Photo of the Day Does the Milky Way always rise between these two rocks? No. Capturing this stunning alignment took careful planning: being in the right place at the right time. In the featured image taken in June 2024 from Otago, New Zealand, the bright central core of our Milky Way Galaxy, home to [...]
Discover how SWE’s joint membership program connects members with DEIB-focused professional societies. Source
As SWE celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, here’s looking back at some of the Society’s presidents who served the military. Source
SWENext Influencer Aleksandra F. explores the spectacular chemical engineering involved in fireworks and shares how to become a pyrotechnic engineer. Source
Photo of the Day Are these trees growing on Mars? No. Groups of dark brown streaks have been photographed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on melting pinkish sand dunes covered with light frost. The featured image was taken in 2008 April near the North Pole of Mars. At that time, dark sand on the [...]
Gina Orozco, vice president of gas transmission and storage operations at SoCalGas, offers advice for women engineers who want to drive the energy transition. Source
What happens when you don’t have referrals or connections? Akanksha Prasad, a senior chemical engineering scientist, shares how to build your own way forward and develop resilience in the process. Source
As sweeping anti-DEI legislation threatens progress worldwide, LGBTQ+ people in STEM face growing risks and fewer resources. Here’s how the STEM community can step up. Source
Photo of the Day This interstellar skyscape spans over 4 degrees across crowded starfields toward the constellation Sagittarius and the central Milky Way. A First Look image captured at the new NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the bright nebulae and star clusters featured include famous stops on telescopic tours of the cosmos: Messier 8 [...]
Photo of the Day Is there a spiral galaxy in the center of this spiral galaxy? Sort of. Image data from the Hubble Space Telescope, the European Southern Observatory, and smaller telescopes on planet Earth are combined in this detailed portrait of face-on spiral galaxy Messier 61 (M61) and its bright center. A mere [...]
