Student Projects

Did you know that tap water at Hampshire College, which comes from the Amherst municipal water supply, is held to stricter standards than bottled water?

Hampshire College student Daniel Boucher 10F is developing a clothes dryer that uses solar energy.

A team of Hampshire students—Zeke Nierenberg 09F, Kira McCoy 09F, Jamie Matheson 11F, and Amit Ringel 08F—won first prize in the inaugural Health Literacy Hackathon.

Isaac Bruss 06F can tell DNA to self-assemble into a structure of his own choosing.

Max Neale 05F examines the science, politics, and economics of the invasion and management of the Asian clam, a species that threatens Lake Tahoe's ecology and the sustainability of the regional economy.

Cora Ann Johnston's 04F eyes sparkle when she talks about juvenile blue crabs. Her Division III details her work finding an alternative nursery habitat for the tiny crabs in Chesapeake Bay.