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Issue 2: Fall 2022

Melany Hunt

"Everyone can be successful at Caltech. This is a place with more opportunities than students; it's a matter of finding those opportunities that resonate the most."  -
Melany Hunt, Dotty and Dick Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Professor Hunt has been a tireless advocate and mentor to Caltech students since she arrived in 1988. She was the recipient of the Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2019-20, and currently serves as the chair of the EAS Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

MESSAGE from the DIVISION CHAIR

Harry Atwater


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

BRAINWAVES

Group photo in the LATTICE lab

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.

ALUMNI in MOTION

Deborah Chung

Deborah Chung (BS/MS '73)
Deborah Chung was the first woman to graduate from Caltech with a major in Engineering and Applied Science, and she is best known for her invention of smart concrete. Read more.

Bill Dally

Bill Dally (PhD '86)
Bill Dally discusses what inspired his interest in computers and how Caltech helped him transform from an engineer to a scientist. Read more.

Ivett Leyva

Ivett Leyva (BS '94, MS '95, PhD '99)
Ivett Leyva likes to go fast. Really fast. This need for speed inspired her research interest of hypersonic aerodynamics and has led her to become a professor and department head of aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University. Read more.

Dave Zito

Dave Zito (BS '97)
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.