Stanford Engineering Puzzle

December 2008

Shan Wang, a professor of materials science and engineering and electrical engineering, is doing wonderful things with magnetism at the nanoscale. Among the concepts in his research is the idea of "spin," an intrinsic quantum property of magnetic particles. It comes in two flavors: up and down.

With that inspiration, we present this month's puzzle. When you've guessed the words from the clues, unscramble the letters that fall within the circles to determine the secret word. To show that you have successfully completed the puzzle, email Marge Kastner the secret word. Have fun!

"Winning" entries
Here are the folks who get Web credits for their solutions--the first 20 in the gate and every 10th one after that. For the first time we're getting incorrect answers. Which probably means that the puzzle is as difficult as it should be or some of the graphics are not as clear as they should be. We're giving credit if you have figured out words 1 to 9 but come up with a different version of the solution. Thanks to all our solvers and keep on puzzling!

1)	Ed Wilson
2)	Michael Connors
3)	Darin McGrew
4)	Dan Newell
5)	Linda Knudsen
6)	Mark Perkins
7)	Lila Gentry
8)	Nick Baxter
9)	Ken Duisenberg
10)	Paul Swenson
11)	Lawrence Waugh
12)	Amit Agarwal
13)	Tony Lillios
14)	Shravan Nargundkar
15)	Jack Morris
15.5)	Ratan Ramchandani
16)	Larry Willard
17)	Vince King
18)	Eric Juline
19)	Nick Reeck
20)	Mark Mercado
30)	Steven Krause
40)	Evan Hindman
50)	Timothy Phillips
60)	John Maly
70)	Kai Yu
80)	Kenneth Newcomer
90)	Jason Wolfe
100)	Michele Lambe
110)	Eylon Stroh
120)	Terry Weir
130)	Gary Herman
140)	John Nauman
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Do you want to try your hand at past puzzles? Go to our Archive page.