From bridges to buildings, from a ski slope to the Cotton Bowl, from overseeing construction projects to designing specialized components, Thayer alumni have left their mark on urban and rural areas across the nation and around the globe. In this photo essay, we take an eclectic look at alumni projects large and small that have become part of the built environment.
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Historic instruments bring engineering’s past alive.When Thayer School of Civil Engineering was founded in 1867, surveying was a key component of the skills Thayer students were required to master. In fact, surveying was so crucial to the establishment of property boundaries, the westward expansion of the nation, and the development of railroads, canals, bridges, and other infrastructures of commerce that until the 1880s all Dartmouth students — not just engineers — studied the subject. And though Thayer School broadened its focus beyond civil engineering — and dropped the term from its name in 1941 — Thayer students continued to study surveying until 1962.
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For Professor Daniel R. Lynch, resources and human rights are inseparable.
Daniel R. Lynch is an engineer with a mission. He wants the world to adopt a Declaration of Stewardship Responsibility, akin to the landmark 1948 United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which Lynch calls “the greatest document of the 20th century.” Having drafted his own Declaration of Stewardship Responsibility (see below), Lynch is taking his case to fellow engineers, including students in his classes on climate change and engineering and sustainability and natural resource management.
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