Catherine Barry always had a love for math and science growing up. “Both of my parents have advanced degrees in life sciences, so science and engineering were always a topic of conversations at the ...

Any task that tests your mental muscles is a step in the right direction when improving your problem-solving skills. While ...

In an article on msnbc, NBC News space analyst James Oberg discussed how engineers need to be smart enough to ask the right questions. He’s referring to questions beyond technical questions to those ...

Engineers are often asked to solve problems, says Andrew Olewnik, adjunct assistant professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. And they often have little training in how to discern ...

Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and senior director of programs at the National Academy of Engineering. His new book is Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World (W.W.

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and the University of Oxford have successfully demonstrated how problem-solving techniques used in ...

Engineering happens to be one of those career paths that quietly shapes almost everything around us, such as phone apps, the ...

Grappling with all the uncertainty, the epidemiologist’s role during the pandemic proved confusingly complex. A more pragmatic, problem-solving mindset might help in making good decisions. The last 20 ...