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Liu Elected OSA Fellow
October 26, 2020

Dartmouth engineering professor Jifeng Liu has been named a fellow of The Optical Society (OSA) for serving with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics.

Why Innovation Needs More Diversity—And How We Get There
October 19, 2020 | Medium

"Diversity isn’t just talk—it’s an important prerequisite to innovation. Without it, things can go horribly wrong." —Dean Alexis Abramson

Virtual Project Lab Brings Back Thayer’s Buzz
October 15, 2020

To help make Thayer School just as dynamic digitally as it is in person, the Computing Services team, working with Thayer's graphic designer, built the Virtual Couch Project Lab.

Innovation Prizes Presented at Virtual Entrepreneurs Forum
October 14, 2020 | Dartmouth News

At this fall's Entrepreneurs Forum, the Dartmouth Technology Innovation and Commercialization awards were presented to engineering professor and biotechnology entrepreneur Tillman Gerngross and research physician Michael Sporn.

Largest Arctic Research Expedition of All Time Concludes
October 13, 2020

After over a year in the Arctic, the research icebreaker Polarstern returned home to Germany on October 12, marking the end of the historic Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition.

Geoffroy Hautier Joins Dartmouth Engineering Faculty
October 12, 2020

Thayer School welcomed its newest faculty member, an expert in computational materials discovery and design who will serve as the Hodgson Family Associate Professor of Engineering.

Dartmouth Engineers Win Funding for Biomaterials Research
October 9, 2020

Two Dartmouth engineering professors received awards for research pilot projects from the NH Center for Multiscale Modeling and Manufacturing of Biomaterials (NH BioMade).

2020 Formula Hybrid + Electric Competition a Virtual Success
October 8, 2020

In late March, the difficult decision was made to cancel the on-track events and make FH+E 2020 a static-events-only competition.

Faculty Named to Endowed Chairs
October 7, 2020 | Dartmouth News

Some of Dartmouth's top scholar-teachers, including engineering professor Elizabeth Murnane, have been named to endowed professorships.

Virtual Learning Should and Can Be Hands-On
October 7, 2020 | Inside Higher Ed

"'Remote hands-on leaning' seems like an oxymoron, particularly in the engineering and science fields. Yet the stakes are higher than ever for us to get it right," writes Dean Alexis Abramson in an opinion piece.