Science and Technology Articles

Most of my bylined writings have been about astronomy, physics, space technology, communications technologies and regulation, history of science and technology, and profiles of people and institutions. I've also researched and written investigative special reports, including the events leading up to the breakup of AT&T into the Baby Bells in 1984, the space shuttle Challenger tragedy in 1986, and the sweeping layoffs of engineers in the 1990s. (Editors: Contact me for full clips.)

Since 1970,  some 250 articles I've written on science or technology have been published in dozens of national magazines and newspapers, including Astronomy, Family Circle, IEEE Spectrum, the Los Angeles Times, the children's magazine Muse, Omni, Scientific American, Sky and Telescope, and Travel & Leisure. Fifteen of them have won top journalism awards.

Since 1972, as a magazine editor, I've acquired and/or edited another 200 articles from scientists and engineers and from freelance writers; created regular departments on science travel, innovations, and technology and the law; and coordinated half a dozen single-topic special issues.

Only a very few articles are available either as PDF files or on other Web sites. Please contact me if you wish to see others. 

"Proven skills: the new yardstick for schools," [ABET's new EC 2000 criteria for engineering programs] IEEE Spectrum 37 (9): 63-67, Sept. 2000. (263-KB PDF file)

"Ingenuity in the Moon's Shadow," (19th-century total solar eclipse expeditions) The Sciences, 39 (6): 14-17, Nov./Dec., 1999.

"Why Should a Venture Capitalist Give You a Dime?" (with two McKinsey co-authors) IEEE Today's Engineer, 1 (4): 8-13, Fall., 1998 (Patience! 685-KB PDF)

"working@home.com: Clearing the Psychological Underbrush," IEEE Today's Engineer, 1 (3): 10-15, Summer, 1998 (195-KB PDF file)

"Purchasing's Big Moment: After a Merger," (Timothy L. Chapman, Jack Dempsey, Glenn Ramsdell were lead authors), McKinsey Quarterly, Issue 1 [March] 1998, pp. 56-65. (310-KB PDF)

"Outward Bound for Operations," Month by Month (McKinsey & Co.), pp. 2-11, Sept./Oct., 1997 (PATIENCE! 2.8MB PDF)

For a PDF file of  Trudy E. Bell's CV and  complete list of 250+ science/technology publications, click here.
   

Trudy E. Bell's published articles also include ones based on original scholarly research and extensive first-person interviews.

Since 1970, articles on science and technology by Trudy E. Bell have been published in major popular science, general consumer, travel, women's, and children's magazines.

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