Issue #8 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #8

"Reason must prevail if we’re going to get anywhere. But reason implies that people talk to, not past each other." | Image by Stocksy/Chelsea Victoria

Oct 20, 2016

A new book explores our global challenges in all of their complexity

Technology & Society

Swarms of satellites could offer better and more cost effective ways to explore space. | Illustration by Tricia Seibold

Oct 4, 2016

How swarms of small satellites could revolutionize space exploration

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

A new technology could one day help surgeons better plan operations to relieve brain swelling. | Image courtesy of the Kuhl Lab

Sep 27, 2016

A new simulation tool helps show how the brain reacts to trauma

Stanford engineers studying the structures of phase-changing nanoparticles have found that shape matters. Materials composed of cubes and pyramids, for instance, may yield more efficien

Apr 26, 2016

How the shape and structure of nanoparticles affects energy storage

Ferrari, a lovebird, with Stanford's David Lentink, who is using a wind tunnel to probe the mysteries of birds in flight. | Photo by L.A. Cicero

Apr 22, 2016

A one-of-a-kind wind tunnel for birds paves the way for better drones

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics