Engineering and Infrastructure | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/topic/engineering-infrastructure/ The best minds on the most important topics. Thu, 07 Aug 2025 19:52:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Engineering and Infrastructure | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/topic/engineering-infrastructure/ 32 32 Could an ARPA Help Resurrect US Manufacturing? https://issues.org/arpa-resurrect-us-manufacturing-bonvillian/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=44609 The United States will not regain its leadership in manufacturing by doing more of the same. The country must pursue new paradigms to invoke technological surprise and spur leaps in productivity.

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]]> The Hidden Engineering That Makes New York Tick https://issues.org/hidden-engineering-makes-new-york-tick/ https://issues.org/hidden-engineering-makes-new-york-tick/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=44219 New York City is the perfect place to understand the importance of modern engineering, but the most valuable lessons won’t be found at the Empire State Building or in Central Park. To… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/hidden-engineering-makes-new-york-tick/feed/ 0 Educating Engineers for a New Nuclear Age https://issues.org/educating-engineers-new-nuclear-verma-snyder-daly/ https://issues.org/educating-engineers-new-nuclear-verma-snyder-daly/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42838 Engineering education has long prioritized technical mastery above all else. And though such prioritization has equipped engineers with powerful analytical tools, this singular focus has left them unprepared to address some of… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/viele-new-york-map-madhavan/feed/ 0 Engineering on Shaky Ground: Lessons From Mexico https://issues.org/mexico-engineering-earthquake-warning-reddy/ https://issues.org/mexico-engineering-earthquake-warning-reddy/#respond Mon, 13 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41969 The Third International Conference on Earthquake Early Warning in 2014 drew roughly 100 attendees from around the world, enough to pack a small lecture hall. The first speaker, University of California, Berkeley… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/mexico-engineering-earthquake-warning-reddy/feed/ 0 The Technologist https://issues.org/technologist-advanced-manufacturing-workforce-liu-bonvillian/ https://issues.org/technologist-advanced-manufacturing-workforce-liu-bonvillian/#respond Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:14:03 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41013 Soon after completing a master’s program in advanced manufacturing and design, Neha was hired as a process engineer at a semiconductor wafer-cutting plant. Not long after starting, she realized multiple processes at… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/technologist-advanced-manufacturing-workforce-liu-bonvillian/feed/ 0 Creative Intolerance https://issues.org/creative-intolerance-venice-biennale-madhavan/ https://issues.org/creative-intolerance-venice-biennale-madhavan/#respond Mon, 17 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=39544 There is an allegory found in ancient Sanskrit texts of a swan that is often interpreted as a metaphor for spiritual progress. As the story goes, the graceful bird could separate nectar… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/creative-intolerance-venice-biennale-madhavan/feed/ 0 Generating Meaningful Energy Systems Models for Africa https://issues.org/energy-systems-models-africa-dioha-mutiso/ https://issues.org/energy-systems-models-africa-dioha-mutiso/#respond Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=38781 About 77% of the 770 million people living without access to electricity today reside in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Increasing access to energy in the region could raise prospects for the 431 million… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/energy-systems-models-africa-dioha-mutiso/feed/ 0 Finding the “I” in Interdisciplinarity https://issues.org/interdisciplinarity-engineering-patrick/ https://issues.org/interdisciplinarity-engineering-patrick/#respond Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:18:25 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=38761 In 2015, the National Science Foundation launched an effort to spur what the federal agency called an “engineering education revolution.” The field had been teaching engineers the same way and drawing from… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/interdisciplinarity-engineering-patrick/feed/ 0 Humanizing Science and Engineering for the Twenty-First Century https://issues.org/humanizing-science-engineering-husbands-fealing-incorvaia-utz/ https://issues.org/humanizing-science-engineering-husbands-fealing-incorvaia-utz/#respond Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=37054 Dr. Nettrice Gaskins is a widely recognized African American digital artist who creates works that combine images of individuals with an artificial intelligence (AI) application that synthesizes patterns. When her larger-than-life portraits… Read More

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