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Dartmouth Engineering Again Named Finalists in NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge
February 21, 2020

For the second consecutive year, a team of Dartmouth engineering students has been named a finalist in NASA’s Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge.

Dartmouth Engineering Professors Elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors
February 11, 2020

Professors Laura Ray and Stuart Trembly have been named to NAI's 2020 class of Senior Members, chosen as active faculty from NAI Member Institutions who have demonstrated remarkable innovation producing impactful technologies along with proven success in patents, licensing and commercialization.

New NSF Industry-University Collaborative Research Center at Dartmouth Aims to Transform Power Electronics
January 30, 2020

Led by engineering professors Charlie Sullivan and Jason Stauth, Dartmouth is partnering with four electrical tech companies to form the first NSF-funded Industry-University Collaborative Research Center focused on integrated power management and delivery.

Members Named to Energy and Sustainability Advisory Groups
January 29, 2020 | Dartmouth News

A new "Ad Hoc Working Group on Energy" includes Dean and Professor of Engineering Alexis Abramson and Queneau Distinguished Professor of Engineering Lee Lynd, created to advise Dartmouth on energy and sustainability issues.

Researchers capture first images of oxygen in cancer tumors during radiation therapy
January 29, 2020 | Norris Cotton Cancer Center

Using specialty cameras and an oxygen probe drug injection, Dartmouth researchers, including Professor Brian Pogue's team, can now image oxygen from within cancer tumors during radiation while the probe is excited by Cherenkov light.

Meet Dartmouth’s Newest Teacher-Scholars
January 24, 2020 | Dartmouth News

Engineering professors Jiwon Lee, Yan Li, Colin Meyer, and William Scheideler are among the 30 faculty members who joined the Dartmouth community in 2019-20.

Dartmouth Engineers and MIT Create New Airline Scheduling Tool
January 17, 2020

The researchers, including Dartmouth engineering professor Vikrant Vaze, have developed an original approach to flight scheduling that could result in not only better flight options but also increased airline profits.

Vermont Releases Report by Nation’s First State-Led AI Taskforce
January 15, 2020

Dartmouth engineering professor Eugene Santos Jr served on the 14-member taskforce which released its final report today examining the role of artificial intelligence in Vermont.

Scientists Capture for First Time, Light Flashes from Human Eye During Radiotherapy
January 8, 2020 | Geisel School of Medicine

A Dartmouth research team, including engineering PhD student Irwin Tendler, has captured evidence of the common phenomenon of seeing flashes of light during brain radiotherapy and can explain how the light is produced in the eye. 

National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to Visit Campus
January 6, 2020

On Jan. 13 and 14, representatives from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) will be on campus to discuss the findings of the academies' 2018 consensus report on sexual harassment.