This activity is part of the Science Friday Sun Camp collection! It’s a big universe out there. Even as we explore the Sun and nearby planets, scientists and engineers are looking for ways to study ...

Have you ever thought about how and why something was designed? Who was considered a “stakeholder” for the design? And what biases are baked within the process of designing something? These are some ...

Introduction You’ve probably seen plenty of smartphone holders or stands. You might use one to prop up a tablet to watch a movie, and maybe your parents have mounted one on the dashboard of their car ...

The benefits of using simulation early and often in the product development process are clear. You can verify requirements and begin studying and exploring design alternatives before prototyping and ...

The engineering curriculum draws inspiration from areas that align with Brandeis' existing strengths, including bioengineering and materials science, while enhancing our existing undergraduate and ...

Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes. In Chapter 5, students learned how the process of dissolving ...

Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin was an engineer whose self-named company made the first successful rigid airship. The path from his inspiration during a balloon trip in Minnesota in ...

Students will design, test, modify, and optimize a device that uses a chemical reaction to produce enough gas to inflate a bag to make a cell phone float. The goal of engineering is to design an ...

Thank you to all of our past teachers and students for participating in our Mobile Engineering Education Lab! We hope you had as much fun as we did. Due to limited availability of time slots, schools ...

How quickly will an ice cream sandwich melt? Well, that depends on a lot of factors, including the weather. A few years ago, Walmart started selling an ice cream sandwich that did not melt, even when ...