Thayer School is in an enviable position. The completion of MacLean Engineering Sciences Center — Thayer’s new 64,000-square-foot addition of labs, classrooms, and offices — has given the school a rare opportunity to build initiatives that will maximize Thayer School’s ability to improve the world.
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Jeffrey Melton Th’99 Drives the Nation Toward Sustainable Highways.Gas mileage is a concern of millions of Americans who drive along the country’s highways. But when Jeffrey Melton Th’99 takes his vehicle out on the road, he’s actually thinking about the road.
As director of outreach at the national Recycled Materials Resource Center (RMRC), Melton is on the road a lot to promote sustainable highway engineering, including building roads with materials otherwise destined for landfills.
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Photographs by John Sherman
Students come to Thayer School from all over the world. They bring different cultures, educational backgrounds, and engineering aspirations. Thirty-six percent of all Thayer students — the majority from China, India, and Western Europe — hail from outside the United States.
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