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Author: Steve Bucher

Stephen Bucher is the Director of the Engineering Writing Program at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. He is the founder of and faculty adviser to Illumin magazine.
The SR -71 Blackbird: An Engineering Headache of Supersonic Speed Aerospace Engineering Issue II Mechanical Engineering Physics Volume XXIII

The SR -71 Blackbird: An Engineering Headache of Supersonic Speed

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023
Manipulating the Intangible: Modern Advancements in Dream Engineering Building & Architecture Health & Medicine Issue II Volume XXIII

Manipulating the Intangible: Modern Advancements in Dream Engineering

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023
Touch Screens: How our devices moved beyond buttons Computer Science Issue II Volume XXIII

Touch Screens: How our devices moved beyond buttons

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023
From Curbs to Code: Using Modern Digital Technology to Confront Homelessness Computer Science Editors' Picks Issue II Volume XXIII

From Curbs to Code: Using Modern Digital Technology to Confront Homelessness

August 28, 2023October 9, 2023
Issue II Volume XXIV

Editors’ Note – Volume XXIV Issue II

August 28, 2023April 1, 2024
Volume XXIII

Statement on Use of Generative AI Tools in Illumin Magazine

August 21, 2023August 28, 2023
Analog Computers: Looking to the Past for the Future of Computing Computer Science Electrical Engineering Issue III Power Volume XXIII

Analog Computers: Looking to the Past for the Future of Computing

August 9, 2023October 8, 2023
Texting Money: How Did Contactless Payment Tap into Existence? Computer Science Entertainment History & Society Issue I Lifestyle Volume XXII

Texting Money: How Did Contactless Payment Tap into Existence?

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022
The Magic of Scanning: Science Behind the QR Code Computer Science Issue I Volume XXII

The Magic of Scanning: Science Behind the QR Code

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022
Stay In Your Lane: The Optical Phenomenon Of Retroreflection Civil Engineering Industrial Engineering Issue I Material Science Physics Transportation Volume XXII

Stay In Your Lane: The Optical Phenomenon Of Retroreflection

February 14, 2022
Say Bye Bye Bye to Headphone Wires Electrical Engineering Entertainment Issue I Lifestyle Music Volume XXII

Say Bye Bye Bye to Headphone Wires

February 14, 2022
NFTs: 6-Figure Cat GIFs and The Identity of the Future Computer Science Issue I Lifestyle Volume XXII

NFTs: 6-Figure Cat GIFs and The Identity of the Future

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022
Netflix’s Recommendation Systems: Entertainment Made for You Computer Science Editors' Picks Entertainment Issue I Lifestyle Volume XXII

Netflix’s Recommendation Systems: Entertainment Made for You

February 14, 2022October 30, 2023
A New Reality Computer Science Entertainment Issue III Lifestyle Volume XX

A New Reality

November 8, 2021
Deepfakes: Fooling Humans with Artificial Intelligence Computer Science Issue III Volume XX

Deepfakes: Fooling Humans with Artificial Intelligence

November 8, 2021
The Graphical Fidelity of Video Games & Animated Films Computer Science Entertainment Issue III Volume XX

The Graphical Fidelity of Video Games & Animated Films

November 8, 2021December 2, 2021
From a Swipe to a Soulmate – the Power of Online Dating Computer Science Issue III Lifestyle Volume XX

From a Swipe to a Soulmate – the Power of Online Dating

October 21, 2021November 8, 2021
Algorithmic Art: Beyond the Artist Building & Architecture Issue I Volume XX

Algorithmic Art: Beyond the Artist

November 10, 2020November 27, 2020
Leaving the Light On: Vacuum Tubes and their Reemergence Computer Science Entertainment Health & Medicine Issue I Lifestyle Music Volume XVIII

Leaving the Light On: Vacuum Tubes and their Reemergence

March 21, 2017November 29, 2017
To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before: Faster-than-Light Travel in the 21st Century Aerospace Engineering

To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before: Faster-than-Light Travel in the 21st Century

June 24, 2014August 11, 2017
Electrical Engineering Energy Ergonomics Issue III Material Science Mechanical Engineering Physics Volume XIII

Power-Generating Fashion: A Look into Smart Textiles

December 7, 2011November 11, 2017
Biomedical Engineering Electrical Engineering Environmental Engineering Issue III Material Science Volume XIII

Silver Nanoparticles: A Valuable Weapon in Microbial Warfare

December 4, 2011November 11, 2017
Biomedical Engineering Health & Medicine Issue III Material Science Volume XIII

Biology’s Approach to Construction: The Development and Use of Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering

July 1, 2011November 11, 2017
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