate nearly all U.S. solar panels

Energy, Environment Issue #63

Grab a warm drink and a cozy spot on the couch and dive into one of these books. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Dec 19, 2018

An end-of-year reading list from Stanford Engineering

Technology & Society