ENGenuity Issue 2: Fall 2022

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Welcome to ENGenuity!
Engineering at Caltech remains a frontier for pioneering advances, and a place for exploration and discovery — and we hope to share that with you via our new email newsletter for alumni and friends of the EAS Division. With ENGenuity, we are shining a light on student and faculty news, alumni endeavors, and will let you know of Caltech and EAS public events of interest. ENGenuity is a new channel for communication and dialog, and we seek your input. Please let us know what you think, what you would like to learn more about — and for those of you who are alumni of EAS, please be in touch with the editors if you have a great story to tell.
Harry Atwater
Otis Booth Leadership Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science

A Ski Lift on the Moon
Deep in the sub-basement of the Keck Engineering Laboratories, a team of 56 Caltech undergraduates are engineering a new way to explore the moon. The team is among seven finalists in the 2022 NASA Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge, which asks university teams to design new ways of traversing lunar craters that do not rely on wheels. Launch the story. Read more.




As a 9X builder of early stage startups, Dave Zito is a startup veteran, yet he remains curious. Zito discusses his career, philosophy, and the importance of following your own path, whatever that may be. Read more.