engineering

Yasin Pinarbasi walks into a building he inspected that suffered some earthquake damage, west of Antakya, Turkey.

World News

Is it safe to go home? With hard hats and phone apps, Turkey's engineers seek answers

3:08pm February 17, 2023

NPR follows one of the hundreds of building inspectors in Turkey's earthquake zone to learn about the massive challenge of figuring how who can return to their homes.

Science

COMIC: How living on Mars time taught me to slow down

5:01am July 22, 2022

NASA engineer Nagin Cox lives on Earth but works on Mars time, where days are longer and time works differently. Her work with the rovers has entirely changed the way she thinks about time on Earth.

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Education

N.C. A&T opens new engineering research complex

10:45am February 18, 2022

by Neal Charnoff

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is celebrating the opening of a new research facility.

National

What We Know About The Virginia Beach Mass Shooting Victims

11:07pm June 01, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Most of the victims were city employees, and many worked as engineers, account clerks or administrative assistants. The suspected gunman was also a longtime municipal employee.

Their research is still in early stages, but Kristin Myers (left), a mechanical engineer, and Dr. Joy Vink, an OB-GYN, both at Columbia University, have already learned that cervical tissue is a more complicated mix of material than doctors ever realized.

Scientific Duo Gets Back To Basics To Make Childbirth Safer

7:30am February 18, 2019

by Alison Kodjak

Remarkably little is known about the fundamentals of how a woman carries a baby inside her. Two Columbia University researchers aim to change that, to reduce the number of kids born too soon.

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Google Program At N.C. A&T University Aims To Increase Diversity In Tech

4:43pm September 21, 2018

by Eddie Garcia

North Carolina A&T University has teamed up with Google this semester with the goal of improving diversity in tech.

When a single raindrop hits the ground, it causes tiny water droplets to shoot into the air, some containing bacteria.

WATCH: Raindrops Catapult Bacteria Into The Air, And It's Beautiful

1:58pm March 07, 2017

by Rae Ellen Bichell

They don't have wings, but bacteria sure can fly. Researchers at MIT say that tiny bubbles trapped by raindrops play a part in launching bacteria on long-distance flights.

Human Interest

Making The Triad One Building At A Time: Doug Stimmel

12:04pm February 02, 2017

by Jeremiah Rabon

Landscaper and Civil Engineer Doug Stimmel discusses his work around the Triad area with Radio Camper Jeremiah Rabon.

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Left: Ravi Bellamkonda, Vinik Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University Right:A fluorescent stained image of a tumor marking bacterial nanocarriers in pink, cancer cell nuclei in blue, and human mitochondria (another indicator of tumor c

Science

Salmonella Reprogrammed For One Mission: Seek and Destroy Cancer

1:00pm January 20, 2017

by Shawn Fitzmaurice

www.wfdd.org/story/virus-kills-cancerA team of biomedical engineers, including Duke University Pratt School of Engineering's Dean, Dr. Ravi Bellamkonda, has programmed Salmonella bacteria to seek and destroy brain cancer.

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A pneumatic network, in red, is embedded within the octobot's entirely soft body and elastic arms, in blue.

WATCH: Squishy 'Octobot' Moves Autonomously

5:54pm August 24, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The robot designed by a team from Harvard University moves without the help of any rigid parts. Researchers say it is the first proof-of-concept design for an entirely soft, autonomous machine.