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Surgical Probe Uses Fluorescence to Guide Brain Tumor Removal
February 4, 2013

A team from Thayer School of Engineering and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is among the first to harness fluorescence to prevent tissue damage during brain surgery.

Mary Albert: Ice and Snow and Many Hats
February 4, 2013 | Dartmouth Now

Professor Mary Albert’s research looks to ancient ice for answers about climate change today as she trains the next generation of polar scientists and engineers.

Dartmouth Engineering Professor Elected OSA Fellow
January 30, 2013 | The Optical Society

Professor Brian Pogue was elected a fellow by The Optical Society (OSA) for having "served with distinction in the advancement of optics," and more specifically, for contributions to optical tomography and spectroscopy of breast cancer and advancement of optical diffusion modeling software for tissue spectroscopy and imaging.

Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive Plays Host to Rare Recordings
January 22, 2013 | Dartmouth Now

Since 2002, Lewis Glinert and Professor Alex Hartov have worked to archive, digitize, restore, and distribute rare audio files through the Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive (DJSA)—one of the largest online Jewish sound databases in the world.

Quantifying intraoperative fluorescence
January 18, 2013 | Medical Physics Web

A summary of advancements in fluorescence-guided neurosurgery research by MD/PhD candidate Pablo Valdés and professors Frederic Leblond and Keith Paulsen (et al.) originally published in Nature entitled, "Quantitative, spectrally-resolved intraoperative fluorescence imaging."

Students design turbine for use in African town
January 17, 2013 | The Dartmouth

Using only local supplies like aluminum, bricks, fuel, sand and wood, Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering plans to build a hydropower turbine in the Rwandan town of Musange this summer.

Location, Location Not an Obstacle to Biotech Success
January 16, 2013 | BioWorld Today

Since Adimab "is essentially a profitable business," Professor Tillman Gerngross said it's an unusual biotech in more ways than its location. He credits much of its success to diligence in partnering.

The New Ph.D.
January 15, 2013 | ASEE Prism

A number of institutions, including Dartmouth, have begun to prepare Ph.D. engineers to grasp opportunities and thrive in the industrial, commercial, and business worlds, either as employees of large or small enterprises or as entrepreneurs.

Research team develops tumor imaging system
January 14, 2013 | The Dartmouth

Researchers from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Thayer School have developed a quantitative imaging system to detect low-grade brain cancer cells and make tumor removal more precise, according to engineering professor and research group co-leader Keith Paulsen.

Dartmouth Researchers Studying Vermont Stream Recovery
January 13, 2013 | The Boston Globe

With support from NSF, earth sciences professor and adjunct engineering professor Carl Renshaw has teamed up with geography professor Frank Magilligan to study the long-term effects of Tropical Storm Irene in Vermont.