Dartmouth Engineering

The @WhiteHouse awarded @Dartmouth Engineering's @EricRFossum with the National Medal of Technology & Innovation, the nation’s highest honor in science & technology. His pioneering work in digital imaging sensors powers the modern smartphone cameras today. bit.ly/3Pr0wWV

A warm welcome to Interim Dean Douglas Van Citters, who began his new role at @thayerschool on Jan. 1. Van Citters, a @dartmouth engineering professor and scholar since 2007, is a champion of Thayer's human-centered approach to engineering. Learn more: bit.ly/4j32D0M

Professor Irene Georgakoudi and PhD student Yuhang Fu are co-authors on a study presenting a multidisciplinary platform to better understand the damaging metabolic changes that often follow traumatic brain injury. bit.ly/3Zw1upz

Thayer Career Services hosted 14 students on the Engineering Career Trek in CA! They visited @databricks, @joinHandshake, @WellsFargo, @YouTube, Higher Ground LLC, @VerkadaHQ , @circuitlaunch, @explorers_lab, and @LinkedIn. Thank you to everyone who made this trek so impactful!👏

.@thayerschool receives $296K @NOAA award to expand Arctic monitoring through deploying upgraded seasonal ice mass balance buoys—already providing vital data to research teams worldwide bit.ly/3DcIoxn

How machine learning tools can save time and money with aircraft scheduling disruptions is discussed in a new study by co-authors Professor @VikrantSVaze, PhD student Navid Rashedi, and alums Nolan Sankey '21 Th'22 and Keji Wei Th'20. 🛩️ bit.ly/3ZyO63V

.@dartmouth '25s Grace Connelly, Gannon Forsberg, Nathan McAllister, and Avery Moorhead were featured in the news for their project on recommendations for e-bike charging stations around Lebanon, NH! 👏 @VNewsUV: bit.ly/3ZC7zB0 @Keene_Sentinel: bit.ly/49ygHeh

A workshop on home energy and heat pumps at @IrvingInstitute and organized by Thayer researchers @huntertsnyder and Lynée Turek-Hankins. Attendees shared challenges and opportunities with heat pumps as alternatives to furnaces and AC to reduce energy usage.engineering.dartmouth.edu/news/catalyzin…

This week, we celebrated Dean Alexis Abramson as she moves on after 5.5 years of incredible leadership at Thayer. She was gifted a custom-made Scrabble board which was Prof. Harold Frost’s idea and brought to life by the MShop. 💚 Doug Van Citters will be interim dean on Jan 1.

We have multiple virtual graduate admissions events happening tomorrow, Thursday, Dec 5! ⤵️ 🗓️ 10:00–11:00am ET: MEM Virtual Info Session 🗓️ 12:00–1:00pm ET: Online MEng Webinar 🗓️ 2:00–3:00pm ET: MEng Virtual Info Session Learn more & register: engineering.dartmouth.edu/apply/graduate…

In this @dartmouth admissions blog post, Yehalah Fernando '26 talks about her ENGS 33: Solid Mechanics experience! ➡️ bit.ly/3Vmf2m4 Students in the course design and build a scale model of a bridge that is stiff, strong, and economical. 🌉

When Prof. Sol Diamond founded Lodestone Biomedical, he aimed to accelerate cancer research by immediately detecting immune response during early-stage drug development. He is now utilizing another new technology to finance his company: equity crowdfunding.bit.ly/3V6xH5t

A team led by Professor Don Perovich, with PhD students Ian Raphael and Savannah Byron, was awarded $296k to increase their seasonal ice mass balance buoys–part of a $1.8mil investment by @NOAA to expand critical ice and ocean observations in the Arctic. bit.ly/3VamT69

Last week, Master of Engineering Management (MEM) students gathered for the Mugging Ceremony – a yearly tradition since 2005 that marks the end of the 15-month program. Why “mugging”? Because each graduate receives a special MEM coffee mug. Congratulations MEM students!! 👏🎉

Postdocs Yihuang Xiong and @jiongzhizheng, PhD student Shay McBride, and Professor Geoffroy Hautier are co-authors of a study on "silicon defects that were overlooked before the quantum defect era and proposes high-yield synthesis routes." @hautiergroup bit.ly/48Oza69

A little late, but very proud of our 3rd year Ph.D. Candidate @acagle2000 and her stunning oral presentation at this year's #GCCO Meeting!! 🦴🔥@GCCO_CLT #OI @dartmouth @thayerschool

Prof. @WilliamScheide5 authored an article focusing on new 2D metal oxides that are thin, transparent, flexible and have "opportunities for new applications of flexible and printed electronics." Plus discusses challenges for this emerging research field. bit.ly/3YOrhZD

PhD student Ene Michelle Igomu earned 1st place in the 3-Minute Thesis competition at the Ivy Collective for Inclusion in Engineering Doctoral Symposium at @Harvard! Igomu was 1 of 9 finalists, including fellow students Allaire Doussan and Yanqiao Li. 👏👏 bit.ly/3Z6aSBh

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CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Natasha S. Kelkar on a successful thesis defense! @KelkarNatasha

At this year's @BMESociety Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MS student Anisia Tiplea '24 (pictured) presented her senior honors thesis, and @HixonLab gave an invited talk on their bone regeneration work​​​ supported by the Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer! 👏