Dartmouth Engineer

Ryan Halter, assistant professor of engineering, brings expertise in the fields of engineering mechanics and biomedical engineering. His current research projects include electrical impedance imaging for breast cancer and prostate cancer screening. After completing his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in engineering mechanics at Pennsylvania State University, he earned his Ph.D. from Thayer School in 2006.

Songbai Ji, assistant professor of engineering, is currently working on image-guided neurosurgery. He completed his B.Sc. in materials science at Shanghai Jiaotong University and his M.S. in computer science and D.Sc. in mechanical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. His interests include image analysis, finite element, and numerical methods.

Frederic Leblond, assistant professor of engineering, is currently focusing his research on fluorescence-guided neurosurgery and fluorescence imaging. He received his B.Eng. from École Polytechnique de Montréal, his M.Sc. in physics from Université Laval, and his Ph.D. from McGill.

Kofi Odame, assistant professor of engineering, specializes in electrical and computer engineering. He joined the Thayer community in September 2008 after completing a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as M.S. and B.Sc. degrees from Cornell University. His research interests include biologically inspired cochlear implants and rain-computer-interface front-ends. Odame will also be teaching ENGS 32: Electronics: Introduction to Linear and Digital Circuits.

Subhadra Srinivasan, assistant professor of engineering, completed her bachelor’s degree in technology, electronics and communication engineering at Pondicherry University in India. She earned her Ph.D. from Thayer School in 2005. She is focusing her research on near-infrared imaging, fluorescence imaging, and non-linear image reconstruction techniques.

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On September 29, 2006 Thayer School unveiled more than the new MacLean Engineering Sciences Center. That same day Dean Joseph Helble surprised Dean Emeritus Charles “Hutch” Hutchinson — and the Thayer School community — by announcing the establishment of the Charles E. Hutchinson ’68A Professorship in Innovation. Funded by a gift from John H. Krehbiel Jr., the professorship is intended to “recognize and reward members of the faculty whose teaching is true to the highest standards of Dartmouth’s educational mission and whose scholarship has contributed significantly to the advancement of interdisciplinary knowledge.”

The professorship is the latest chapter in a long connection between Hutchinson and Krehbiel. When Hutch served as dean of Thayer School from 1984 until 1994, and again from 1997 to 1998, Krehbiel chaired Thayer School’s Board of Overseers. The two oversaw a major facilities renovation to Cummings Hall in the late 1980s and helped raised $40 million for the engineering school.

Among other achievements as dean, Hutch founded the Master of Engineering Management program. As dean emeritus and the John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor for Emerging Technologies, he directed the M.E.M. program and developed and taught courses in electrical engineering, design, Total Quality Management, and emerging technologies. In 2000 he co-founded the biotechnology company GlycoFi with Professor Tillman Gerngross and served as CEO of GlycoFi until it was acquired in spring 2006 by Merck. A man who doesn’t know the meaning of retirement, Hutch is in the midst of his latest venture: developing a new Thayer School course in technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

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