Stories of 2025: Highlights from Dartmouth Engineering

Researchers Present Novel System to Help Clear Landmines

PhD Innovation Fellow Max Orman-Kollmar presented his group's cutting-edge sensor work at the Humanitarian Demining Innovation and Technology Summit.

Dartmouth to Build New Generative AI Teaching Kit with NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute

The kit came from a collaboration between Dartmouth Engineering Professor Sam Raymond and the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute (DLI), and enables educators to provide students access to cutting-edge tools, frameworks, and practical exercises.

Using Design Thinking to Disable the Threat of 3D-Printed Machineguns

A Glock switch can be 3D-printed for 40 cents—and turn a gun into an automatic weapon. Design thinking can help stem the tide.

Engineers Develop World's Smallest Light-Activated Pacemaker

A multi-institutional team, including Dartmouth Engineering Professor Wei Ouyang, described the world's smallest cardiac pacemaker—smaller than a grain of rice—in the journal Nature.

Online Learning in Engineering at Dartmouth Takes Another Step Forward

Dartmouth Engineering is combining videoconferencing technology with wifi-enabled robots to enhance the online learning experience.

Research Team Develops New Method to Measure Neurotransmitters in Real Time

Professor Hui Fang and members of his Multifunctional Integrated NeuroElectronics Lab co-athored a study published in Nature Communications that presents a unique carbon coating for sensing devices to achieve fast electrochemical measurements in the human brain.

Eric Fossum Elected to National Academy of Engineering Council

Beginning July 1, the John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor for Emerging Technologies will serve a three-year term on the governing body of one of the nation's most respected engineering organizations.

Dartmouth Engineering Celebrates Another Record Number of Degrees

Thayer School of Engineering celebrated the awarding of a record 384 engineering degrees at Dartmouth in 2025.

Students Take First Place in Prestigious Operations Research Competition

PhD students Prabhat Hegde and Yueyun Xia and BE student Alan Ngouenet '25 were the winning team at Lehigh U's Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications Competition in June.

New Study Paves the Way for Better Control of Interactions Between Oscillators

A Dartmouth study demonstrates a new way to use simple components to tune and control the behavior of harmonic oscillators—used in everything from clocks to car suspensions.

Team Receives $2.5M NIH Grant for Scaffold Innovations that Accelerate Bone Repair

The funding supports Professor Katie Hixon and her research team in developing a 3D-printed mineral-cryogel scaffold that minimizes radiation damage and stimulates jawbone regeneration.

Professor Kim Samkoe Lights the Way to Better Cancer Diagnosis and Surgical Precision

Using innovative fluorescent techniques, Samkoe highlights the path for surgeons to ensure removal of all cancerous tissue while sparing nerves and blood vessels.

Engineering Major Wins Second Prize in National STEM Research Competition

Victoria Ruiz '26 was runner-up in the undergraduate oral presentation category at this year's Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) National Convention for her presentation on the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for bone healing.

Professor Appointed as a Lead Author on UN Climate Change Assessment Report

Professor Erin Mayfield is a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Seventh Assessment Report, one of the world's most influential assessments of the science related to climate change.
 

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