Jun 7, 2019
Steel Bridge Team Takes National Title
By Katie Neitz Lafayette’s steel bridge team not only successfully defended its title—it dominated the Student Steel Bridge Competition National Finals…
Civil and Environmental Engineering
May 25, 2019
Corporate Support
By Bryan Hay Lafayette’s steel bridge team will be defending its national title this year backed by its first corporate sponsorship. The Harman Group…
Jan 14, 2019
Amid Construction, Rockwell Already Inspires
By Bryan Hay Although Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center doesn’t open until fall semester 2019, it’s already providing unique learning opportunities…
Jan 6, 2019
Bringing Brownfields Back to Life
By Bryan Hay More than a month after Lafayette’s participation in a statewide brownfields conference, the experience is still inspiring students and…
Nov 6, 2018
Troubled Water
By Stephen Wilson Fifth-grade students from Cheston Elementary use a salt shaker to sprinkle the roads on a plastic rural model and cover the roadways…
Oct 29, 2018
An Internship for the Professor
By Bryan Hay Reflecting one day on his career as an academic, Steve Kurtz realized he was missing something. “I’m in the shower and thinking about…
Sep 11, 2018
Engineering Program Continues Climb in U.S. News Ranking
By Bryan Hay Lafayette’s engineering program moved up to 11th place in the nation among primarily undergraduate programs in the latest ranking by U.S…
Aug 15, 2018
Biofilm Project Takes Aim at Erosion Control
By Bryan Hay An interdisciplinary group of students is tending to a bacteria nursery as part of an innovative research project aimed at controlling the…
Aug 11, 2018
‘Maroon Monster’ a Smashing Success
By Bryan Hay Dave Mante pinned a $10 Wawa gift card on a whiteboard. In the late afternoon shadow of the towering “Maroon Monster,” he asked students…
Jul 16, 2018
Renovations, Upgrades Planned for Acopian Engineering Center
By Bryan Hay When a family member moves out of the house, there’s usually an opportunity to do some renovations in the vacated space. Such will be…