- Undergraduate
Bachelor's Degrees
Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of EngineeringDual-Degree ProgramUndergraduate AdmissionsUndergraduate Experience
Quick Links
- Graduate
- Research
Research by Program Area
Quick Links
In the News
The New York Times
Jun 05, 2014
The Fight Against Fake Drugs
While in the PhD Innovation Program at Dartmouth, Ashifi Gogo, who was born in Ghana, developed a bar code system that allowed shoppers to verify products.
CBC
Jun 04, 2014
Arctic sea ice polluted with microplastics
Rachel Obbard, a materials scientist at Dartmouth in New Hamphire, discovered that Arctic sea ice was contaminated with microplastics by accident.
BloombergBusinessweek
Jun 04, 2014
How So Much Plastic Got Into the Frozen Arctic Sea
Rachel Obbard, a Dartmouth engineering professor who studies polar ice and materials science, was shocked to find that Arctic sea ice contains large quantities of plastic and synthetic particles.
The Washington Post
Jun 03, 2014
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.
Science
May 28, 2014
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.
NOVA
May 22, 2014
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.
Smithsonian Magazine
May 20, 2014
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.
The Dartmouth
May 18, 2014
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.