Engineering + Technology
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.
Tammy Ma Is Trying to Make Fusion Energy Real
the Livermore physicist’s path from a Caltech summer internship to leading the national effort on inertial fusion energy.
What Actually Works in AI: A Candid Assessment from Five Techers
Caltech alumni cut through the hype to share which tools are delivering real results, and where human expertise remains irreplaceable.
Starman: A New Documentary About JPL’s Gentry Lee and the Search for Life Beyond Earth
A film about one of NASA’s most accomplished engineers is also a love letter to curiosity, ambiguity, and the planet we already have.