Student Groups & Councils

The Thayer Council is a student-run umbrella organization for all Dartmouth Engineering students. Its mission is to act as the student voice in communications with faculty and administration, as well as to guide social life, foster communication among groups, and promote equity and diversity. The council also promotes student involvement in campus service organizations that carry classroom learning out into the community.

Contact: thayer.council@dartmouth.edu

The Master of Engineering Management Council (MEMC) works closely with both Thayer and MEM leadership to enact initiatives, plan events, and facilitate program development to support prospective and current MEM students. The MEMC strives to leverage student diversity to enhance the collaborative learning environment of the program.

Contact: MEMC Leadership

The Graduate Student Council (GSC) is the governing body that works to improve the quality of life for all graduate students at Dartmouth. The GSC sponsors events, provides financial support for student organizations, and supports college-wide initiatives such as the Student Wellness Check-in program. The council has representatives from each graduate program in the Arts and Sciences, including Thayer and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.

The GSC has many recognized student groups including Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (GWISE) that provides a place for women in STEM not only to gain support during their graduate studies but also to develop skills that empower them in their professional careers. The group's activities are geared toward professional development, outreach, and building a network of women in the sciences at Dartmouth. Although the group is oriented toward supporting women, they welcome all graduate students. The advisor for the group is Professor Megan Romano.

Contact: graduate.student.council@dartmouth.edu / GWISE@dartmouth.edu

The American Indian Science and Engineering Society's (AISES) mission is to increase representation of American Indian and Alaskan Natives in engineering, science and related disciplines. AISES was founded in 1977 by American Indian scientists, engineers and educators to help identify and remove the barriers to academic success for Native students.

Contact: Facebook & Instagram

Advisor: Nicholas Reo, Associate Professor of Indigenous Environmental Studies & Jessica Kinzie, Student Success & Outreach Manager

The Dartmouth Association of Medical Physics Students (AMPS) is for graduates enrolled in the CAMPEP-accredited Medical Physics Education Program. The group helps prepare students for professional certification exams, residency applications, and developing clinical exposure. Additionally, AMPS seeks to develop and maintain a social network of medical physics students and alumni in the broader Dartmouth community.

Contact: amps@dartmouth.edu

The Dartmouth Aerospace Engineering Club seeks to empower students with the skills and knowledge necessary to improve life on Earth and beyond.

Contact: rockets@dartmouth.edu

The Dartmouth Formula Racing (DFR) team designs, builds, and tests a high performance hybrid or electric race car. The DFR team initiated the annual Formula Hybrid+Electric™ competition, which is run by Thayer. The team receives advice and equipment from Thayer faculty and staff, but DFR members raise most of each year's budget from corporate sponsors and personal donations.

• DFR photos
• DFR videos

Contact: dartmouth.formula.racing@dartmouth.edu

Advisor: Raina White, Engineering Laboratory Instructor & Chuck Horrell, Research Engineer

Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering (DHE) organizes and supports service initiatives all over the world with the goal of improving a community's quality of life with solutions that are socially conscious, economically feasible, and fully sustainable.

• DHE in Scientific American
• DHE photos on Flickr
• Humanitarian engineering videos

Contact: Instagram / LinkedIn / dartmouth.humanitarian.engineering@dartmouth.edu

Advisor: Holly Wilkinson, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs

Every engineering student is automatically a member of the student chapter of the Dartmouth Society of Engineers (DSE). The Student Chapter serves as a forum for matters pertaining to the welfare of engineering students at Dartmouth, as well as a liaison between the engineering student body and the DSE Parent Chapter, Thayer faculty and staff, and Dartmouth. The Student Chapter also serves as a coordinating organization for social events and philanthropic initiatives. These include a weekly Friday gathering and an annual dinner. In addition, DSE organizes a graduation reception that is open to students, faculty, staff, and the families of graduating students. The DSE Student Chapter also works with other Thayer organizations to plan and organize additional activities to enrich the lives of Thayer students.

Contact: dartmouth.society.of.engineers@dartmouth.edu

Advisor: Holly Wilkinson, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs

Graduates in Need of Decompression (GrIND) seeks to promote general health and wellness among all graduate students. Maneuvering through graduate school presents challenges—time management, advisor dynamics, thesis writing, new friendships, self care, etc.—all can be significant factors affecting mood and performance. GrIND strives to provide a network of peer-based moral support as well as a structured and healthy approach to managing day-to-day graduate school life.

Contact: grind@thayer.dartmouth.edu

Advisors: Jessica Moody

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a professional society of engineers and scientists whose mission is to promote "the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electro and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession."

The student chapter of IEEE at Dartmouth sponsors activities, guest lectures, competitions, and other events relevant to students in engineering and computer science.

Advisor: Professor Paul Meaney

The mission of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is to increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community. Dartmouth's NSBE chapter is open to all minority students and focuses on supporting academic work, professional development, and connecting students to available resources.

Contact: national.society.of.black.engineers@dartmouth.edu

Advisors: Professor Kofi Odame and Jessica Kinzie, Student Success & Outreach Manager

The Dartmouth Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, sponsors the Christopher Reed Science Competition for senior honors students, and supports other activities that recognize and honor the research achievements of Dartmouth students.

President: Professor Dean Wilcox, Chemistry Department

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) is a professional engineering society that specializes in transportation technology. A multi-disciplinary group, it encompasses mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering. See also Dartmouth Formula Racing.

Advisor: Professor Laura Ray

The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) empowers the Hispanic community to realize its fullest potential and to impact the world through STEM awareness, access, support and development. SHPE, including the Dartmouth chapter, seeks to create a world where LatinX individuals are highly valued and influential as leading innovators, scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.

Contact: society.of.hispanic.professional.engineers@dartmouth.edu

Advisors: Jessica Kinzie, Student Success & Outreach Manager and Professor Petra Bonfert-Taylor

The Dartmouth chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) includes women and men, faculty, students, and staff. The group sponsors a variety of activities ranging from workshops for local schools to course advising sessions, and luncheons with prominent women in a variety of fields of engineering. SWE students are often active in WISP.

Contact: swe@dartmouth.edu

Advisor: Holly Wilkinson, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs

The International Society of Optics and Photonics seeks to connect researchers, educators and industrialists to collaborate upon and advance optical light-based research and technologies. The Dartmouth student chapter aims to link these various disciplines of research amongst the faculty and students. In addition, our goals include outreach to the Upper Valley community, and to utilize the partnership between Dartmouth graduate and undergraduate students to create opportunities for younger students to appreciate how light is utilized both in our laboratories and in their own every day experiences.

Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society, is open to top engineering students with distinguished scholarship (the top 12.5% of senior engineering sciences majors and the top 20% of BE students), exemplary character typified by integrity, a wide range of interests, adaptability, and interest in participating in community and volunteer activities.

The national office offers student chapters a variety of programs including scholarships, fellowships, training projects, tools for career development, and support for chapter service projects. Initiation into Tau Beta Pi brings lifelong membership.

Contact: tau.beta.pi@dartmouth.edu

Advisor: Professor Douglas Van Citters

Thayer Gear is a student-run apparel store in which Thayer students can put theoretical knowledge to practical use by running a business and developing new products and strategies.

Contact: thayer.gear@dartmouth.edu