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Thayer School of Engineering
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH USA
Exchange Study and Research Opportunity in Fall 2012
for current 3rd year ISE Students
Where is Hanover, New Hampshire?
• Small 'college town' in Northern New England• 12,000 inhabitants + 5200 students• Located between Boston, MA and Montréal,
Canada
What is Dartmouth (or Dartmouth College)? • One of oldest universities in United States
Established in 1769• Private university • Member of 'Ivy League' (others are Harvard, Yale, Princeton,
Cornell, Columbia, Brown, Pennsylvania)• Total of 5,200 students
• 4,200 undergraduates, 1,000 graduate students• One of top 10 universities in US for undergraduate education
• Ranked #1 for undergraduate teaching among US universities• Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering
• Founded 1867• Renowned for its interdisciplinary engineering program
(no disciplinary departments)
Undergraduate Exchange Program
An undergraduate exchange program is underway between Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth and International School of Engineering at Chulalongkorn University
Equal 3 -for- 3 (on average) annual exchange of undergraduate engineering students for one term (semester) of study
Aimed at Chula (ISE) students in beginning of their fourth year and Dartmouth students in latter part of their third year
How does it work?• ISE students (probably 3) go to Dartmouth in
August 2012• Work full-time on research/design project for first
two weeks (senior project for ISE)• Study at Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering
during their fall term (September - November)– Take three courses (full course load)– Work part-time (about 5-8 hours/week) on senior project
for 10 weeks during the term
• Work full-time on project again for 3 weeks after classes end
• Return to Thailand at beginning of January– Turn in senior project report after returning to ISE
Exchange term at Dartmouth• ISE exchange students will be enrolled as full-time students
at Dartmouth for the fall term and will be able to use all facilities normally available to Dartmouth undergraduate students – Library, computer facilities, sports facilities, extracurricular
activities, etc.
• ISE exchange students will be given orientation sessions upon arrival at Dartmouth– This will include familiarization with all facilities at Dartmouth,
academic advising, and participation in hiking/camping trip with other new Dartmouth students
• ISE exchange students will be housed in an undergraduate student dormitory on the Dartmouth campus and will eat in the student dining facilities
Some courses that could be taken by Chula students at Dartmouth
• Biol 46 - Microbiology• Engs 26 - Control Theory• Engs 35 - Biotech and BioChem Engineering• Engs 37 - Intro. to Environmental Engineering• Engs 61 - Intermediate Electronic Circuits• Engs 63 - Intro. to VLSI Systems• Engs 76 - Machine Engineering• Engs 91 - Numerical Methods in Computation• Engs 92 - Fourier Transforms and Complex Variables• Engg 129 - Instrumentation & Measurement• Engs 130 - Mechanical Behavior of Materials• Engs 131 - Science of Solid State Materials• Engm 184 - Introduction to Optimization Methods• Tuck 2 – Introduction to Marketing
Examples of senior projects (research) that have been done recently by ISE exchange
students at Dartmouth
• Evaluation of backside wear of polyethylene materials for artificial knee joints
• Fabrication and testing of micron-size striplines and evaluation of current flow during switching of the striplines
• Development of magnetic nanoparticles for cancer treatment
• User-oriented text summarization• Design and analysis of frame and suspension for
Dartmouth Formula Hybrid vehicle
Finances• ISE exchange student pays normal tuition at ISE, no
tuition is paid to Dartmouth (Dartmouth provides full-tuition scholarship)
• Student responsible for transportation, room, meals, books, health insurance
– Total estimated cost for Chula student at Dartmouth is about $6000 for 5 months, including room, meals, books, health insurance, local transportation;
– Round-trip transportation from Thailand to the US and the cost of a US visa will be an additional 50,000 Baht or so.
• Student may possibly earn up to $1000 for working on the internship project to help defray expenses
Visa, health insurance, etc.
• Each participating ISE exchange student must have a passport that is valid for at least six months past the end of the exchange period
• Dartmouth will provide documentation allowing the ISE exchange students to receive a US exchange student visa
• The student is responsible for obtaining the necessary visa in a timely manner
• ISE exchange students must be covered by adequate health care insurance (such as Dartmouth Student Health Insurance Plan) during the period of their stay in the US
Application Requirements
Please submit the following documents to Khun Meadhat at ISE office by 10 February 2012:
• A Statement of Purpose including the following information:- How courses available at Dartmouth would complement your
program of study at the ISE.- Why you wish to do a design/research project at Dartmouth
for your senior project and why you are qualified for a design or research project at Dartmouth.
- How this exchange opportunity will impact your academic, career and personal goals.
• Proof of English Proficiency; CU-TEP also acceptable
• Recent transcript• Resume