Apr 9, 2012
Taking Root: Students Help Honduras Coffee Project Come Full Circle
Rural Honduras is a long way to go for a good cup of coffee. But for a team of Lafayette students representing the College’s Economic Empowerment and…
Engineering
Apr 9, 2012
Interdisciplinary Team Studies the Implications of Environmental Policymaking
By Michele Tallarita ’12 As an electrical and computer engineering major, Nick Orzol ’13 (Mercerville, N.J.) is used to toying with circuits, computers…
Apr 9, 2012
Integrated Metal Prototype Machine Provides Engineering Design Opportunities Across Many Disciplines
A material additive manufacturing suite in Acopian is providing opportunities for students and faculty to make contributions to interdisciplinary engineering…
Apr 9, 2012
Words and Science: Chemical Engineering Major Angela Wnek ’13 is State Forensics Champion
Angela Wnek ’13 (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) is never at a loss for words. She puts that trait to good use, spending her weekends traveling to tournaments…
Mar 19, 2012
Renewable Energy: Students Work to Find Cleaner Sources of Fuel
“Being a chemical engineer, I’m increasingly aware of the need to find renewable alternate sources of energy, not only because fossil fuels will eventually…
Mar 12, 2012
Photo Gallery: Students Learn and Teach During National Engineers Week
National Engineers Week at Lafayette provided students with opportunities to learn more, teach others, and have fun with the engineering field. Members…
Mar 10, 2012
Spotted on Campus With…Greg Allis ’12
Lacrosse player Greg Allis ’12 (Danvers, Mass.) discusses the hunt for a Patriot League Championship, the hands-on elements of civil engineering, and…
Mar 6, 2012
Joseph Heaney ’85 Has Hosted More Than 45 Student Interns
By Kevin Gray An avid scuba diver and successful businessman, Joseph Heaney ’85 draws comparisons between his two passions. Both start, he says, with…
Feb 28, 2012
Joelle Neilson ’12 Takes Patriot League Championships in Triple and Long Jump
Joelle Neilson ’12 (Philadelphia, Pa.) took first place in both the triple and long jump at the Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Championships Feb…
Feb 21, 2012
A Global Professor: Joshua Smith’s Teaching and Research Have Taken Him all Over the World
Spin a globe and place your finger on it. Wherever it lands, it may not be far from where Joshua Smith, assistant professor of mechanical engineering,…