What’s the most important problem that engineering has solved in the last 100 years?

Aaron Staley, EECS sophomore

The transistor because, without it, we’d have no integrated circuits and, without those, we’d have no electronic innovations. It has radically changed the world.

Josh Pomorski, Eng.Phys. senior

Lasers because they were a solution that found many problems to solve. Their applications came later and that’s cool.

Louis Chen, EECS junior

Computer engineering because it helps scientists and engineers calculate and solve other problems.

Jessica Robertson, EECS/BioE prospective student

Plastics because engineering uses plastic so often. All the tubing for example. Plastic even saves lives.

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