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Researchers create 'flying whale' robot to move around within body

Engineers at Dartmouth and City University of Hong Kong have created a tiny 3D-printed robot that incorporates a flapping whale-flukes-like tail and wings that can fold up or down as required.

May 21, 2019

The Telegraph

Tiny 'flying whale' robot could swim through the body to deliver drugs

Engineers are developing a tiny "flying whale" robot capable of swimming through the body to deliver drugs directly to cancer cells.

May 20, 2019

The Engineer

Shape-changing robot promises targeted drug delivery

“With this technology we can create soft transformable robots with unprecedented manoeuvrability,” said Zi Chen, a professor of engineering at Dartmouth.

May 16, 2019

NBC5

Dartmouth College students win NASA competition

A group of Dartmouth College students won NASA's Big Idea Challenge. The students designed a greenhouse for Mars.

May 16, 2019

NH Pubic Radio

Dartmouth Engineering Students Win NASA Competition To Design Greenhouse For Mars

A group of Dartmouth engineering students recently won a challenge from NASA to design a greenhouse for Mars. 

May 16, 2019

Engineering News-Record

Student Design for Space Colony Greenhouse Wins NASA Praise

A greenhouse with a hydroponic growing system designed by undergrads at Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering could sustain four astronauts on a 600-day mission to Mars.

May 16, 2019

The Boston Globe

A dinner fit for a Martian

A team of Dartmouth undergraduates designed a greenhouse tailored to function on the rocky planet earning them the top award for this year's NASA BIG Idea Challenge.

May 16, 2019

Times Colonist

UVic team wins hybrid race-car contest in US

University of Victoria students won the 13th annual Formula Hybrid Competition, hosted every year by Thayer School of Engineering.

May 16, 2019

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