Issue #109 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #109

Stanford researcher Ryan Searcy collects water samples from a tide pool at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, in Moss Beach. | Photo by Meghan Shea

Jan 29, 2021

Researchers develop a new way to forecast beach-water quality

Researchers hope to develop robots to help patients dress and undress. How do we teach them skills that children must learn? | Stocksy/Amanda Worrall

Jan 15, 2021

Karen Liu: How robots perceive the physical world

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data

The future of materials science lies at the heart of a computer algorithm. | Adobe Stock/ingara

Dec 11, 2020

Evan Reed: How to discover a magic material

Computation & Data, Materials

An artist’s rendition of the photoacoustic airborne sonar system operating from a drone to sense and image underwater objects. | Image by Kindea Labs

Nov 30, 2020

Stanford engineers combine light and sound to see underwater

Electronics & Networking, Environment