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Reef Relief

How Tom Goreau’s, PhD (MS ’72) electrifying technology is helping local communities rebuild the world’s coral reefs   by Marisa DemersPhotography by Webb ChappellTom Goreau, PhD (MS ’72) is a trauma surgeon for the ocean. Since the late 1980s, Goreau and his...

The Flavor Fanatic

by Zachary Kelch Photograph by Elli Sekine “Each place has its own flavor, and the flavor of the world isn’t restricted to food. It’s all around you all the time—as you’re walking down the street and you get a whiff of a tree, or somebody cooking, or the exhaust from...

Kitchen Aid

by Marisa Demers Photography by Amanda Friedman "You look at all the interesting ways robots are being deployed in other fields and you wonder why restaurants are being left behind."— Ryan Sinnet, PhD (BS ’07)Americans love eating out. They spend more money at their...

Abe M. Zarem

Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Abe M. Zarem, who made numerous contributions to the United States’ defense systems and space programs and had a decorated career in technology, business development, and management training, died in Los Angeles on March 8, 2023....
Informatics Approach to Forecasting & Optimizing Batteries: Will Chueh

Informatics Approach to Forecasting & Optimizing Batteries: Will Chueh

The vast design space and long lifetime of batteries have limited the speed of innovations at the materials, cell, and systems level. In this talk, I will overview efforts at Stanford to dramatically accelerate the pace of research and development for lithium-ion batteries by hybridizing physics-based and data-driven approaches.

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Cheers to Brits and Yanks

Cheers to Brits and Yanks

Michael Faraday was born on this day 230 years ago. While Princeton University was celebrating its 45th anniversary, it would be 100 years before the founding of the California Institute of Technology.

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Gomplemenatry

Gomplemenatry

Oh no! Something escaped from one of the campus labs and made some changes to the Gene Pool. Can you arrange the contents as they were and identify the type of prankster that would do this?

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