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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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Professor Helen Donis-Keller poses with her class of Olin students at Greentown Labs on March 9, 2022.

Greentown Labs Hosts Oliners for Week of Recruitment, Exploration and Partnerships.

Olin students, faculty and staff embrace a model of teaching and learning engineering centered on collaboration, exploration and hands-on experience – and this week’s events with Greentown Labs, is a noteworthy illustration of just that.

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Sara Hendren, Associate Professor of Fine Arts, Humanities and Design.

Hendren Wins 2021 Science in Society Journalism Award

Sara Hendren has won a 2021 Science in Society Journalism Award from the National Association of Science Writers for her 2020 Penguin Random House book, “What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World.”

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Whitney Lohmeyer, Assistant Professor of Engineering

Olin is Among Researchers Awarded $25M for NSF Spectrum Innovation Center

Award brings spectrum-related research opportunities to Olin and Olin undergrads for years to come.

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Dr. C. Jason Woodard, Dean of External Programs and Partnerships

Woodard Appointed Dean of External Programs and Partnerships

Dr. C. Jason Woodard has been appointed the inaugural Dean of External Programs and Partnerships at Olin College of Engineering.

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Jonathan M Adler, Professor of Psychology

NEWS: Adler Named Next Editor of Personality and Social Psychology Review

Dr. Jonathan Adler, Professor of Psychology at Olin College of Engineering, has been named the next editor of the Personality and Social Psychology Review (PSPR) by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP).

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Climate Strike signs made by Olin College of Engineering students

Announcing the Olin E:Sustainability Concentration

Olin is excited to announce the creation of the E:Sustainability concentration, beginning in the 2021-2022 academic year. The new concentration will give students another area of interdisciplinary focus as they expand their engineering studies.

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A photo of a professor and a student in a classroom looking at a laptop computer

STORY: Helping Others and Learning Human-Centered Engineering During Summer Research Program

This summer, Paul Ruvolo, associate professor of Computer Science, is leading a summer research team including a mix of Oliners, students from other colleges, and visually impaired users to improve and expand a tech platform he developed that assists low-vision and blind people navigate their surroundings.

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Lynch Named Olin College Dean of Faculty

Dr. Caitrin Lynch has been named Olin College Dean of Faculty, Provost Mark Somerville announced on July 9, 2021. This appointment was made after a nominating process and with significant input from Olin faculty.

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Dr. Alisha Sarang-Sieminski, Dean of the College.

Sarang-Sieminski Named Dean of the College

Dr. Alisha Sarang-Sieminski has been named Dean of the College, Olin Provost Mark Somerville announced on April 22, 2021. Sarang-Sieminski, who uses they/them pronouns, has been at Olin for over 15 years and has established themself as a well-respected faculty member and institutional leader.

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An image of a variety of student hands working with metal pieces.

Olin Helps Take the Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) in a New Direction

At Olin, part of educating engineers is preparing them to be world-changers. This takes shape in different ways, including helping students consider the civic role that they can play in sustaining society and the planet. At Olin, one of the ways in which the concept of civic engagement is embodied in its Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP).

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A professor wearing glasses, dark sweater and shoulder-length light brown hair, looks on as a student writes on the classroom whiteboard.

Nugent’s Spacepod Podcast Reaches Million Download Milestone

Nugent has been hosting Spacepod, an inside look into space exploration, since August 2015 and has produced 180 episodes for a worldwide audience. Each week, Nugent hosts leading experts in astronomy and planetary science.

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A student in pink shirt and shorts walks into the Academic Center building with green tree branches encroaching into the frame.

Olin Team in the Running for Grant to Establish New $25M Wireless Spectrum Research Center

Assistant Professor of Engineering, Whitney Lohmeyer, and the Olin Spectrum Innovation Initiative Center (OSIIC) team, recently joined a multi-institution effort to create a comprehensive plan for a five-year $25M National Center for Wireless Spectrum Research.

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An exterior image of a horizontal-shaped, glass-windowed campus building under a blue, cloudy sky.

Apps for Accessibility to Empower the Blind and Visually Impaired

For people who are blind or visually impaired, tasks such as navigating through unfamiliar environments can be difficult. Navigation is part of a set of skills collectively called Orientation and Mobility (O&M), and researchers have shown that one’s proficiency with this set of skills is pivotal to allowing people to access social and economic opportunities in their community.

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Paul Ruvolo, Associate Professor of Computer Science, in blueish grey shirt, smiles for a photo.

Ruvolo Awarded NSF Grant for Assistive Technology Research and Education

Paul Ruvolo, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Olin College of Engineering, has been awarded a three-year, $343,842 NSF grant to develop an orientation and mobility (O&M) app that provides indoor navigation and exploration technology for blind and visually impaired users.

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A professor in black vest and striped shirt, speaks to two students in a classroom.

Keeping the core of courses alive during online learning

A natural question to ask is, What’s changed in Olin’s teaching practices as a result of the COVID-19 crisis? For Olin Assistant Professor of Measurement Science, Alessandra Ferzoco, the more interesting question is what will be the same.

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Professor Dave Barrett (in the center) with checkered shirt and glasses, and Professor Daniella Faas (on the left) in black shirt and close-cropped hair, talk with students in a machine lab in 2019.

Keeping hands-on activities during remote learning

It’s fair to say that when the COVID-19 crisis hit, the Olin community wasn’t exactly excited to disband in-person classes and jump into online learning. “But we learned a ton,” says Daniela Faas, assistant professor and practice and director of Lab & Fabrication Operations.