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Mechanical engineers are often known more for their skilled handling of machinery than their way with words. Yet for every finished product that comes across the assembly line, there’s an engineer communicating ideas, conveying expectations and coordinating efforts with team members and stakeholders. What’s said in a few choice words can be as important as …

Mechanical engineers are behind some of the most important environmental technologies, including carbon capture, electric transportation, and energy transportation. However, their environmental impact goes far beyond any specific technology, and all mechanical engineers play an inherent role in helping the environment. Sustainable engineering is “the process of using resources in a way that does not …

Nikola Tesla, drinking only milk, regaled guests at his 79th birthday party with a recounting of his accidental invention of an earthquake machine. Tesla had been experimenting with oscillators and was attempting to attune one to the frequency of the steel building housing his laboratory. He heard a loud crack. Naturally, he turned the machine …