Jun 11, 2018
Making a Global Impact
By Bryan Hay A group of senior chemical engineering majors and their advisers recently returned from a whirlwind trip to the Dominican Republic where they…
Engineering
Jun 5, 2018
A Win for the Ages
By Bryan Hay After 10 years of inching ever closer to a national title, Lafayette’s steel bridge team beat out 44 others to claim first place in the…
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…
May 14, 2018
Gunning for the Championship
Story and photos by Bryan Hay Nine Lafayette civil and environmental engineering seniors are preparing for the 2018 National Students Steel Bridge Competition…
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…
Apr 24, 2018
Hungry Cells
9:30 a.m. Tori Smith ’18, a chemical and biomolecular engineering major, seems to be working alone in the mammalian cell culture facility but in fact…
Apr 5, 2018
Students Win at Geotechnical Engineering Competition
By Bryan Hay Lafayette civil and environmental engineering students went head-to-head with graduate students in a spirited international competition dedicated…
Mar 30, 2018
When in Rome
Story by Bryan Hay, photos by Clay Wegrzynowicz In one of the classic scenes from Monty Python’s Life of Brian, opponents of the Roman occupation of…
Feb 22, 2018
Soil, Salt, and Inspired Students
By Stephen Wilson As if decorating sugar cookies, a Lafayette engineering student sprinkles tiny confections, meant to represent soil, over a rural model…
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…