Oct 11, 2022
Lafayette engineering trio wins Tau Beta Pi scholarships
Lafayette seniors Jed Alterman, Meg Dodge, and Danielle Lemisch are among the 254 engineering students from across the country to receive the competitive…
Mechanical Engineering
Aug 4, 2022
Prof. Alex Brown releases first commercial album
Brown, who sings and plays guitar, keyboard, saxophone, and trumpet, says there are many creative parallels between his work as an engineer and musician…
Apr 1, 2022
The peculiar physics of the Wiffle ball
Prof. Jenn Stroud Rossmann discusses the Whiffle ball on Short Wave, NPR's science-themed podcast.
Mar 28, 2022
Connecting across disciplines
Lafayette College mechanical and chemical engineering senior design teams collaborate on renewable energy research
Mar 10, 2022
New robotics lab will support teaching and research across disciplines
Engineering's new robotics lab is being designed to attract not only integrative engineering majors, but also students studying other disciplines, including…
Aug 18, 2021
Studying the Next Generation of Supersonic Engines
Mechanical engineering major Harry Chernak ’22 is working this summer to research an alternative fuel source for aircraft engines
Mar 10, 2021
Engineering a Song
Alex Brown, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Lafayette College, explores union of arts and engineering in first commercial song.
Sep 30, 2020
At-Home Labs Provide Hands-On Learning
Mechanical professors provide home-based students with equipment used in a popular control systems course.
Sep 21, 2020
Homegrown Robots
Gabrielle Conard ’21 and Prof. Alex Brown overcame the obstacles of remote learning to bring to life several quadruped robots to boost robotics research…
Jun 23, 2020
How Roboticists (and Robots) Have Been Working from Home
Mechanical engineering professor and student have adapted to lab work at home.