May 31, 2018
On the Fast Track
By Bryan Hay Facing raw, rainy New England weather and other competitive engineering schools, Lafayette’s formula electric vehicle team brought home…
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Apr 30, 2018
Up, Up, and Away
By Bryan Hay There’s a sense of adrenaline-spiked adventure inside Jon Wallace’s Cessna 172 Skyhawk, its single engine idling on the runway at Braden…
Feb 13, 2018
From Persia to College Hill, Air Products CEO Seifi Ghasemi Credits Lafayette for Shaping Career
By Kathleen Parrish and Bryan Hay Seifollah “Seifi” Ghasemi first heard of Lafayette College in 1959 when he was one of nearly 6,000 high school students…
Feb 12, 2018
Philanthropic Support Endows Interdisciplinary Engineering Professorship
President Alison Byerly tonight announced multiple gifts totaling $3 million from the Air Products Foundation ($1.5 million), Air Products Chairman, President…
Nov 23, 2017
Google Innovation Helps Restore Internet in Puerto Rico
By Bryan Hay It’s been two months since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, leaving its people without shelter, critical supplies, and services,…
Nov 16, 2017
The Next Wave of Wireless
By Bryan Hay With coffee makers, pet collars, and other wirelessly connected stuff plugging into the Internet these days, research on wave signal behavior…
Nov 10, 2017
Positioning Students for Success
By Joseph McDermott As a West Coast native attending an East Coast college, Heidi Ludwick Hanson ’91 learned the challenges of being separated from family…
Nov 6, 2017
STEM Stars
Lafayette faculty members and students are actively working on innovative projects and research initiatives that demonstrate the College’s commitment…
Nov 1, 2017
Using Brainwaves to Control a Wheelchair
Simone Khalifa '20 is using her interests in art and electrical & computer engineering in a research project to develop a brain-computer interface designed…
Oct 31, 2017
Senior Project
11 a.m. Wind-swept rain pounds the windows outside the computer lab in Acopian Engineering Center. Since 8 a.m., Geoff Watson ’18 (electrical and computer…