College of Engineering & Physical Sciences

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  • memorial bridge at dusk
    - It’s Alive!
    A new project led by UNH engineers will transform the Memorial Bridge over the Piscataqua River into a “living” bridge that could change the way we look at bridges and... Read More
  • Thompson Hall at UNH
    - UNH Welcomes New Faculty Members
    First year students aren’t the only ones who began their UNH careers in September. Thirty-two new faculty members have joined the staff. Below is a list of the new members by... Read More
  • A Genius Among Us
    - A Genius Among Us
    UNH math professor Yitang “Tom” Zhang has been named a 2014 MacArthur Fellow. Read More
  • Ryan Cassotto in Greenland
    - Glacial Race
    Courtesy Photo It only sounds like a joke: When the world’s fastest-moving glacier sped up in the summer of 2012 – suddenly surging from Greenland’s west coast at four times its... Read More
  • project smart students releasing science balloon
    - Scientific Sojourn
    They found it at the edge of a Maine forest near a cornfield off a path called Potato Road. A distinctive orange hull, intact. Before it fell to the ground, it traveled along the... Read More
  • Winnacunnet High students Jenna Roy and Olivia Bessemer
    - Teens Connect With... Mutant Bacteria?!
    Winnacunnet High students Jenna Roy, left, and Olivia Bessemer, right, examine bacteria they have grown for signs that the cells have mutated and evolved.  The biology labs at... Read More
  • Hackers
    - Hackers Beware
    This spring, some of the world's wiliest hackers gathered at UNH in an attempt to bring down powerful corporate networks. But no one on campus was worried; in fact, the hackers... Read More
  • Robotics Competition
    - Mind Games
    They waved banners and wore face paint, but the screaming fans who filled Lundholm Gym to capacity March 6 and 7 weren't in Durham for a sports event—they were teams facing off in... Read More
  • students at research project site, collecting nitrogen through urine
    - Reduce, Reuse, Peecycle
    Visitors to downtown Durham this spring might have noticed students sporting an unusual accessory: a sticker with a yellow droplet on it proclaiming "I donated my nitrogen." No... Read More
  • winter scene animation
    - ‘Frozen’ Science
    This spring, three senior engineering majors took a unique perspective on “Frozen,” pitting magic against reality for their final Snow Hydrology course paper. The students – Abby... Read More