ENGenious
ENGenious is a publication for alumni and friends of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science.
Table of Contents - Issue No.8, Fall 2011
Message From The Chair
Snap Shots
The Highest Decoration of the French Republic;
Solar Decathlon;
Team Voyager Wins Caltech Space Challenge;
LEAD
PDF
/
HTML
New Faculty
Whos New:
New Faculty
PDF
/
HTML
EAS Feature
It's About Societal Impact
Engineering and Applied Science at Caltech
PDF
/
HTML
Alumni Profile
Arati Prabhakar
Leaving the Conventional Trajectory
PDF
/
HTML
Cover image: This research image is a topographical height map of a compound semiconductor material called gallium phosphide (GaP) that is grown on a silicon (Si) microwire array. This semiconductor structure is designed to absorb sunlight and split water to generate solar fuels in a photoelectrochemical cell. Warmer colors represent higher regions of GaP, and cooler colors depict lower regions. The image width is 77 microns, and the rainbow color scale covers 15 microns in height. It was created by graduate student Andrew Leenheer, working with Professor Harry Atwater, as well as postdoctoral scholar Nicholas Strandwitz, working with Professor Nathan Lewis. The image was obtained using a confocal microscope.
Above: Multi-university team working with Rob Summers.
Progress Report
The Next Step
Stimulating Electrode Array Assists Paraplegic Man to Stand and to Move Legs Voluntarily
by Joel W. Burdick
PDF
/
HTML
Idea Flow
Creating an Energy Roadmap to Maximize Societal Benefit
PDF
/
HTML
Alumni Profile
From Grasshoppers and Mice to Monkeys and His Sister?
What Inspired David W. Thompson to Start a Rocket Company
PDF
/
HTML
Research Note
Ruling Out Bad Behavior
Designing Software to Make Extremely Dangerous Consequences Not Just "Unlikely" but "Impossible"
PDF
/
HTML
Campus Resource
The Caltech Center for Diversity
Providing a Real Pathway to Membership for Underrepresented Students at Caltech
PDF
/
HTML
Inside back cover: The Jorgensen Laboratory, formerly the home of computer science in EAS, is being renovated to serve as the new home for two of Caltech’s key energy and sustainability research efforts: the Resnick Institute and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis. Large concrete overhangs have been removed to introduce more natural light and ventilation. Ninety percent of the materials from the interior demolition of the building are being reused or recycled. The goal for this laboratory-intensive building is LEED Gold Certification. The architects, John Friedman and Alice Kimm, have incorporated many energy-efficient design features to embody the innovative research that will be conducted within.
The Caltech Division of Engineering and Applied Science consists of seven Departments and is home to more than 75 faculty who form an interconnected web of researchers creating the frontiers of modern science and engineering. Their students and postdoctoral colleagues have access to world-renowned educational resources, as well as unparalleled opportunities for both basic and applied research.
We invite you to learn more about the Division through our website, eas.caltech.edu.
Editor
Trity Pourbahrami
Design & Photography
Vicki Chiu
Transcribers
Leona Kershaw
Tina Rutch
Copy Editors
Sara Arnold
Kathleen Hand
Contributing Writers
Julian Camillieri
Eric Iberri
Special Thanks
Marcia Brown
Kathy Svitil
Feedback
engeniouscaltech.edu
Image Credits
pg. 4: Research images—Courtesy of Ares Rosakis; F-22 Raptor, 2009—U.S. Navy/Petty Officer 1st Class Ronald Dejarnet
pgs. 5, 9 (Minnich), 33: Briana Ticehurst
pgs. 6 (Elachi), 13 (Hassibi): Bill Youngblood
pg. 6: Solar Decathlon—Stefano Paltera/U.S. Dept. of Energy
pg. 7: Space Challenge—Courtesy of Keck Institute for Space Studies
pg. 8: Inhwa Choo
pg. 9 (Kochmann): Lance Hayashida
pg. 17: Bob Paz
pg. 18: Patrick Windham
pg. 20: Implanted electrode array—The Lancet; Electrical leads implanted in the paraplegic patient—Medtronic, Inc.
pg. 22: University of Louisville
pg. 28: Dawn—Courtesy of JPL/NASA, McREL; Ceres—Courtesy of JPL/NASA, Hubble telescope
pgs. 28–29: Cygnus and Taurus II—Courtesy of Orbital Sciences Corporation
pg. 30: MGS—Courtesy of JPL/NASA, Corby Waste
Inside Back Cover: John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects