Innovation

Transformational ideas comes from our classrooms, labs, art and music studios, and alumni community. They shape how we look at the world. Big ideas deserve big stories. Here’s a look at some of them.

Improving Driverless Cars

Students work on simulations to enhance technology for autonomous cars and prevent collisions with animals.

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Professor and student work on ways to make 3D printing cost effective

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Biofilm project takes aim at erosion control

Innovative research aimed at controlling water seepage to control erosion

When innovation stops, brands decline

Read about Chip Bergh '79

Nov 16, 2020

Tools to Create

Dyer Center offered creative-thinking workshops to improve collaboration, illustration, and mindfulness.

Nov 6, 2020

STEM Star: The Double Threat

Blending science, mathematics, and computer science, Zhaoyi Ding ’21 is researching a preventive diagnostic method for stroke.

Nov 6, 2020

STEM Star: The Alchemist

Alex Ashley ’22 wants to apply the critical thinking and technical skills he's developed at Lafayette to study renewable energy: “I want to help bring…