Oct 15, 2010
Professor Polly Piergiovanni Brings the Conceptual to Life
When Polly Piergiovanni, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, was in high school, the track coach recruited her to run the 100-yard-dash…
Engineering
Oct 14, 2010
Ritesh Maharjan ’13 Has a Passion for Engineering and Art
Ritesh Maharjan ’13 (Kathmandu, Nepal) spent a good part of his summer designing and building a waterfall, picking mushrooms, framing drawings, figuring…
Oct 1, 2010
Getting Their Hands Dirty: Students Work to Build a Sustainable Future in Honduras
Before he traveled to Honduras and began the grueling work of digging into the earth and lugging wood and rocks to build latrines, even before he had learned…
Oct 1, 2010
Smithsonian Lecturer Colonel Scott Willey Will Discuss WWI Advances in Airpower Oct. 5
In keeping with the theme for the Class of 2014 Orientation, Colonel Scott Willey, a guide and lecturer with the Smithsonian Institute, will discuss World…
Oct 1, 2010
Professor David Brandes Analyzes the Threat Wind Turbines Pose to Migrating Raptors
As energy-producing wind turbines rise in ever greater numbers throughout the world, scientists have become increasingly concerned with their effects on…
Sep 17, 2010
Project Combines Economics, Computer Science, and Engineering to Enhance Environmental Policymaking
Several Lafayette students worked this summer on an ongoing, interdisciplinary project that combines aspects of economics, computer science, and engineering…
Sep 3, 2010
Students Lessen Negative Effects of Land Development on Environment
Alec Bernstein ’11 (Colts Neck, N.J.) spent much of the spring semester planting trees, shrubs, and wildflowers in a small wetland area in Easton’s…
Aug 31, 2010
Merging Theater and Engineering, Kim Corbett ’01 Excels in Cutting-Edge Profession
By Barbara Mulligan When Kimberly Corbett ’01 enters a theater to see a performance, she dreams of being caught up in the music, the drama, or anything…
Aug 19, 2010
A Guru of Wiffle Ball? Meet Professor Jenn Rossmann
Jenn Rossmann is living a double life: When she’s not studying fluid dynamics, she’s writing fiction. “I’m an engineer who likes words,” she…
Aug 19, 2010
Student-Faculty Team Strives to Improve the Technology Used to Diagnose Eye Diseases
Richard Koplin ’64, clinical associate professor at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, spent a year seeking someone to help complete research he began with…