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Research at Thayer School is advancing innovation in three focus areas:

Engineering at Dartmouth is non-departmental and most projects crosscut traditional engineering disciplines to address critical human needs. Current projects are searchable by focus area and by discipline.
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Ph.D. Innovation Program Requirements

Innovation Program students fulfill all requirements listed for first-year Ph.D. students and Ph.D. candidates. Requirements include:

Technical proficiency
Technical breadth
Specialization
Professional competence
Original research
Dissertation archiving

Admitted students also work with a special advisory committee to see that all Innovation Program requirements are met. These include:

Skills Development

ENGG 195: Seminar on Science, Technology, and Society (1 term)
ENGG 196: Seminar on Applied Science and Technology (5 terms)
ENGG 197: Ph.D. Professional Workshops (recommended but not required; can be used to write a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposal)
ENGG 198: Research-in-Progress Workshop (annual participation)

Applied Mathematics (choose 2 courses)

ENGS 91: Numerical Methods in Computation
ENGS 92: Fourier Transforms and Complex Variables
ENGS 93: Statistical Methods in Engineering
ENGS 100: Methods in Applied Mathematics I
ENGS 104: Optimization Methods for Engineering Applications
ENGS 105: Computational Methods for Partial Differential Equations I
ENGS 106: Numerical Linear Algebra

Engineering Depth (4 courses)

Courses in the student's area of research, chosen to increase depth of knowledge and expertise. These courses should be selected in concert with the thesis advisor.

Innovation Coursework (3 courses)

ENGG 321: Introduction to Innovation
ENGM 180: Corporate Finance
ENGM 188: Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (or equivalent course)

Innovation Elective (choose 1 course)

ENGM 179: Financial and Managerial Accounting
Any graduate-level technical course in an area outside the student's area of core expertise

Internship

Students will work in a start-up company — possibly their own — or an R&D department in their general fields(s) of interest for up to six months. Prior to starting the internship, students must see Lori Jackson (Cummings Room 111) to discuss financial/insurance status of the internship period.