Alumni often ask for reading recommendations from their favorite Engineering School professors. Some alums want to keep abreast of the ever-evolving industry of engineering, some are curious and some just appreciate the suggestions for a good read, knowing that they come from those whom they respect. In our SEAS Reads column, we present you with the first of these SEAS Reads recommendations. Enjoy!

Donald E. Brown

W.S. Calcott Professor and Chair, Department of Systems and Information Engineering

• The Google Story by David Vise

Eric Maslen

Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
• 'Tis: A Memoir by Frank McCourt
• Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

Fred O'Bryant

Librarian for Applied Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics
Charles L. Brown Science and Engineering Library

• Pompeii: A Novel by Robert Harris
• Nano by John Robert Marlow
• The Spike: How Our Lives Are Being Transformed by Rapidly Advancing Technologies by Damien Broderick

Jason Papin

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

• The Language of Life by Debra Niehoff
• From Alchemy to IPO: The Business of Biotechnology by Cynthia Robbins-Roth
• Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad