Engineering in Action
Engineering is a rigorous major. But our engineering specs include serious fun. Here’s a sampling of ways you can exercise your skills in and beyond the classroom:
The Big Green Bus
Join the crew of The Big Green Bus, which Dartmouth students converted to run on waste vegetable oil. Each summer it travels around the country to raise awareness about alternative energy issues.
Dartmouth Formula Racing and Formula Hybrid™
Build a high-performance E-85 vehicle for Dartmouth Formula Racing and race it in the national Society of Automotive Engineers competition. Or build a fuel-efficient hybrid for the Formula Hybrid™ International Competition, which Dartmouth students founded to challenge their peers to improve hybrid technologies.
HELP Worldwide
Use your engineering skills to make a difference in developing nations. Student members of Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering Leadership Projects (HELP) Worldwide have designed and built clean water, biogas, micro-hydropower systems in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
See more HELP Worldwide photos on Flickr
Schweitzer Fellowships
Serve the local community and encourage the next generation of engineers by becoming a Schweitzer Fellow. Recent projects include mentoring a girl’s team that placed in the annual FIRST Lego League Robotics Competition and designing a carbon-credit trading simulation to help high school students understand the connections between environment, business, and public policy.
Women in Science Project
Join a supportive community of students and professors. WISP, dedicated to encouraging women to pursue science, math, and engineering, provides first-year research opportunities, mentors, and opportunities to meet working scientists.
