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Thayer team redesigns solar tech.
February 9, 2012 | The Dartmouth

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
February 7, 2012 | The Dartmouth

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
February 6, 2012 | Forbes

"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
February 2, 2012 | Nashua Telegraph

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
January 31, 2012 | PV Insider

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
January 27, 2012 | NPR

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
January 27, 2012 | Global Solar Technology

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.

$300 House Project targets Haiti
January 26, 2012 | The Dartmouth

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
January 23, 2012 | Local 10 News (Miami)

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
January 23, 2012 | Dartmouth Now

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.