Spotlights

As a kid, I was enthusiastic about aerospace but I didn’t memorize types of airplanes or the names …

I didn’t always know I wanted to be a chemical engineer …

While I was an undergrad at MIT, I chose mechanical engineering because it was the most broad field, …

I’d say one of the biggest challenges in life is being able to make a decision about what’s …

Is it possible to create a world where the thoughts in our minds are not locked up in our brains …

I did my PhD in nanoengineering and was designing and building all kinds of incredibly small robots, …

It’s still completely unbelievable to me that aircraft can fly at all, and I’m saying that as an …

What you can’t create you don’t understand …

My course Environmental Regulation and Policy is all about how scientific research is incorporated …

I’m the only person in my family who isn’t a professional musician …

Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, went to the high school I attended years before me …

Robert Fulghum’s book is famously titled, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. I …

In Iran, where I grew up, there are many female engineers and I never really doubted my ability to …

I’m actually a third-generation civil engineer …

I was in Mission Control during the Columbia disaster in 2003 …

We met a patient the other day who was about 3 years old …

During my junior year in college, I met a few people who had been diagnosed with HIV. I was inspired …

As a child, I loved watching planes and visiting busy airports …

One evening, last summer, I sat by a small fire along with about 20 high school girls from around …

I didn’t study engineering in college …

A computer scientist teaching a theater class is a bit unusual, I’ll grant you that. But is it so …