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Vito Vanoni, BS 1926, PhD 1940, former faculty; Professor of Hydraulics, Emeritus at Caltech; world leader in study of sediment transport in streams and rivers; elected to National Academy of Engineering for leadership in developing the science of hydraulic sedimentation mechanics and applying it to construction and maintenance of engineering ...
The Beckman Institute at Caltech is a multi-disciplinary center for research in the chemical and biological sciences. Founding of the Beckman Institute at Caltech was supported by a major philanthropic gift from the Arnold Orville Beckman and his wife Mabel, through the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. Beckman had a long-term relationship ...
The house system is the basis of undergraduate student residence at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Caltech's unique house system is modeled after the residential college system of Oxford and Cambridge in England, although the houses are probably more similar in size and character to the Yale University residential colleges ...
The long quest for gender parity. For Caltech, a campus of 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students with 47 Nobel awards and more than 50 research centers, the road to gender parity has been long.
The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) [a] is a private research university in Pasadena, California, United States.The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small group of institutes of technology in the United States that are devoted to the instruction of pure and applied sciences.
Caltech previously won a verdict of more than $1.1 billion from Apple and Broadcom in the case that was later overturned. It was unclear if the agreement involved both Apple and Broadcom.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by Apple Inc and Broadcom Inc to revive their challenges to Caltech data-transmission patents in a patent infringement case in which the ...
Caltech began admitting woman undergraduates in 1970. The first woman ASCIT president was elected in 1974, and the first house president in 1975. At the 1986 Interhouse party there was a stabbing; the party was suspended after 1989.