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Nashua Telegraph

Hybrid formula racing by engineering students at the NH Speedway next week

Next week (Apr. 30-May4) will see the 6th annual competition. Thirty-six teams have registered, including one each from Canada, Taiwan, Spain and Brazil. Seven will compete in the electric-only category, which is new.

May 16, 2012

BusinessNH Magazine

EDU-NOMICS

The NH College and University Council estimates that in 2009, the latest statewide impact report available, higher education institutions contributed $4.886 billion, or 8.14 percent, of the state’s gross domestic product...Thayer School of Engineering lists a dozen faculty and emeritus faculty who have started successful companies.</p>

May 16, 2012

Wired

Student-Built Hybrids, EVs Compete In New Hampshire

Student-built hybrids and EVs and took over the track for the sixth annual Formula Hybrid competition. This year, 36 teams from all over the world competed in the event, which was started by Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering back in 2006.

May 08, 2012

The Dartmouth

Formula racers earn top finishes

After four days of racing and testing, the Dartmouth Formula Racing Team walked away with several top finishes at the 2012 Formula Hybrid Competition at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H.

May 04, 2012

New Hampshire Public Radio

Hybrid Car Races are a Bridge from Students to Carmakers

Some of the world’s top engineering students converged at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway to race hybrid cars. The cars are student designed and built, and for some of those students, a good showing at Loudon is a ticket to ride.

May 04, 2012

The Dartmouth

College sells 28 acres used for army research

CRREL was originally built on land leased from the College for $1 per year, according to Thayer School of Engineering professor Mary Albert, a 30-year employee of the laboratory. Following the lease’s expiration in 2009, the U.S. Army and the College entered into negotiations to agree on a sale price.

Apr 23, 2012

The Dartmouth

Emeritus professor dies of illness at 101 years old

Engineering professor emeritus Paul Etienne Queneau, a war veteran who held 36 U.S. patents in metallurgical and chemical engineering, died on March 31 at Kendal Retirement Community in Hanover after suffering from a case of the flu. Queneau was 101 years old.

Apr 23, 2012

The Dartmouth

Undergraduate wins $25,000 prize at Tuck competition

At the Greener Ventures Entrepreneurship Contest at the Tuck School of Business, first-place finisher Alison Stace-Naughton ’11, who developed what was initially a prototype for an introductory engineering course into a practical tool to prevent tissue damage in endoscopic surgery, received a prize of $25,000.

Apr 16, 2012