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Dartmouth Engineer Magazine: Spring 2026
In this Issue
Professor Vikrant Vaze is using operations data to make the world run better—one complex problem at a time. Plus, students learn how to prototype, fabricate, and innovate in Thayer's MShop; Professor Erin Mayfield is helping shape global climate policy; and more.
Leading Thoughts
"Designing Next-Gen Devices"
Interim Dean Doug Van Citters '99 Th'03 Th'06 and Professor John Zhang discuss his work developing miniature medical systems to improve health on a global scale.
Features
The Optimizer
BY MICHAEL BLANDING | From airports to energy grids to hospital rooms, Professor Vikrant Vaze uses data to make the world run better—one complex problem at a time.
Tinker Tailor Solder Pry
Students learn how to prototype, fabricate, and innovate in Thayer's MShop. READ MORE»
Synthesis & Stewardship
Professor Erin Mayfield will help shape global climate policy as a lead author of the next UN assessment report. READ MORE»
Great Hall
Expanding Opportunities
Dartmouth is aiming to secure $35 million in endowed scholarships to expand the availability of financial aid for fifth-year engineering undergraduates. READ MORE»
Studying the "Gut-Brain"
Professor Alexander Boys, with researchers from University of Cambridge, created a device that can be placed between the layers of the colon and, for the first time, directly measure electrical signals in the 'second brain in our guts.' READ MORE»
Seroussi Heads Ice Sheet Team
Professor Hélène Seroussi has been appointed to head the science team modeling the evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet for the seventh Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project. READ MORE»
Humans of Thayer
Meet Riya Yadav, MEM student and Thayer Community Fellow: "A girl from Jabalpur learning to take up space in bigger and bigger rooms, one step at a time." READ MORE»
New Faculty
Dartmouth this year welcomed 30 new tenured and tenure-track scholars to the ranks of its general faculty—including six in engineering sciences. READ MORE»
Pixel Pioneer
Professor Eric Fossum has been awarded the 2026 National Academy of Engineering Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering, one of the world’s preeminent honors for achievement. READ MORE»
Alumni News
Alumni Spotlights
30 Under 30
Biomedical engineering major Syed Rakin Ahmed '18 MED'26 was noted in the latest Forbes' "30 Under 30" list for his research. READ MORE»
On the Job
Maxwell Coleman: Migration Architect
Maxwell Coleman Th'18 is an architect specializing in cloud infrastructure NetApp. READ MORE»
In Memoriam
Louis V. Gerstner Jr. | 1942–2025
An outsider who led a remarkable revival of computer giant IBM in 1990s. READ MORE»
Collaborations
Better Access to the Brain
A study led by Professors Katie Hixon and Alexander Boys demonstrates a skull-healing electronic implant for safer access to the brain. The two labs combined their research in regenerative tissue engineering and thin-film bioelectronics, respectively, to produce the neural device—featured on the cover of the March issue of Advanced Materials Technologies.
"Katie's done a lot of work on bone regeneration in the skull, and my lab has built neural interfaces for various applications," Boys says. "So we looked at solving two problems at once: developing a method for long-term access to larger regions of the brain and regrowing the skull over an implanted electronic device." READ MORE»
First Look
Basement Science
Students in 1907 learned hydraulics (left) and cement briquette molding (right) in the basement of what was then the Thayer School of Civil Engineering. As the curriculum has evolved, so too have the high-tech tools and techniques students can explore in the MShop.
Back Cover
Fine-tuning the Finish
Oliver Shapiro '26 tweaks his team's bridge-building prototype during the end-of-term competition for ENGS 76: "Machine Engineering." On a scaled-down obstacle course, student designs spanned trenches, cleared orange cones, and dodged a tiny road crew. (Photo by Robert Anderson)