Faculty Feature: Engineering Office of the Alumni Association

Robert Stengel *65 *68, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director, Program in Robotics and Intelligent Systems, surveys more than 50 years of space exploration history. He considers whether a second space race may be evolving and, if so, whether through NASA or commercial ventures the U.S. will—or should—enter the race.

Brian Kernighan *69, Professor of Computer Science, presents a talk entitled “What a Well-Informed Person Should Know about Computing and Communications.” Presented on the occassion of the Many Minds, Many Stripes conference for Princeton's graduate alumni.

Michael Littman, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, describes the impetus for the work undertaken in his popular freshman seminar, “Art of Science of Motorcycle Design,” which he started with Glenn Northey, Supervisor of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Manufacturing Center. Now in its third year, the seminar examines the motorcycle as an engineering system and provides hands-on examination of the different system components through restoration of vintage motorcycles such as the “Tiger Cub.” Presented as part of Alumni Day 2012.