C-SPAN Radio interviewed PE magazine staff writer Ben Roode on August 12, following a meeting of a committee that is conducting a technical analysis of the causes of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The committee was formed by the National Academy of Engineering and...
Looking back at the last century, engineers have had a profound impact on humankind. What’s remarkable is that we now take so much of that great work for granted. When I was a child, I sat mesmerized as Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon. Today, we take space travel largely for granted. If the...
When engineers talk about engineering to students or the public (and we don’t do this enough), we frequently deliver wrong messages. How many of us have said, “It’s a very tough degree” or “You really need to be good in math and science,” or my personal favorite, “Only...