Features Table of Contents

July 1999

feature articles

role models
Virtual people take on the job of testing complex designs.

syngas europa
United Europe explores technology to get more power and less pollution from its coal.

adjusting to mother nature
It seemed like a good idea at a nuclear power plant, but would it hold up in a tornado?

nowhere to hide
Instruments designed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will make it more difficult for countries to set off nuclear explosions undetected.

keeping the fans dry
What does it take to control a 13,000-ton retractable steel stadium roof?

can-do packaging
To sell more aluminum, engineers design a new generation of machines to spiff up the common soda can.

staying cool
Heat pipes address thermal management problems inside high-performance aircraft engines.

the blacksmith's motor
Electricity, magnetism, and motion: A self-taught Vermonter pointed the direction for lighting the world.