Engineering + Technology
Caltech Alumni and Faculty Make the Case for University Research at Quantum California
At a statewide convening, Caltech speakers argued that California’s quantum companies are building on decades of university science, much of it from Techers.
$27.5 Million in Gifts to Fund JPL Makerspace and Caltech Hypersonic Lab Expansion
Two gifts will help students and researchers turn new devices into working prototypes and study flight at more than five times the speed of sound.
Getting AI Agents to Join the Team
As Nikita Sirohi explores new ways for people and AI agents to work together, she is navigating the uncertainty of founding a stealth startup in a field where a promising idea can become obsolete—or newly relevant—almost overnight.
Charles Trimble (BS ’63, MS ’64) to Receive Cartographic Medal
The Caltech alumnus who helped turn satellite positioning into a business will receive the American Geographical Society’s O.M. Miller Cartographic Medal on September 15.
Kitt Hodsden and the Art of Being Efficiently Lazy
How the software engineer turned a distaste for tedious tasks into a career building smarter workflows, scaling tech giants, and conquering personal summits.
“This Is Going to Be Really Big”: How Nvidia’s Bill Dally Shaped the AI Era
Bill Dally has spent four decades designing the hardware behind modern AI. The instinct came from Caltech: don’t do little things.