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Jul 25

Alum spotlight: Kristen Schell

To help empower the renewable energy transition, Kristen Schell (’07) is taking advantage of her interdisciplinary expertise in engineering to develop uncertainty-informed climate models.

Jul 21

Maximizing circularity in plastics supply chains

Ana Inés Torres develops frameworks for designing circular economy networks to achieve sustainability goals. The research can help leaders in industry and government make better decisions.

Jul 16

2025 Dean’s Early Career Fellows announced Opens in new window

The College of Engineering congratulates Sang Chalacheva, Vanessa Chen, Amanda Krause, and Ana Ines Torres, who received this year’s Dean’s Early Career Fellowships awards.

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““The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”” Albert Einstein

“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems form a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.” Albert Einstein

“The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don’t expect.” Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding in a manner that’s precise, predictive, and reliable—a transformation, for those lucky enough to experience it, that is empowering and emotional.” Brian Greene

“I am among those who think that science has great beauty. ” Marie Curie

“Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.” Neil deGrasse Tyson

“The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.” Thomas Berger

“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” Anthony J. D’Angelo.

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. ” Malcolm X

“Good questions outrank easy answers.” Paul Samuelson

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” Kofi Annan

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” John Dewey

“Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.” A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

“Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” George Washington Carver

“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.” Marian Wright Edelman

“Creating means living.” Dejan Stojanovic

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