Thayer School News

Community-integrated classes engage students

2012-02-17T10:43:48+00:00

The Tucker Foundation collaborates with faculty to incorporate community-based research and learning into classes in various departments—such as building a play structure for Lyme Nursery School as part of a course on engineering design.

Thayer app. numbers increase by 35 percent

2012-02-16T10:20:36+00:00

While application rates at DMS and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences have been consistent with previous years, Thayer School has seen a notable increase in its application pool, which grew by approximately 35 percent for the class entering in Fall 2012.

Dartmouth engineering school hosts virtual career fair

2012-02-14T12:31:38+00:00

There will be match making going on at Dartmouth on Valentine's Day, but romance has nothing to do with it. Thayer School is hosting its second Virtual Career Fair using Skype to connect recruiters with students.

Thayer team redesigns solar tech.

2012-02-09T14:10:19+00:00

Professor Jifeng Liu's research team is pursuing a full patent for a process to create less expensive solar cells that are up to twice as efficient as the current technology.

Women remain minority at Thayer

2012-02-07T13:21:05+00:00

Although Dartmouth’s engineering program stands out for its relatively high number of female engineering students, some say Thayer School should do more to reach out to incoming female students.

Who is The Entrepreneur: Tom Brady

2012-02-06T13:06:23+00:00

"I was first exposed to entrepreneurship in an undergraduate engineering course at Dartmouth" --Tom Brady ’66 Th’68, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Plastic Technologies, Inc.

Dartmouth’s Cool Robot is literally cool

2012-02-02T10:13:54+00:00

The Dartmouth engineering group flew to Summit Station on the Greenland ice over the summer to test "Cool Robot," an autonomous robot being designed to wander in Greenland.

Thin Film Intelligence Brief

2012-01-31T13:15:04+00:00

Dartmouth has granted a world-wide exclusive license to Solar-Tectic LLC for technology invented by Professor Jifeng Liu that enables the first-time commercialization of single crystal silicon thin-film solar cells.

Ode To Ice

2012-01-27T12:42:06+00:00

Science Friday visited Queens ice sculptor Shintaro Okamoto in his studio and spoke with ice researcher Erland Schulson, of Dartmouth, to find out why ice is an interesting subject for artists and engineers.

Solar-Tectic LLC gets exclusive license for manufacturing single c-Si thin-films on ordinary glass

2012-01-27T12:38:19+00:00

$300 House Project targets Haiti

2012-01-26T13:26:42+00:00

The four-day workshop for the $300 House Project — which aims to address homelessness by developing affordable housing — brings together students and faculty from Tuck School of Business, Thayer School of Engineering, College undergraduates, as well as architects, engineers and designers from around the world.

Engineers are transforming lives

2012-01-23T14:53:18+00:00

Technological advances are laying the groundwork for "humanitarian engineering" -- For example, Dartmouth engineering students are building wind turbines in remote regions of Tanzania.

A Conversation with William Kamkwamba ’14

2012-01-23T13:46:37+00:00

William Kamkwamba ’14, who is majoring in environmental studies and minoring in engineering, recently sat down for a video interview with Jessica Chen ’12 to discuss what he enjoys about Dartmouth, the projects he’s working on, his hopes for the future, and why he wrote his books.

Dartmouth President Kim to Give Keynote Address to Open $300 House Design Workshop

2012-01-23T13:26:34+00:00

On Wednesday, January 25, Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim will deliver the keynote address at the Tuck School of Business to launch a four-day design workshop for the $300 House Project.

UN partners with Dartmouth a cappella group to spotlight Horn of Africa famine

2012-01-20T14:03:45+00:00

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today released a new video message aimed at highlighting the ongoing famine in the Horn of Africa, with a song recorded by the renowned a cappella group, The Dartmouth Aires.

Professor of Engineering Eugene Santos Jr. Named IEEE Fellow

2012-01-19T12:47:05+00:00

Professor of Engineering Eugene Santos Jr. has been elevated to Fellow by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The IEEE Board of Directors cited Professor Santos "for contributions to decision support systems and reasoning under uncertainty."

Biotechs strike partnerships to spread their costs, risks

2012-01-15T14:47:32+00:00

At the 30th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Tillman Gerngross pressed drug company leaders from around the world to farm out some specialized research and development to his New Hampshire start-up, Adimab LLC.

Government touts importance of integrating the Azores in the project SuperDARN

2012-01-13T14:07:57+00:00

The Government of the Azores met with leaders of the SuperDARN project, including Professor Simon Shepherd, to make an official statement about the importance of the project to promoting cooperation with the U.S. and the positive development of the Azores.

Dartmouth Among First Schools Showcased in Google Maps Feature

2012-01-11T10:03:31+00:00

Dartmouth is among the first schools to be featured in Street View. In addition to walking across the Green, viewers can walk up the hill to Shattuck Observatory, travel around the track on Memorial Field, tour the Tuck School of Business and Thayer School of Engineering campuses, and walk around Occom Pond...Dartmouth first discussed working with Google after the launch of Thayer360, a panoramic virtual tour of its engineering school.

Thayer prof. works on HIV vaccine

2012-01-06T15:11:40+00:00

Engineering professor Margaret Ackerman and her research team have received funding to pursue a new approach to HIV treatment.