Volume 9, Number 2, Fall 2002
Cover: Graduate Student Christina Massell
Photograph by Marc Tule

Nature’s Blueprint
Mimicking Evolution’s Cleverest Designs
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By Robert Monroe
In the emerging field of biomimicry, two Scripps researchers study two unlikely organisms—diatoms and whelk egg capsules—in hopes of synthetically producing the structure–function of these animals for a variety of applications in the commercial world.

The Deep End of Sound
A Scripps Scientist Listens for the Inaudible
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By Robert Monroe
Scripps geophysicist Michael Hedlin investigates a range of sound that the human ear cannot detect—that of infrasound. By participating in the establishment of global infrasound monitoring stations, Hedlin can help governments and other scientists monitor both natural and anthropogenic phenomena such as earthquakes, hurricanes, meteors, volcanic explosions, and even nuclear explosions.

Scripps Centennial Series
A Century of Students
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By Joe Hlebica
This feature is the ninth in a continuing series celebrating the100-year history of Scripps. In this article, the ever-changing curriculum of the institution from the days of William E. Ritter to those of Charles F. Kennel is reviewed. It also offers a glimpse of some of the exceptional students who have helped make Scripps what it is today.