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…
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jun 23, 2010
Civil Engineering Students Present Research at Environmental and Water Resources Congress
When Michael Thompson ’12 (Shokan, N.Y.) stood up to share his research with a room full of civil and environmental engineering professionals, he was…
Jun 9, 2010
Turning Food Scraps into Compost
Jennifer Bell ’11 (Purcellville, Va.) is crouched near a row of bell peppers at Lafayette’s student-run garden in Metzgar Fields, pulling thin weeds…
May 19, 2010
Lafayette Students Featured in Two Segments on WFMZ’s Edicion en Espanol
Students provide commentary in Spanish on their economic and environmental work in Honduras Students involved with Lafayette’s chapter of Engineers Without…
May 7, 2010
Michael Adelman ’10 Wins 2010 George Wharton Pepper Prize
The award goes to the senior who “most nearly represents the Lafayette ideal” Michael Adelman ’10 calls himself a “liberal arts engineer.” During his…
Mar 30, 2010
Lafayette to Host American Society for Engineering Education Regional Conference April 16-17
Workshops geared toward middle and high school teachers will be taught by College faculty Lafayette is set to host the Mid-Atlantic American Society for…
Feb 18, 2010
Community Building in New Orleans
Jessalyn Rolwood ’10 writes about her work helping residents redevelop the Lower Ninth Ward as the first carbon-neutral community in the country Over winter…
Feb 1, 2010
Lafayette Celebrates Black History Month in February
Events include lectures, an art exhibit, films, discussions, workshops, and performances; The keynote address by Molefi K. Asante, Jr. ’04 has been postponed…
Nov 13, 2009
Green Roof on Acopian Engineering Center Provides Environmental and Educational Benefits
Daniella Colon ’10 and other students have researched and helped design the project The grass is always greener…on the roof of Acopian Engineering Center…
Oct 20, 2009
Civil Engineering Professors Receive $280,000 National Science Foundation Grant
Innovative research will improve support structures and highway facilities constructed on soft or loose soil Muhannad Suleiman and Anne Raich, assistant…