Research News

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.

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."

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.

Dartmouth Engineering Professor Receives NSF’s CAREER Award
January 11, 2013

Dartmouth engineering professor Jifeng Liu has been named a 2012 recipient of the National Science Foundation's CAREER Award for outstanding young faculty.

Research at Dartmouth-Hitchcock helps battle brain tumors
December 27, 2012 | WCAX-TV

Engineering PhD candidate Kolbein Kolste is featured in this story about fluorescence-guided neurosurgery—a joint research project with DHMC involving professors Paulsen, Pogue, Hartov, and Leblond.

Innovations in Ice Drilling Enable Abrupt Climate Change Discoveries
December 17, 2012 | IDPO

Innovations in directional ice drilling engineering are providing scientists and engineers with additional ice from key depths in ice sheets that will help to understand why and how abrupt climate changes occur.

A Conversation with Assistant Professor Brenden Epps
December 14, 2012

Just a few months ago Brenden Epps was a postdoc at MIT. Now the first-time Assistant Professor at Thayer has returned to the Upper Valley Region—he visited in 2004 while hiking the Appalachian Trail—bringing a vast knowledge of fluid mechanics as it relates to wind and wave energy, which he is using to research aeroelastic modeling of offshore wind turbines. Epps took a few minutes to chat about his research and his experience since arriving in August.

Curiosity’s Cousins: Autonomous Polar Robots Explore Earth’s Extremes
December 12, 2012 | Wired Science

Earth’s poles are the wheeling grounds for two polar rovers: solar-powered Cool Robot and its younger cousin Yeti. The pair, designed by a team led by engineer Laura Ray at Dartmouth, are among the first autonomous polar robots to go to work.

What is the Future of Microwave Technology in Diagnostic Imaging?
December 10, 2012 | NCCC

Professor Paul Meaney has been working on microwave engineering for more than 15 years, primarily with Keith Paulsen, co-director of the CIR, and the Pritzker Professor of Biomedical Engineering; professor of radiology at the Geisel School of Medicine; and director of the Advanced Imaging Center at DHMC.