Innovations
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To catch a thief
A young mathematician at SCU has helped equip police in Santa Cruz and L.A. with an algorithm that predicts where crimes might happen next. Is this the future of policing?
Winter 2013
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We, robots
Adventures with the Robotics Systems Laboratory by land, sea, and sky. And in orbit.
Fall 2012
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Sarah Kate Wilson vs. Godzilla
An engineering professor tackles big problems—like attracting more women to her field and transferring mountains of data through the air.
Fall 2012
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Deluge and drought
Lessons in how to wedge data into smaller spaces. And build a smarter energy grid.
Fall 2012
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Building biomedical tests
Where engineering meets biology, the work ranges from diagnosing voice disorders to tracking toxicity in the brain.
Fall 2012
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The long view
Build it safer and stronger—sustainably.
Fall 2012
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Can you stand the heat?
It took months of space flight for the Curiosity rover to reach Mars. And, to survive the heat of entry, it took a shield that a team led by Robin Beck ’77 designed.
Fall 2012
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People, prosperity, and the planet
A new fuel-cell design brings top honors to student engineers—who carry through to the finish a project they began with their mentor, Dan Strickland, who was tragically killed in a car accident last fall.
Summer 2012
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Here comes the sun ... and our solar decathletes
The 2013 Solar Decathlon is on! Santa Clara is competing for the third time, after third place wins in 2007 and 2009.
Spring 2012
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Six months to a better startup
A company, a game, and a score of Broncos
Spring 2012
Winter 2013
Table of contents
Features
To catch a thief
A young mathematician at SCU has helped equip police in Santa Cruz and L.A. with an algorithm that predicts where crimes might happen next. Is this the future of policing?
How to avoid a bonfire of the humanities
A veteran chronicler of Silicon Valley looks at why the high-tech industry needs—and wants—folks who know how to tell a story.
The play’s the thing
Kurds, Arabs, countrymen: Shakespeare Iraq brings the Bard to Ashland like you’ve never heard him.
Mission Matters
Heart of the matter
A statue that’s gazed on the Mission Gardens for 130 years gets a much-needed restoration. As layers of paint are peeled away, stories of the past emerge.
All work and all play
They make Erik Hurtado ’13 WCC player of the year and the No. 5 pick in pro soccer’s draft.
Got MOOC?
There’s global interest in a Massive Open Online Course in business ethics.
