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Mar 19, 2025   |   by Eun Lee Koh

New Program Expands Access to Undergraduate Engineering Research

Dartmouth Engineering is launching a new summer research program offering undergraduate students from schools without active research opportunities the chance to engage in high-impact projects in Dartmouth's labs. Applications are due April 15.

Daily Galaxy

Could Saturn’s Icy Moon Be More Alien Than We Imagined?

Professor Colin Meyer is featured in an article about his research into how geysers are formed on Enceladus, Saturn's icy moon. "The Cassini spacecraft flew through one of Enceladus's plumes and measured organics, a possible sign of life, making these geysers unique and important to astrobiology," Meyer said.

Feb 26, 2025

Bloomberg

Former OpenAI CTO Murati Unveils Plans for New AI Startup

A profile piece on former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer and Dartmouth Engineering alum Mira Murati Th'12 as she launches a new artificial intelligence startup, Thinking Machines Lab.

Feb 18, 2025

CBS Sunday Morning

America's "Explainer-in-chief"

Senior Lecturer David Macaulay was interviewed while visiting DC's National Building Museum and showed CBS correspondent Martha Teichner how sketching can help you see things like Ledyard Bridge in a new way.

Feb 16, 2025

The Wall Street Journal

Hims Super Bowl Ad Spotlights Weight-Loss Drug Copycats as Clock Ticks on Their Business

Professor Geoffrey Parker is quoted in an article about a telehealth company pushing the boundaries of drug compounding and testing regulators' limits. "Once you have a large customer base, you essentially have a large voter base on your side, and they can demand regulatory change," said Parker.

Feb 10, 2025

Research Quick Takes

piezoelectric composite

Novel Piezo-Composites

PhD students Huan Zhao, Ya Tang, and Xiangbei Liu, undergraduate students Andrew Kim and Jace Henry, and Professor Yan Li co-authored "High-temperature piezoelectric composites with enhanced structural integrity" published in Ceramics International. "This article reports a novel piezoelectric composite that can increase the temperature limit to 500°C while maintaining good structural integrity and mechanical performance. This innovative piezo-composite opens new possibilities for sensing, energy harvesting, and actuation in high-temperature environments," said Li.

PhD candidates in the medical physics program

NEAAPM Symposium Winners

Jacob Sunnerberg and Conner Ubert, PhD candidates in the Medical Physics Education Program, respectively won first and second place at the New England chapter of the American Association of Medical Physicists Early Career Symposium. They were one of eight Dartmouth students and researchers to compete in the Early Investigator Competition.

Navid Rashedi

Early Detection of Internal Bleeding

PhD student Navid Rashedi (pictured), Professor Ethan MurphyAlexandra Hamlin '16 Th'17 Th'19, research associate Victor Borza, and Professors Jonathan Elliott, Ryan Halter, and Vikrant Vaze are co-authors of: "Detection of occult hemorrhage using multivariate non-invasive technologies" published in Physiological Measurement. "This work investigated machine learning to combine multiple technologies—electrical impedance and near infrared spectroscopy—to better detect internal bleeds in a porcine study. Internal bleeds are often not detectable until it's too late. This approach appears to detect them earlier and more accurately," said Murphy. 

Liquid metal printing

Thin Film Transistors

PhD students Samuel Ong, Simon Agnew, and Md Saifur Rahman, and Professor Will Scheideler co-authored "Sub-nm kinetically controlled liquid metal printing of ternary antimony indium oxide transistors" published in Matter. "Our study shows how to harness the kinetics of liquid metal oxidation to control the thickness at the single-nm scale for synthesizing 2D transparent semiconducting films with finely tuned electrostatics for thin film transistors. These ultrathin metal oxides could enable flexible electronics capable of withstanding extreme bending stress and deformation," said Scheideler.