Rate My Professor Laura Ray

Laura Ray is the Myron Tribus Professor of Engineering Innovation and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development at Dartmouth College's Thayer School of Engineering, where she has been a faculty member since 1996. She previously served as Interim Dean of the Thayer School in 2018. Ray earned a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 1984, an MSE in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 1985, and a PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 1991. Her professional contributions include co-founding Sound Innovations, Inc., and Clarisond, Inc., and co-leading Dartmouth’s NSF I-Corps Site to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. Ray has earned prestigious awards such as the Outstanding Service Award for Faculty from Dartmouth Engineering in 2022, Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors in 2020, Dartmouth Technology Innovation and Commercialization Award in 2019, American Society for Non-destructive Testing Fellowship in 2001, and Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from SAE in 1997. She is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and holds five U.S. patents related to ictal state identification, noise cancellation, and adaptive filtering.