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Aerospace
Soyuz TMA-16 crew spacecraft approaches the International Space Station (ISS) for docking.
Expedition 20 Crew, NASA, NASA (source), Public domain (NASA)
Sensors
Sweat-powered fingertip patch to continuously monitor levodopa levels in Parkinson's patients.
Jacobs School of Engineering (UC San Diego), UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering (source), CC BY 4.0
Optics
High-power green laser system mounted on an optical table.
Jacobs School of Engineering (UC San Diego), UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering (source), CC BY 2.0
Telecommunications
Lattice telecommunications 5G network tower with cellular sector antennas and microwave dishes.
Rayyân, Unsplash (source), Unsplash License
Software Engineering
Ruby on Rails configuration code and testing frameworks displayed on a laptop screen.
Luis Gomes, Pexels (source), Pexels License
Renewable Energy
Utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) power station in the United States.
Emily Bedenkop / U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy (source), Public domain
Quantum Technology
Gold-on-alumina trapped-ion quantum computing microchip developed at NIST.
Y. Colombe / NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology (source), Public domain (U.S. Government Work)
Production
Hybrid manufacturing system combining CNC machining with Laser Directed Energy Deposition (DED) at ORNL Manufacturing Demonstration Facility.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (source), CC BY 2.0
Nuclear
Cherenkov radiation during nuclear fuel element extraction at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR).
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (source), CC BY 2.0
Materials
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of hydrothermally synthesized single-crystal quartz nanorods.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (source), CC BY 2.0
IT
Server racks containing storage drives, computing modules, and data-routing infrastructure.
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Slovinský, NOIRLab / NSF / AURA (source), CC BY 4.0
Industrial Control
Field service engineer working on an ABB 6-axis articulated robot IRB 7600 inside a cleanroom.
Energy Conversion
Alkaline water electrolyzer stack operated by the German renewable energy company ENERTRAG.
Energy
Electric insulators on top of a power transformer at the Kachlet Power Plant.
High Contrast, Wikimedia Commons (source), CC BY 3.0 DE
Electronics
Hardware-in-the-Loop electronic test bed with Hercules TMS570 / RM LaunchPads and Raspberry Pis simulating power grid distribution networks.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (source), CC BY 4.0
Energy Storage
Interconnected busbars and cylindrical lithium-ion cells inside a high-voltage EV battery pack (Lucid Motors).
Votpuske, Wikimedia Commons (source), CC BY-SA 4.0
Artificial Intelligence
Neuromorphic artificial intelligence chip based on resistive random-access memory (RRAM) technology.
Jacobs School of Engineering (UC San Diego), UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering (source), CC BY 2.0
Data Science
Real-time user analytics dashboard tracking website performance and user engagement metrics.
Luke Chesser, Unsplash (source), Unsplash License
Semiconductor
Silicon semiconductor wafer fabricated using Intel's 32nm logic process (close-up of processor dies).
Unknown — source needed, Unconfirmed (caption only) (source), CC BY 2.0 (caption only; author/source unconfirmed)
Automotive
Resistance spot welding at the Body-in-White (BiW) station of an automotive production line (robot arms welding car bodies).
TRAIMAK.BY (embedded file credit) — Magnific license unverified, Magnific (per caption; embedded EXIF credits TRAIMAK.BY) (source), Magnific free (verify current terms + file coverage)
Biomedical Engineering
Growth of human brain organoids inside a petri dish being monitored under a microscope (Kuzum lab, transparent graphene microelectrode array).
David Baillot / Jacobs School of Engineering (UC San Diego), UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering (source), CC BY 2.0
Cybersecurity
Engineer working at dual monitors showing code and dashboards in a dark operations room.
Mohammad Rahmani (per filename; photo page not verifiable), Unsplash (source), Unsplash License
Sustainability
Aerial view of wind turbines across fields seen through clouds.
Unknown — photographer unconfirmed, Unsplash (per uploader; exact photo page unconfirmed) (source), Unsplash License
Robotics
White articulated robot arm in an automated storage/picking room.
Unknown — photographer unconfirmed, Unsplash (per uploader; exact photo page unconfirmed) (source), Unsplash License