Issue #20 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #20

A computer model suggests how to safeguard San Francisco's water network dedicated to fire-fighting. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Apr 11, 2017

A risk assessment of San Francisco’s fire-fighting water system

Environment, Security

Crystals, which have fascinated humans for millennia, are common today in smartphones, laptops and televisions. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Apr 10, 2017

Crystal paradox: Almost perfect structures made useful by tiny flaws

At-home testing | iStock/Eshma

Apr 3, 2017

Audrey Bowden: What is the future of medical diagnostics?

An artist's conception of the view of the sun from under the clouds of Venus | Photo courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

Mar 28, 2017

These devices take on some of the toughest conditions in the universe

Materials, Technology & Society

Predictive models have lead to tremendous advances, but they’re not without their pitfalls. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Mar 15, 2017

Claudia Perlich: The secret life of predictive models

Computation & Data