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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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Rachel W. Obbard

Assistant Professor of Engineering

1-603-646-9613
rachel.w.obbard@dartmouth.edu

Education

B.S., Engineering Physics, Colorado School of Mines 1985
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of New Hampshire 2002
Ph.D., Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth College 2006

Research Interests

Ice microstructure; air-snow-ice-ocean interactions; micro-computed tomography; scanning electron microscopy (SEM); electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD); materials science

Teaching

ENGS 8: Materials in Sports Equipment

News

What can baseball teach us?
New England Baseball Journal
December 13, 2012

In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine

Classroom: Materials in Sports Equipment
Winter 2013