Electric Avenue

May 19, 2023 | Featured, Spring 2023, Transforming

Electric Avenue With Brian Sisk, PhD (PhD ’04) helming battery design, Rivian is taking the electric revolution off-road by Wayne Lewis Illustrated by Marian F. Moratinos When the electric-vehicle company Rivian Automotive first reached out to him in 2019, Brian Sisk,...

Shocking Upset

Apr 19, 2023 | Opener, Spring 2023, Transforming

Shocking Upset In 1968, Wally Rippel, BS (BS ’68) and his Caltech team challenged MIT students to a cross-country race of electric cars Courtesy of Caltech Archives Rippel’s personally modified Volkswagen bus was the scrappy underdog, its floor covered with 20...

Walter John Jr.

Apr 14, 2023 | Obituary

Walter John Jr. Dr. Walter John Jr., 99, of San Francisco, California, passed away April 14, 2023. A distinguished aerosol physicist, he conducted groundbreaking air pollution research, studying airborne particles and designing instruments to measure air pollution. A...

Paper Trails

Apr 13, 2023 | Enriching, Opener, Spring 2023

Paper Trails This grizzly bear is made from a single sheet of handmade paper Courtesy of Robert J. Lang For Robert Lang, PhD (BS ’82, PhD ’86), the principles of mathematics and engineering have proven essential to his standing as one of the world’s leading masters of...