Engineer Change

Abieyuwa Aghayere, PhD shares his thoughts on what may have contributed to the collapse of a parking garage on Tuesday, April 18th in Lower Manhattan which killed one person.

Engineers are trained to solve problems with creativity, integrity, empathy and critical thinking. These same qualities are what make good leaders great.

As SEPTA prepares to onboard 10 hydrogen fuel cell buses, Joshua Snyder, PhD, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, shared his insights on the benefits and challenges of fuel cells.

A report recently issued by the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine outlines how testing sewage could be deployed at the federal level to form a nationwide early warning system for diseases.

The systems that keep plane traffic in order in the air have been in place for decades and are relatively well known. But when dozens of airplanes converge on the ground at airports, there is a much higher risk of something going wrong. Drexel Engineering’s Divya Bhargava, PhD, studies how these incidents are investigated and reported, and how this information can be used to improve runway safety

There is a growing recognition that social justice is also environmental justice and health justice. Those goals can all be achieved in the redesign of physical spaces, writes Franco Montalto, PhD, in this “Rebuilding Philly” essay from The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Environmental engineer Franco Montalto, PhD, sees opportunities for higher education in the Biden Administration's proposed infrastructure bill.

Kapil Dandekar, professor of electrical and computer engineering, explains the basics of the Internet of Things.

Announcing its pioneering new MS in Peace Engineering, CoE talks with program co-directors about the next generation of peacebuilders.

Advocate and professor Joe Hughes discusses gun violence and how Peace Engineering might provide a way forward for an intractable problem.

Want to know what 5G is and how it will impact your life? ECE’s Dr. Bruce Eisenstein explains all.