By Sujit S. Datta, Triangle online eMag Editor-in-Chief
To find out more about the Triangle, the people who work at the Triangle, and how to join, click here!
So what do we have for you in this issue?
Regulars:
Apex
Leo Chang, the Triangle's Editor-in-Chief, unveils the new and improved Penn Triangle.
TechFlash
Steven Hershman and Sujit S. Datta tells us how to get to Mars and back in 90 days, in a spaceship flown by rat brains - that, and more.
Penn by the Numbers
Neeti Bagadiya and Salima Kassam make sense of it all.
Engineered News
Taking a satirical look at Skirkanich Hall, and sci/tech life at Penn - we present to you engineered news: as authentic as food trucks, courtesy of John Singer's biting wit.
Book Review
Ever wonder what it feels like to be a dead person? Debbie Chadi thinks you should read Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.
Voices from the Podium
Dr. Noam Lior explains why water is more important than we may think.
Tangents
Debbie Chadi, the Triangle's Executive Editor, looks back on 3 years at Penn, and continues to maintain that SEAS is so much better than Wharton (Ed - we agree.)
Features:
Material Goods
Shawn Dimantha profiles Penn's very own MIT Tech Review Top 100 Young Innovator, Materials Science and Engineering professor Shu Yang.
Breaking Out
Sujit Datta takes a look at what we're doing wrong when it comes to science education and talks to Chemistry professor Dr. Ponzy Lu about it.
More Than Just Muscle
Chintan Desai finds out what makes Philadephia's sports stadiums tick.
High-Tech Archaeology
An engineer takes a visit to the Penn Museum of Archaeology, and likes what he sees. Said engineer goes by the name of David Mu.
Browser Wars
Hunter Schloss uncovers why you should stop using IE. Right. Now.
God the Engineer?
Bonnie Waring takes a look at the hype surrounding the theory of Intelligent Design.
Science versus Religion
Sujit Datta expounds on the so-called unbridgeable divide between science and religion, and questions their roles in todays' world.
Can Scientists Do Science?
Tushar Khanna takes a fascinating look at the stem cell debate.
Welcome to the new Penn Triangle online. (Bet you didn't see that one coming). I'll keep this short, I promise. In a nutshell, the Triangle Online is the new online eMag for the Pennsylvania Triangle, the science and technology publication of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
To find out more about the Triangle, the people who work at the Triangle, and how to join, click here!
So what do we have for you in this issue?
Regulars:
Apex
Leo Chang, the Triangle's Editor-in-Chief, unveils the new and improved Penn Triangle.
TechFlash
Steven Hershman and Sujit S. Datta tells us how to get to Mars and back in 90 days, in a spaceship flown by rat brains - that, and more.
Penn by the Numbers
Neeti Bagadiya and Salima Kassam make sense of it all.
Engineered News
Taking a satirical look at Skirkanich Hall, and sci/tech life at Penn - we present to you engineered news: as authentic as food trucks, courtesy of John Singer's biting wit.
Book Review
Ever wonder what it feels like to be a dead person? Debbie Chadi thinks you should read Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.
Voices from the Podium
Dr. Noam Lior explains why water is more important than we may think.
Tangents
Debbie Chadi, the Triangle's Executive Editor, looks back on 3 years at Penn, and continues to maintain that SEAS is so much better than Wharton (Ed - we agree.)
Features:
Material Goods
Shawn Dimantha profiles Penn's very own MIT Tech Review Top 100 Young Innovator, Materials Science and Engineering professor Shu Yang.
Breaking Out
Sujit Datta takes a look at what we're doing wrong when it comes to science education and talks to Chemistry professor Dr. Ponzy Lu about it.
More Than Just Muscle
Chintan Desai finds out what makes Philadephia's sports stadiums tick.
High-Tech Archaeology
An engineer takes a visit to the Penn Museum of Archaeology, and likes what he sees. Said engineer goes by the name of David Mu.
Browser Wars
Hunter Schloss uncovers why you should stop using IE. Right. Now.
God the Engineer?
Bonnie Waring takes a look at the hype surrounding the theory of Intelligent Design.
Science versus Religion
Sujit Datta expounds on the so-called unbridgeable divide between science and religion, and questions their roles in todays' world.
Can Scientists Do Science?
Tushar Khanna takes a fascinating look at the stem cell debate.
