Thayer School News

Dartmouth Engineering Student Named Schweitzer Fellow

2013-05-20T15:11:38+00:00

Engineering PhD candidate Kelly Michaelsen has been named a 2013-14 New Hampshire-Vermont Schweitzer Fellow—joining approximately 220 other Schweitzer Fellows across the country in designing and implementing service projects that address the health of underserved communities.

Dartmouth Formula Racing Wins for Best Electric Car

2013-05-09T22:09:38+00:00

The Dartmouth Formula Racing (DFR) team overcame battery problems to run away with first prize for the top electric car at last week’s Formula Hybrid Competition.

MEM Students Create Vending Machine for Engineering Supplies

2013-05-08T10:50:34+00:00

“The idea never really went anywhere until I asked the MEM group to find a way to keep supplies on hand for student use,” said Machine Shop Manager Kevin Baron.

Dartmouth’s DAX Week Celebrates Creativity

2013-05-06T12:01:58+00:00

The week-long series is a collaboration of several academic departments, including Digital Music, Arts, and Humanities, Computer Science, Studio Art, Theater, Film and Media Studies, and Thayer School of Engineering.

Local college students build futuristic race cars

2013-05-03T14:43:30+00:00

For the seventh year, Dartmouth's engineering school has attracted major car companies to sponsor [Formula Hybrid]. They're just interested in what the teams come up with.

PHOTOS: Formula Hybrid racing at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway

2013-05-02T16:25:34+00:00

This year the Dartmouth team went fully electric. The event, founded by Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering took place this week at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Hybrid racer event gets NH college engineers to pull together

2013-05-01T15:57:57+00:00

A group of Dartmouth electrical and mechanical engineering students are learning how to speak each other's language during the Formula Hybrid Competition at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Hassan visiting NH hybrid race car competition

2013-04-30T23:04:22+00:00

Governor Maggie Hassan is attending the Formula Hybrid race car competition at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Some graduates diving right in to business

2013-04-28T15:17:02+00:00

Alison Stace-Naughton '11 Th'13 talks about "leaping into entrepreneurship immediately after graduation"— to continue working on her start-up, Spiral-E.

Microwave imaging can see how well treatment is progressing

2013-04-24T15:21:22+00:00

Professor Paul Meaney's research—published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Breast Cancer Research—shows how microwave imaging can be used to monitor how well treatment for breast cancer is working.

A Dog Has Its Day

2013-04-18T15:23:45+00:00

As part of the Dartmouth Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence directed by Thayer School faculty, P. Jack Hoopes, professor of surgery and of medicine and adjunct professor of engineering, started a clinical trial to test the effectiveness of an experimental treatment using magnetic nanoparticles.

Thayer Students Get Elementary With Science

2013-04-16T23:26:34+00:00

Fifty Thetford students were ready to give the Thayer School After School Science and Engineering program a go.

Yeti Robot Detects Polar Dangers

2013-04-16T15:45:54+00:00

After six years of operation, a new study shows that Professor Laura Ray's Yeti and other polar robots have “great potential” to improve the safety and efficiency of scientific work at the Poles.

Dartmouth Engineering Professors Discuss Promising Technologies for the Environment

2013-04-15T10:41:13+00:00

Technological developments are enabling us to live a more sustainable life. We asked professors at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth: What technologies under development hold the most promise for sustainability—and why?

Two to Lead Office of Entrepreneurship & Technology Transfer

2013-04-11T23:05:13+00:00

The newly established Office of Entrepreneurship & Technology Transfer will be led by engineering professor and biotechnology entrepreneur Tillman Gerngross.

Two Dartmouth Students Win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

2013-04-10T22:51:10+00:00

As a recipient of an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Aryeh Drager ’12 will head to Colorado State University to study atmospheric science.

SETAC Best Paper Award for Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

2013-04-08T12:55:03+00:00

Professor Borsuk will be awarded the IEAM Best Paper Award for “A Bayesian Network Model for Integrative River Rehabilitation Planning and Management.”

The ‘Future Is Bright’ for Residential Solar

2013-04-07T17:02:16+00:00

Charles Sullivan is quoted as an associate professor of engineering at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, who specializes renewable energy.

Tech Fair Thrills at Dartmouth

2013-04-06T15:54:30+00:00

Dartmouth students and other Upper Valley residents had a chance to witness the convergence of arts and sciences at the Tesla TechFair at Thayer School of Engineering — a byproduct of the opera Tesla in New York being shown at the Hopkins Center.

Tesla Tech Fair celebrates innovation

2013-04-05T17:11:48+00:00

A cacophony of hissing Tesla coils and whirring remote control helicopters filled Thayer School of Engineering’s Glycofi Atrium on Thursday afternoon.