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Engineering Research at Dartmouth

Dartmouth engineering researchers work within an integrated community of experts in their fields, unencumbered by departmental divisions. Our faculty and students are versatile thinkers who can define a problem, place it within the broad social and economic contexts, and articulate a clear vision for a human-centered approach toward a solution.

Most research projects are collaborations that integrate one or more engineering disciplines with other sciences. Students working in these labs learn important lessons about the interconnectedness of the world and develop both depth and breadth that make them innovators and leaders in emerging technologies.

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Culture of Collaboration

Dartmouth Engineering is a close-knit community of scholars with a broad range of expertise. The culture of collaboration extends across the hall, across campus, and beyond. Many research projects engage colleagues from other institutions such as Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Geisel School of Medicine, Tuck School of Business, Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, and CRREL, as well as industry—and offer numerous research opportunities for undergraduates.

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Dartmouth Engineering Research News

Jun 19, 2026

Scientists Agree on 30-Year Window of Opportunity to Prepare for Sea-Level Rise

Jun 08, 2026

Thayer Team Receives Constellation Prize for Peace Engineering

Jun 03, 2026

Dartmouth Engineering Study Presents New Framework for Building More Resilient Power Grids

May 29, 2026 | Dartmouth Libraries

Machine Learning Models May Help Predict Glacier Melt and Movement

Research Quick Takes

Jun 18, 2026

Strengthening Science and Connections in Greenland

Research Scientist Aleah Sommers co-organized and taught at the Greenland Ice Sheet Ocean (GRISO) Science Summer School, held in Nuuk, Greenland. The two-week intensive course brought together PhD students and postdocs from around the world to connect with and learn from Greenland-based scientists and local Greenlandic organizations. "After teaching at the GRISO Summer School, I feel inspired about connecting glacier hydrology to the downstream impacts on lakes, fjords, ecology, and communities, and exploring how to connect physical process modeling with community interests and local research priorities," said Sommers.

Jun 18, 2026

mRNA Flu Vaccine for Better Protection

Research Scientist Tae-Geun Yu is co-first author, and Professor Jiwon Lee is co-corresponding author of "mRNA-based influenza vaccine expands the B cell response breadth in humans" published in Nature Immunology. A collaboration with WashU Medicine, the study found that Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine—currently under review by FDA—triggers an immune response against a wide array of flu strains, potentially offering stronger and longer-lasting protection.

Jun 18, 2026

IEEE PES Best Paper Awards

PhD students Yitong Liu (pictured), and Shengqi Yuan each received best paper awards for the 2026 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting in Montréal. Yuan's paper, co-authored with Professor Junbo Zhao and members of Sandia National Labs, is titled "Integrated Wildfire Impact Modeling on Urban-Suburban Distribution System Resilience"; and Liu's, also co-authored with Zhao as well as ISO New England, is "Truncated Copula-based Scenario Generation to Model Spatiotemporal Correlations of Wind and Solar Power Plants in Large-Scale Systems."

Jun 11, 2026

Waves Accelerate Melting of Antarctic Sea Ice

Professor Don Perovich is a co-author of "The influence of ocean waves on Antarctic sea-ice albedo and seasonal melting, and potential coupled physical and biological feedbacks" published in The Cryosphere. "We found that waves washing the snow-covered sea ice darkened the surface, leading to more sunlight being absorbed and enhancing the speed of summer melting," said Perovich.

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