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Below you will find stories about our faculty, their research, awards and notable appointments, as well as books they've published, new courses they developed, and much more.

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STORY: Engineering Solutions for a 150-Year-Old Textile Mill

Students in a pilot engineering course are collaborating with Draper Knitting to devise innovations and understand the global textile industry.

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Autonomous Weeding device - classroom image

STORY: Students Developing Autonomous Weeding Robot for Sustainable Farming

They’ll submit their proposed system to the Farm Robotics Challenge this summer.

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Olin faculty Paul Ruvolo and Sam Michalka's headshots

NEWS: Ruvolo and Michalka Awarded NSF Grant to Participate in I-Corps Program

Paul Ruvolo, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Sam Michalka, Associate Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Engineering, have been awarded a NSF award of $50,000 to participate in the I-Corps program to study the product-market fit for their navigation technology.

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Learning to Grow Mini Organs in the Lab - Two students working with bio equipment under the fume hood.

STORY: Learning to Grow Mini Organs in the Lab

Olin’s “Intro to Tissue Building” gives students a leg up on biology foundations and laboratory techniques.

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NEWS: Olin receives NEH grant for AI, climate change, and humanities curriculum integration

Olin faculty have received a $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to fund the integration of Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change curriculum into STEM courses.

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Portrait of Professor Helen Donis-Keller

NEWS: Donis-Keller Elected to 2023 Class of AAAS Fellows

Helen Donis-Keller is one of 502 distinguished scientists, engineers and innovators who join the ranks of Fellows, a distinguished lifetime honor within the scientific community.

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Image of Assistant Professor Zach del Rosario ’14 working on ModSim with student

STORY: Q&A with Assistant Professor Zach del Rosario ’14

Zach del Rosario ’14, Olin alum and Assistant Professor of Engineering and Applied Statistics, answers a few questions about his recent work in the intersection of engineering, statistics, and education research.

A team of people hold up an inflated weather balloon with a blue sky in the background.

Watch: Olin Team to Measure Upcoming Solar Eclipse with High-Altitude Balloons

On Monday, April 8, 2024, a team of Olin College of Engineering students, led by Professor Chris Lee, will be examining the total solar eclipse from 90,000 feet as part of the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project (NEBP).

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P&M Fashion Sustainability 1 - Working in the classroom

STORY: P&M Students Participate in Speedy Sustainable Fashion Pitch

The Sustainable Fashion Entrepreneurship Kickbox Activity gave groups less than an hour to design and pitch an industry-changing innovation.

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STORY: Building an App for BIPOC Mental Health

Olin students and faculty in an experimental course work on a technological solution to connect those in need of wellness care with the right providers.

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Portrait of Whitney Lohmeyer at the Olin library

NEWS: Lohmeyer Receives Curtis W. McGraw Research Award

Whitney Lohmeyer, Olin Assistant Professor of Engineering, has received the Curtis W. McGraw Research Award for a non-Ph.D. granting program from the American Society for Engineering Education.

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STORY: Olin Faculty, Students Using High-Performance Computers to Solve Big Challenges

Associate Professor Carrie Nugent collaborates with the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center to use supercomputers for her own and student research.

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5 Olin students, Professor Chris Lee, and Professor Leah Mendelson posing with the team's final project for Mechanical Design

STORY: Two Faculty Complete Sabbaticals at Olin

Leah Mendelson, Harvey Mudd College, and Brian Krongold, the University of Melbourne, explored engineering education at Olin last semester.

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FIE Group Photo - student team posing with professor Zhenya

STORY: Oliners Present at International Engineering Education Conference

Frontiers in Education offered students a chance for growth as both learners and scholars.

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Tech Venture Capstone class, with co professors (and Pico the dog)

STORY: Year-Long Entrepreneurship Course Helps Students Build Sound Startups

The Technology Venture Capstone gives business-minded students the benefit of decades of entrepreneurial experience.

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Student Maddy Robertson with class grown mushrooms.

STORY: Lab-Grown Mushrooms a Lesson in Sustainable Eating

Professor of biology and art and Michael E. Moody Professor at Olin, Helen Donis-Keller, incorporates a hands-on lab to teach students to grow their own food.