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The 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was the worst wildfire in the statea�™s history. Shown here burning out of control on June 26, three days after the fire began, it ultimately lasted 18 days, blazing through more than 18,000 acres of public and private land, destroying 347 homes, and killing two people....

Coexisting with Wildfire

Max A. Moritz, Scott Gabriel Knowles

Promoting the right kind of fire—and smarter development—is safer and more cost-effective than fighting a losing battle.

A Constructive Chemical Conversation *

Alison Grinthal, Wim L. Noorduin, Joanna Aizenberg

Precisely timed series of interventions lead to the growth of a variety of complex, three-dimensional microscale structures.

The Road Ahead

Henry Petroski

Designers envisioning the future have not always been able to foretell advances in automotive and motorway technology.

Evelyn Hutchinsona�™s Exultation in Natural History *

Laura J. Martin

The ecologist most remembered for bringing experimental work to a largely observational field nevertheless loved and promoted organismal description.

Interim Publisher
David Moran
David Moran is an adjunct professor at West Virginia University, teaching a graduate course in camelid physiology and husbandry. He is concurrently a professor at George Washington University and a retired full professor from the U.S. Naval Academy. Moran has served as president of the U.S. National Technology Transfer Center, the David Taylor Institute, Technology Partnerships International and Crimson Shamrock, LLC. He is a founder of the North American Alpaca Federation and also founded and served as the president of the West Virginia Alpaca Organization, chairman of the AOBA Marketing Committee, treasurer of the Suri Network and treasurer of the Mid-Atlantic Alpaca Association.

He received his BS and MS degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his PhD at the University of Iowa in hydrodynamics and mathematics. He is also a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute and the JFK School at Harvard University. He is a former director of industrial outreach for advanced technology for the Office of Naval Research.

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