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…
Engineering
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 23, 2018
Improving Driverless Cars
Two students are conducting research using a driving simulator to enhance technology that can help autonomous cars prevent collisions with animals. (VIDEO)
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…
Jul 3, 2018
Return to College Hill
By Bryan Hay Lauren Anderson ’04 often returns to a very personal moment as a teenager when it became clear she was destined to become a bioengineer…
Jun 25, 2018
Big Gamble, Big Payoff
By Kevin Gray Walter “Terry” Lutz ’62 admits he isn’t much of a gambler. But in the early 1990s, he bet the future of his company on his strong belief…
Jun 22, 2018
Innovative Instructor
By Bryan Hay Polly Piergiovanni, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has won the prestigious and competitive William H. Corcoran Award…
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…
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…