Picture books and young adult biographies can introduce kids to design-based thinking and engineering habits like creativity and persistence.

Henry Petroski, a longtime professor at Duke University who seamlessly intertwined loves of engineering, history and writing, died June 14. He was 81. Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Park ...

He has more than 18 years of research experience in subsurface energy extraction, storage and carbon geosequestration. After earning his B.S. in petroleum engineering from the Petroleum University of ...