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…
Engineering
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…
Jul 30, 2010
Professor Sharon Jones and Lindsay Weir ’11 Featured in International Educator Magazine
Work by Professor Sharon Jones and Lindsay Weir ’11 and the College’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) to develop locally sustainable drinking…
Jul 26, 2010
A Robotic Punxsutawney Phil? Students Design Shadow-Detection Device
Chris Nadovich was reading the news online last January when a letter from Gemma Vaughan of the animal rights group PETA caught his eye. Saying it was…
Jul 8, 2010
Lafayette Places Seventh in Nation at Steel Bridge Competition
Lafayette’s Steel Bridge Team took seventh place at the 2010 National Student Steel Bridge Competition held at Purdue University. This is the fifth time…
May 7, 2010
College Receives $590,000 Grant to Launch New Scholarship Program
National Science Foundation funds will increase underrepresented students majoring in computer science and engineering Recognizing Lafayette’s commitment…