Since 1871, an active railway has crossed Hamlin Marsh, and in the 1920s, crews built a 115-kV transmission line just 50 feet from the track on a parallel line. To improve reliability, National Grid ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is the country’s only agency dedicated to the support of fundamental scientific research and is primarily known for this mission. However, since its founding, the ...

David Packard (1912-1996), the co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company. The foundation formed by him and his wife has provided hundreds of millions of dollars to support science and engineering over ...

This chapter outlines the many ways in which engineering research and education impact society, the role that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has played in bringing these impacts about, and the ...