This series was created for UL Research Institutes by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. The first planes often crashed. The first boilers ...

At Northwestern University, our first-of-its-kind materials science department collaborates extensively with our leading mechanical engineering department, resulting in a strong history of ...

Materials are a necessity for all engineering applications. Materials science and engineering seeks to understand the fundamental physical origins of material behavior in order to optimize properties ...