Student News

Rev 7: The World’s First Removable, Biodegradable Gum?
October 15, 2011 | The Huffington Post

Worldwide, humans chew some 560,000 tons of gum per year. In the absense of any official reports on its environmental impact, findings of a student project from Professor Cushman-Roisin's Industrial Ecology class are cited.

MEMs see high employment rates
October 14, 2011 | The Dartmouth

Students in the Thayer School of Engineering’s Master of Engineering Management degree program experience consistently high success rates in finding employment through a substantial support network operated through both Thayer and Tuck School of Business.

Brentwood native travels to Rwanda to install turbine
September 30, 2011 | Seacoastonline

Brentwood resident and Dartmouth graduate, Emily Porter, returned home from a two-month stint in Rwanda, where she worked with a group of seven other students to develop a turbine generated hydro-electric power system with the hopes of bringing electricity to a remote village.

Gilman grad competing on NBC show ‘The Sing-off’
September 27, 2011 | The Baltimore Sun

Eric Preston Suan performs with The Dartmouth Aires on NBC's "The Sing-off." They are competing for a top prize of $200,000 and a recording contract.

Students help deliver power to rural Rwanda
September 26, 2011 | The Dartmouth

Student members of Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering embark on a two-month quest to improve the hydroelectric power in Rwanda’s remotest region.

NSF's Partnerships for Innovations (PFI) program connects Dartmouth engineering Ph.D. students with small business
September 21, 2011

Thayer School has been awarded a grant from NSF's Partnerships for Innovations (PFI) program to support students in Dartmouth's Ph.D. Innovation Program and connect them with small businesses involved in technologies for sensory enhancement and mobile sensor systems.

Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering named a winner in IEEE Presidents’ Change the World Competition
September 13, 2011 | IEEE

Team Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering Pico-Hydro Project is the winner of one of five Outstanding Student Humanitarian Prizes in the 2011 IEEE Presidents' Change the World competition.

New Trier grads find themselves competitors for NBC reality show
September 13, 2011 | TribLocal

Engineering major Will Hart '12 will be on the NBC talent show contest "The Sing-Off," which starts a new season Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. on NBC. Hart’s Dartmouth Aires is among the 16 a cappella groups vying for a $100,000 Sony Music recording contract.

New issue of Dartmouth Engineer magazine
September 8, 2011

The newest issue of Dartmouth Engineer magazine is now online. Features: "Major Mergers: For modified majors, engineering is just the beginning." | "Formula Hybrid: Thayer School’s international competition races to its five-year milestone." | "Humanitarian Engineering: Working overseas, students encounter the technological and human sides of meeting people’s needs."

The Power of One
September 7, 2011 | Dartmouth Alumni Magazine

After building a homemade windmill to power his Malawi family’s home, William Kamkwamba ’14 brings a new kind of energy to campus.