WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —A Purdue University civil engineering alumnus who changed the way buildings are constructed in earthquake areas will be honored posthumously at two events Sunday (April 23) on ...

Bob Ward ’71, ’12 (H) has earned a national reputation for the breakthrough technologies he has developed for the medical device industry. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, he turned his attention to ...

PHOENIX – An Arizona engineer and inventor has won $500,000 for his Scottsdale-based startup, Zero Mass Water, it was announced this week. Cody Friesen, an associate professor at Arizona State ...

Inventors who are on the faculty and staff of UB will be honored during a reception to be held at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus. UB faculty and staff ...

The era between 1901 and 1920 saw an influx of Black inventors in realms including science and engineering. While some of these inventors have become household names—George Washington Carver, for ...

The incredible story behind the Moylan Arrow, the unassuming yet ingenious invention that transformed the humble fuel gauge.

John Melanson, a senior technical fellow at Austin-based Cirrus Logic, has had a passion for tinkering and solving complex problems for as long as he can remember. "I've always loved technology. I've ...

Lonnie Johnson is a bona fide rocket scientist and brain-busting inventor. He built a robot out of scrap metal and helped develop interplanetary missions for NASA and the stealth bomber program for ...

Startling revelations with regard to the invention of the Zeppelin, of which the ZR-3 is the latest development, were made today by Madam Melanie Schwartz, the widow of Engineer David Schwartz, to the ...

Frank D. Werner Sr. grew up on a Kansas farm, but he didn't care much for farm life — except for machinery repair. His love of tinkering bloomed as he matured, and eventually he became a serial ...