Transforming

Electric Avenue

With Brian Sisk, PhD (PhD ’04) helming battery design, Rivian is taking the electric revolution off-road by Wayne Lewis Illustrated by Marian F. Moratinos When the electric-vehicle company Rivian Automotive first reached out to him in 2019, Brian Sisk, PhD (PhD ’04)...
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Shocking Upset

In 1968, Wally Rippel, BS (BS ’68) and his Caltech team challenged MIT students to a cross-country race of electric cars Courtesy of Caltech Archives Rippel’s personally modified Volkswagen bus was the scrappy underdog, its floor covered with 20 lead-cobalt batteries,...
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Science In Action

Caltech’s campus is getting a sustainable upgrade from Yazdani Studios Photography by Yazdani StudioThe Los Angeles-based architecture firm created an innovative design incorporating mass timber for the Resnick Sustainability Resource Center. Currently under...
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Back to the Future

Stephen Mayo reflects on his unique perspective as a Caltech alumnus serving his alma mater as an administrator, and returning to his research program. by Wayne LewisPhotography by Leah LeeFew Techers have contributed to the Institute from as many angles as Stephen...
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Shocking Upset

Shocking Upset

In 1968, Wally Rippel, BS (BS ’68) and his Caltech team challenged MIT students to a cross-country race of electric cars

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Back to the Future

Back to the Future

Stephen Mayo reflects on his unique perspective as a Caltech alumnus serving his alma mater as an administrator, and returning to his research program.

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