Jun 22, 2012
Scott Hummel Appointed Interim Jeffers Director of Engineering
Scott R. Hummel, professor of mechanical engineering, has been named the Interim William Jeffers Director of the Engineering Division for a term of two…
Mechanical Engineering
May 31, 2012
Lafayette Takes Second in Sustainable Design Competition
A team of Lafayette students placed second in the 2012 Sustainable Design Competition sponsored by the Delaware Valley Green Building Council (DVGBC),…
May 23, 2012
NSF Research Fellowships Help Four Alumni Pursue Graduate Degrees
To call Brian Carey ’11 motivated is an understatement. The civil engineering and economics graduate is living in Trinidad and Tobago on a Fulbright…
May 7, 2012
Joel Lefever ’12 Researches Cutting-Edge Techniques to Treat Brain Disease
By Michele Tallarita ’12 Joel Lefever ’12 (Lancaster, Pa.) is spending his senior year tackling a topic that researchers have pursued for over 30 years…
May 1, 2012
Lafayette Honors Students for Academic Excellence
Lafayette honored more than 120 students for academic excellence at the annual All-College Honors Convocation April 29 in Colton Chapel. Awards and prizes…
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…
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 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,…
Feb 21, 2012
Aaron Birt ’12 Works to Minimize Damage Caused by Tsunami Waves
Mechanical engineering major Aaron Birt ’12 (Billsburg, Pa.) is used to working out problems using his mind, but an independent study is giving him…
Feb 13, 2012
Panayiotis Vitakis ’96 Directs Mobile Technology for Upstream
By Kate Helm In just 10 years, the cell phone has become ubiquitous. “It has changed human communication, sparking the mobile revolution that is sweeping…