Contents

June 2025

01.

PLAYLIST

A quick look at what’s in this issue.

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02.

WATCH LIST 2025

Our introduction to the engineers redefining what it means to lead, innovate, and represent engineering.

TAKING THE SPOTLIGHT

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03.

WATCH LIST 2025

An entrepreneur exploring the deep frontier of renewable energy.

TIM LATIMER

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04.

WATCH LIST 2025

A researcher learning how to succeed in business.

ILAYDA SAMILGIL

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05.

WATCH LIST 2025

A grad student who used reality TV stardom to advance autism advocacy.

EVA ERICKSON

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06.

R&D

Rooftop reflectors boost PV efficiency.

REFLECTING THE EFFECTS OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS

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07.

NEWS

To better understand how EV batteries differ, researchers took them apart.

BATTERY SECRETS REVEALED

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08.

NEWS

New work promotes space propulsion systems that can be made in orbit.

3D PRINTING AMONG THE STARS

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09.

NEWS

Patients who receive mechanical heart valve implants may survive longer than those who receive biological ones.

HEART VALVE DEBATE

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10.

BEHIND THE ENGINEERING

Young engineer builds—and recovers—scientific payloads.

REVOLUTIONIZING WEATHER DATA RECOVERY

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11.

VIDEO Q&A

The roboticist is working to meld the mechanical and biological.

BOYUAN CHEN

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12.

COLUMN: WORKFORCE

Ansys CEO Ajei Gopal says we must assist tomorrow’s engineers.

LAUNCHING FUTURE INNOVATORS

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13.

COLUMN: PATENT

A glossary of legal terms to help inventors navigate the opaque world of patent law.

YOU CAN’T PATENT JARGON

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14.

CAREER FOCUS

Multiple strategies can give a new engineering degree some additional heft.

BEYOND THE DEGREE

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15.

TECHNOLOGY FOCUS

Recent advances in engineering technology and applications.

ENERGY AND CLIMATE

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16.

ASME NEWS

ASME Foundation Gala, ASME India’s historic agreement, and more.

RECENT ASME AWARDS AND HIGHLIGHTS

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17.

BIG QUIZ

Ten questions about celebrities with engineering backgrounds.

HOUSEHOLD NAMES WHO ARE ENGINEERS

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18.

VAULT 1945

A U.N. expert assesses the economic potential of post-World War II China.

HOW CAN CHINA BE INDUSTRIALIZED?

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