by Aadita Chaudhury Technology & Engineering subject editor This past Monday marked the 44th annual celebration of what has been popularized around the world as Earth Day. With climate change emerging as a key scientific and social problem of the 21st century, some scientists, engineers and policy makers are starting to consider geoengineering as a […]
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So what, exactly, does an engineer do?
by Aadita Chaudhury Technology & Engineering subject editor Technology and engineering have a pervasive effect on our everyday lives, yet we often struggle to define their scope. My third year engineering class once discussed whether engineering was a science, an art, a combination of both, or something different altogether. Even though we all came from […]