Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and senior director of programs at the National Academy of Engineering. His new book is Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World (W.W.

Every engineer is going to have a bad day, but only an unlucky few will have a day so bad that it registers on a seismometer. We’ve always had a morbid fascination with engineering mega-failures, few ...

Explore the urgent need to transform India's engineering education to meet evolving demands in the AI-driven job market.

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If you’re in manufacturing, it may feel like disruption is happening faster than you can react to it. Skills shortages and supply chain issues are threatening production targets and profitability. New ...

Read out why lab work is central to engineering education. Learn how hands-on experiments, practical skills, and real-world ...

Eric Nauman's lab looks like the kind of place where engineering problems are unraveled and solved. Students work on novel biomedical and sports-related projects in every corner of the University of ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...