In the News

ASEE Prism

Jan 18, 2013

The New Ph.D.

A number of institutions, including Dartmouth, have begun to prepare Ph.D. engineers to grasp opportunities and thrive in the industrial, commercial, and business worlds, either as employees of large or small enterprises or as entrepreneurs.

The Dartmouth

Jan 16, 2013

Students design turbine for use in African town

Using only local supplies like aluminum, bricks, fuel, sand and wood, Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering plans to build a hydropower turbine in the Rwandan town of Musange this summer.

The Boston Globe

Jan 15, 2013

Dartmouth Researchers Studying Vermont Stream Recovery

With support from NSF, earth sciences professor and adjunct engineering professor Carl Renshaw has teamed up with geography professor Frank Magilligan to study the long-term effects of Tropical Storm Irene in Vermont.

The Dartmouth

Jan 14, 2013

Research team develops tumor imaging system

Researchers from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Thayer School have developed a quantitative imaging system to detect low-grade brain cancer cells and make tumor removal more precise, according to engineering professor and research group co-leader Keith Paulsen.

New England Baseball Journal

Jan 14, 2013

What can baseball teach us?

At Dartmouth, baseball helps students relate to a more tangible subject at Thayer School of Engineering, where professor Rachel Obbard teaches a course called "Materials in Sport Equipment."

The Motley Fool

Jan 08, 2013

Do Fiscal Cliff Issues Continue to Threaten Long-Term U.S. Stability?

Dean Helble's op-ed in Forbes was referenced by The Motley Fool: "In a recent article, the dean of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, Joseph J. Helble, investigated the dangers of the fiscal cliff on the long-term position of the U.S." ...

WCAX-TV

Jan 04, 2013

Research at Dartmouth-Hitchcock helps battle brain tumors

Engineering PhD candidate Kolbein Kolste is featured in this story about fluorescence-guided neurosurgery—a joint research project with DHMC involving professors Paulsen, Pogue, Hartov, and Leblond.

Jan 03, 2013

LuminAID Featured on NBC's Today Show

Featured on the Today Show's "Top technology trends for 2013," the LuminAID solar light was developed by Dartmouth engineer Anna Stork '08 and her classmate Andrea Sreshta at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture.