Student Stories 
Chemical Engineering Department
Pollution Prevention (Jan. 2003)
Students save businesses money by reducing the amount of pollution they produce.
Award-Winning Summer in Spain (July 2000)
A student takes first place in New England for cleaning industrial wastewater.
Chemistry Department
Civil Engineering Department
Building Educational Bridges (July 2002)
Civil Engineering students learn about real-life bridges by building paper models and the Internet-based West Point Bicentennial Engineering Design Contest.
Building a Better Bridge (Jan. 2001)
UNH and the state design the nation's first bridge using plastic rather than steel reinforcing in its deck.
Computer Science Department
The Road from Mt. Olympus to Capitol Hill (May 2003)
Based on his research in the university's International Research Opportunities Program (IROP), Joel Danielwas chosen to go to Washington, D.C., where she educated members of the U.S. Congress.
Earth Sciences Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Making Connections (May 2003)
An ECE graduate student makes her own connections at the UNH Interoperability Lab's Plugfest.
A Path to the Future (Jan. 2003)
An ECE major goes to NASA camp.
Environmental Engineering Program
First Place Filter (July 2002)
Student take hom trophy at international environmental design contest.
Mathematics and Statistics Department
Wider Horizons (Jan. 2003)
A Math major goes to Budapest.
Mechanical Engineering Department
Making Waves (May 2003)
Based on her research in the university's International Research Opportunities Program (IROP), Angela Pelletier was chosen to go to Washington, D.C., where she educated members of the U.S. Congress.
Mechanical Engineering Students Expand Skills - and World View (July 2002)
ME students help infants and medical clinics in remote corners of the world by reconditioning donated medical equipment.
Lookin' Good (July 2002)
UNH Mini-Baja team finishes with a respectable place in the 2002 competition.
Moonbuggy Flies in National Race (July 2001)
A moonbuggy designed and built by UNH mechanical engineering students finished a close second in NASA's 8th annual "Great
Moonbuggy Race."
Moonbuggy is Lean and Mean (July 2000)
A moonbuggy designed and built by UNH mechanical engineering students takes fourth place in NASA's 7th annual "Great
Moonbuggy Race."
Ocean Engineering Program
Making Waves
Based on her research in the university's International Research Opportunities Program (IROP), Angela Pelletier was chosen to go to Washington, D.C., where she educated members of the U.S. Congress.
Materials Science Program
Physics Department
Blue Ribbon Research on "Golden Pond" (May 2003)
A Physics major brings home a Meritorious Achievement Award from the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Student Groups
Engineers Without Borders (Feb. 2004)
A group of engineering students (now called Students Without Borders) goes to Thailand to help a small village get clean drinking water.
Engineering Success (May 2003)
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) sponsored a Lego League Competition for students at Oyster River Middle School in Durham.