In the News

The Washington Post

Obama says sports concussions need more attention

Adjunct engineering professor Richard Greenwald Th'88 comments on President Obama's call for more and better research into the effects and treatment of concussions in young athletes.

Jun 03, 2014

Science

Trillions of Plastic Pieces May Be Trapped in Arctic Ice

Dartmouth engineering professor Rachel Obbard has found plastic debris trapped in Arctic sea ice. As the ice melts, it could release a flood of floating plastic onto the world.

May 28, 2014

NOVA

Greenland's Disappearing Glaciers—A Tale of Fire and Ice

A story on Greenland's melting glaciers mentions work by several Dartmouth engineers including Chris Polashenski '07 Th'07, Zoe Courville Th'03, '07, and engineering PhD candidates Kaitlin Keegan and Carolyn Stwertka.

May 22, 2014

Smithsonian Magazine

Nearly All of Greenland's Surface Melted Overnight in 2012—Here's Why

A Thayer School-led study shows that high temperatures and black carbon from forest fires and fossil fuels combined to push the huge ice sheet over the edge.

May 20, 2014

The Dartmouth

Human-centered design minor will mix disciplines

Sponsored by the engineering sciences department, the new interdisciplinary minor aims to incorporate knowledge, research and innovation from various disciplines to address human needs.

May 20, 2014

The Dartmouth

Boosted by grants, researchers study arsenic testing in wells

Engineering professor Mark Borsuk and the Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program received a grant from the NH Department of Environmental Services to explore the reasons many do not test wells for arsenic.

May 13, 2014

The Dartmouth

Student Spotlight: Nathan Lehrer '14

Though an engineering major, Lehrer has played classical piano all four years at Dartmouth and will play a senior piano recital on May 17.

May 13, 2014

The Institution of Engineering and Technology

Biomimicry - the next engineering revolution?

Professor Ulrike Wegst's work is cited in this article about mimicking nature's successful designs that "are more energy efficient and flexible than anything humans have dreamt up."

May 12, 2014

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