Dartmouth Engineer

Creative Connections

Winter 2013 Cover ArtStudents find intersections between the arts and engineering.

By Kathryn LoConte Lapierre

As Dartmouth celebrates the Year of the Arts, marking the 50th anniversary of the Hopkins Center for the Arts, nine engineering majors describe how they bring art and engineering together. Continue reading…

The Space Weathermen

Space weather researchers William Lotko and Simon Shepherd want to help protect the technological world from solar storms.

By Anna Fiorentino

If meteorologists could have predicted the exact path and strength of Hurricane Sandy, more people might have moved their families and possessions to safer ground.
Continue reading…

Re-engineering the Machine Shop

New spaces and equipment remove barriers to inventiveness.

By Anna Fiorentino

Photography by John Sherman

Thayer School debuted its retooled machine shop fall term, complete with a larger space, reorganized layout, new equipment, and an expanded student task force to help run the shop. The improvements are making machining easier and safer than ever for students.
Continue reading…