In the Swim
Just in time for the Summer Olympics, we look to Professor Rajat Mittal to analyze the swimmer’s freestyle stroke, in an attempt to answer once and for all: Which method is fastest?
Features
Data Driven
As computing ability jumps by leaps and bounds, researchers wrestle with making the best use—and reuse—of all that data.
Lifesaving Solutions
For biomedical engineering students working in the world’s poorest regions, necessity is the mother of invention.
Big Blue Baby
When an earthquake strikes, when a hurricane hits, what causes screws to separate from sheets of drywall? Ben Schafer’s “Big Blue Baby” is providing the answers.
Engineering in Surprising Places
Engineers are moving into a host of new fields…Meet three Whiting School Faculty at the Forefront
Finding Their Balance
Whether creating a community garden, repairing medical equipment in Cost Rica, or sweating it out on the football field, WSE students pursue their passions.
Incubate This!
How great ideas are making it to market, thanks to an enterprising new breed of engineers.
STEMming the Brain Drain
Against a dismal backdrop, our experts champion fresh ideas for making STEM–science, technology, engineering, and mathematics–a national priority. The country’s future depends on it.
Collateral Damage
In her research on the structural damage wrought by earthquakes and hurricanes, assistant professor Judith Mitrani-Reiser thinks broadly.