Program Areas

Dartmouth offers a diversity of concentrations with collaborative synergies between engineering disciplines. Graduate students are expected to propose a plan of study that supports their interests on a path unconstrained by disciplinary boundaries. Both faculty and students draw from these multiple areas of expertise for maximum human-centered impact:

• Biological and Chemical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Energy Engineering
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mechanical, Operations and Systems Engineering

Entrepreneurship

At Dartmouth, where half of the tenure-track engineering faculty have started companies, we are working to address the nation's growing need for people with both technical and entrepreneurial expertise. As part of that effort, you may:

• Become a PhD Innovation Program Fellow
  
• Get involved with a faculty start-up
• Gain training through the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship
• Add yours to the list of patent applications filed by PhD candidates
• Start your own company

Human-Centered Design

"Students who become really good at design become experts at a process that they can apply to anything, from designing medical devices to improving the lives of infants in their car seats. The same process can be applied, no matter what the problem is.”
—Professor Peter Robbie

The principles of design thinking are integrated throughout the curriculum. Students come away with the skills to assess human nature, needs, habits, desires, abilities, and cultures and incorporate them into technological design.

Collaboration

Dartmouth encourages and facilitates collaboration to widen your horizon even further. Partners for collaboration include:

• Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies
• Department of Computer Science
• Tuck School of Business
• Geisel School of Medicine
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
• Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship
• Irving Institute for Energy and Society
• Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab (CRREL)
• Peer institutions, government, and industry

Leadership

While acquiring technical depth in your area, you'll also hone your leadership skills. You'll practice different kinds of writing, learn to give constructive criticism, and become an experienced presenter. The opportunities go beyond a typical advanced degree in engineering. For example, you might:

• Create or redesign a course with a professor
• Start a journal or club in your research area
• Take classes in other departments

Every experience you have beyond your chosen field of expertise prepares you to take the lead in whatever path you choose.