Entrepreneurship: Undergrad Major Wins Greener Ventures Contest
Between classes and research on her honors thesis, Alison Stace-Naughton ’11 took a crash course in regulatory clearance and intellectual property rights. The hard work was worth it. She placed first...
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Co-Inventor: Jonathan Cedar ’03 By Jonathan Mingle At first Jonathan Cedar ’03 and Alec Drummond just wanted to make a camping stove that didn’t burn gas or use batteries. The two colleagues at Smart...
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Ayorkor Korsah ’01 Th’03 has a challenge for fellow roboticists: build a $10 robot. As cofounder of the African Robotics Network (AFRON), an initiative to enhance robotics education, research, and...
View ArticleService to Humanity: Replacing Kerosene in Africa
Five students—Ph.D. candidate Daniel Harburg Th’06, M.S. candidate Louis Buck ’10 Th’11, Lee Taylor Tu’12, Adam Price Tu’12, and William Kamkwamba ’14—won the regional level of the Hult Global Case...
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Professor Brian Pogue has been named chair of the National Institutes of Health’s new grant review panel for biomedical imaging technology. The panel will review applications in optical imaging,...
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The nation wants more engineers. Dean Joseph J. Helble says we need a different kind of engineer Interview by Karen Endicott Thayer School Dean Joseph J. Helble was among the engineering leaders...
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Malcolm Lewis Th’71, an internationally recognized expert in the design of energy-efficient buildings and the past chair of the board of trustees of Harvey Mudd College, died of bladder cancer October...
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Professor Eric Fossum has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the highest honor the engineering community bestows. He also has been named a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of...
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Dave Girouard ’88 Th’89 is betting on the payback of a new crowdfunding platform he describes as a “true investment in a person.” The former VP of apps and president of enterprise at Google, Girouard...
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1960s Joe Cramer ’60 Th’63: I’ve been happily retired since 2001. I’m busier than before retirement, spending time keeping up with five kids and their families (11 grands now!), and dividing time...
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