Engineering and Science, Volume 77:4, Winter 2014

Table of Contents

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From the Editor

Random Walk
Snowflake Hunting • Portable 3-D Printers • Inaugural Celebrations • And More

Seeing Clear Through

Web of Knowledge

New Matter for the Masses

No Two Alike, But How Different?

On the Grounds

Celebrating a New President

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Risky Business
By encouraging unfettered brainstorming and the seeding of ideas that traditional funding sources might deem too bold, the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech is helping space scientists and engineers get transformative concepts off the ground.

Building Blocks
How Caltech breakthroughs in technology have led to advanced communications for the world’s use.

Strength in Numbers
Caltech is building on past successes to help create the Thirty Meter Telescope, which is set to be the world’s most powerful ground-based observatory.

On the Leading Edge of Higher Ed
From creating programs to increase diversity in STEM fields to pioneering the most effective methods for both reaching and teaching their students, Caltech's alumni leaders are changing the higher education landscape from the inside out.

In Memoriam
Frederick B. Thompson • Allen E. Puckett • Paul H. Patterson • Frank E. Marble

Endnotes
Mentors as Leaders