Category Archives: Profiles

For RRTN by Tristen Graves After years as a successful architect and advocate for the inclusion of more African-Americans in architecture, 80-year-old Robert T. Coles, a graduate of MIT, enjoys sailing his 25-foot sloop on Lake Erie off Buffalo, N.Y. …

For RRTN by Tristen Graves Working to create longer lasting and environmentally friendly alternative to batteries in cell phones and laptops. Professor Paula T. Hammond of MIT advocates for solar energy. She is encouraged by her research into polymers that …

Fighter pilot, astronaut, grandfather; Charles Bolden to helm NASA For RRTN by Tristen Graves Former astronaut and retired Marine Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden is the new administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The wartime Marine fighter pilot, …

“Jim” Gates; from MIT to presidential science advisor For RRTN by Tristen Graves He didn’t suspect that it would lead him to become a theoretical physicist, educator and member of the president’s council of science advisors.”No one had been in …

The Power of Physics: In the Classroom and Abroad For RRTN by Tristen Graves Sekazi Mtingwa’s passion for the field of physics has allowed him to leave his mark in the classroom at multiple universities, in South Africa, and in …