Stanford engineers help discover the surprising trick jellyfish use to swim
A Stanford-led team shows how these ancient creatures' undulating motions cause water to pull them along. This counterintuitive insight could spur new designs for energy-efficient underwater craft.By...
View ArticleJeffrey Koseff to receive Stanford's 2015 Richard W. Lyman Award
Koseff, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and founding co-director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, will be honored at a Jan. 20 award dinner.By Kathleen J....
View ArticleJeffrey Koseff to receive Stanford's 2015 Richard W. Lyman Award
Koseff, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and founding co-director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, will be honored at a Jan. 20 award dinner.By Kathleen J....
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Q&A: Stanford water expert on lessons of Flint, Michigan, crisis
The lead in Flint, Michigan's water was due to a failure of government responsibility and a lack of water systems knowledge, says Richard Luthy, but the health crisis can provide strategies for...
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KQED Science: Catching Storm Runoff Could Ease Droughts, But It’s No Quick Fix
‘When you look at climate change and the other pressures we have … there’s gonna be less water available. And so you want to plan for that future.’ - Dick Luthy, Stanford UniversityBy Molly...
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Stanford's Codiga Resource Recovery Center to open in May
The new Codiga Resource Recovery Center, which opens in May on Bonair Siding, could revolutionize the 100-year-old wastewater treatment paradigm while it helps accelerate the commercialization of...
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The Perry McCarty Distinguished Lecture Series
Friday, April 29, 2016 - 12:15pm to 1:15pmMackenzie Room, Huang Engineering Center, 3rd FloorFreeThe Perry McCarty Distinguished Lecture Series"Anaerobic microbial consortia: An enriching experience...
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Stanford engineers discover how seawater salts affect coastal algae, good and...
Active chemical agents in saltwater help to break down the byproducts of coastal algae in ways that seem to counteract deadly algal bloom but may have other, less desirable effects.By Shara...
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John Dabiri: How the movements of fish and birds inspired an improvement in...
By studying how animals swim and fly, an engineer finds new ways to design and place wind turbines.By Andrew MyersIn 2008, John Dabiri, now a professor at Stanford but then at Caltech, was teaching a...
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With gold and rat heart cells, scientists make a robot stingray
By Amina KhanHere’s a critter that would be a showstopper in your aquarium: By layering rat heart cells over a gold skeleton, scientists have built tiny swimming artificial stingrays that can be driven...
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