Engineering Research

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Thayer School faculty and PhD students present innovative engineering research in medicine, energy technologies, and complex systems. Their ongoing work crosses traditional engineering disciplines to address critical human needs.

Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth


    • Apr 11, 2013 LATEST EPISODE
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    Graduate Student Engineering Research: Orthopedic Implants

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2013 2:01


    Dartmouth engineering Ph.D. student Tanille Paniogue talks about her work in improving wear properties in replacement hips and knees under advisor and professor of engineering Douglas Van Citters.

    Graduate Student Engineering Research: Snow Albedo and Climate Change in NH

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2013 1:55


    Dartmouth engineering Ph.D. student Alden Adolph is studying snow albedo as part of New Hampshire EPSCoR's "Ecosystems and Society" project focusing on the effect of climate change on local communities. Her advisor is Mary Albert, Professor of Engineering and Executive Director of the U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office.

    Graduate Student Engineering Research: Čerenkov Fluorescence Imaging

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2013 2:01


    Dartmouth engineering Ph.D. candidate Adam Glaser talks about his research in Čerenkov fluorescence medical imaging, under advisor and Professor of Engineering Brian Pogue.

    Graduate Student Engineering Research: Yeti Robot

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2013 1:47


    Dartmouth engineering Ph.D. candidate Rebecca Williams talks about her research in autonomous crevasse detection with the Yeti robot, under advisor and professor of engineering Laura Ray.

    Engineering Ph.D. candidate Steve Reinitz: Orthopedic Biomaterials

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2012 1:45


    Dartmouth Ph.D. Innovation Program candidate Steve Reinitz talks about his work developing new materials to improve joint replacements in the orthopedic biomaterials laboratory.

    Dartmouth Undergrads in the Lab: Yves Marie Duperval

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2012 2:22


    Dartmouth engineering major Yves Marie Duperval '14 is working on photovoltaic systems research in Thayer School's power electronics lab. The project aims to make solar panels more efficient.

    Dartmouth Undergrads in the Lab: Maame Afua Ofori

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2012 2:06


    Dartmouth junior and engineering major Maame Afua Ofori is conducting research in Professor Ackerman's lab on human immune system response dynamics to help develop better treatments for diseases such as HIV/AIDS.

    Optics and Radiation Therapy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2012 3:02


    Dartmouth engineering Ph.D. candidate Adam Glaser discusses his research with optics and radiation therapy in the Radiation Oncology Suite at Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Medical Center.

    New Approach to Alzheimer's Disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2011 3:26


    Professor Solomon Diamond describes his lab's effort to create the tools that will help "unravel the mysteries" of Alzheimer's disease.

    Cancer Therapy: Regina Salvat

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2011 1:05


    Clare Boothe Luce fellow and Ph.D. Innovation Program candidate Regina Salvat discusses her work in the biotechnology lab de-immunizing beta-lactamase enzymes used in cancer therapy.

    Imaging Techniques: Keith Paulsen

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2011 3:31


    Professor Keith Paulsen, Director of the Advanced Imaging Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, talks about Dartmouth researchers' breast-cancer imaging techniques that go beyond mammography.

    Breast Cancer Imaging: Ashley Laughney

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2011 3:31


    Ph.D. candidate Ashley Laughney talks about using near-infrared light to help distintuish between normal and tumor tissue during surgery.

    Research in Progress, Part Four: Austenitic Alloys for Energy Conversion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2011 1:14


    Each year, Thayer Ph.D. students present their research to the community. Hear from Geneva Trotter as she discusses her work with novel high-temperature austenitic alloys for energy conversion application.

    Research in Progress, Part Three: Guided Surgical Microscope

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2011 2:12


    Each year, Thayer Ph.D. students present their research to the community. Hear from Kolbein Kolste in part three of this series as he discusses his work with adapting fluorescence-guided microscopes for cancer research and surgeries.

    Research in Progress, Part Two: Cellulosic Biofuels

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2011 3:25


    Each year, Thayer Ph.D. students present their research to the community. Hear from Veronique Archambault-Leger in part two of this series discuss her work in the pre-treatment of biomass for cellulosic biofuels.

    Research in Progress, Part One: Microfabricated Inductors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2011 2:45


    Each year, Thayer Ph.D. students present their research to the community. Hear from Daniel Harburg in part one of this series as he discusses microfabricating inductors for LED solid-state lighting applications.

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