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February 29, 2012
B.S. student Alicia Kriete (advisor: Mitra Taheri) is one of five recipients of the Center for Powder Metallurgy Technology (CPMT)/Axel Madsen Award.
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February 27, 2012
Following the signing of a groundbreaking, $1 million agreement with Shima Seiki USA, Genevieve Dion, assistant professor and fashion design program director in Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, will now have the state-of-the-art laboratory to conduct research for the development of new smart textiles, wearable technologies and to explore new methods of production that will ultimately impact a number of market sectors.
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February 23, 2012
The images created by two materials Ph.D. students have been
featured in the February 2012 MRS
Bulletin's "Look Again" page.
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February 22, 2012
Seven adult-sized humanoid robots took the stage during Drexel University’s celebration of National Engineers Week, in a first-of-its-kind assembly of robotic technology. A showcase event on Feb. 20 introduced all seven of the Korean HUBO robots to the community. Their presence -together in one place- is a unique event that serves as a key milestone for a nationwide, collaborative robotics research effort funded by the National Science Foundation.
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February 21, 2012
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February 20, 2012
Drexel University engineers have found a way to improve upon ordinary Portland cement (OPC), the glue that’s bonded much of the world’s construction since the late 1800s. In research recently published in Cement and Concrete Composites the group served up a recipe for cement that is more energy efficient and cost effective to produce than masonry’s most prevalent bonding compound.
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February 20, 2012
Next-generation body armor and batteries could be within reach according to a group of Drexel University engineers who recently presented their work with a sophisticated weave of carbon nanotubes, commonly called buckypaper, in ACS Nano, a publication of the American Chemical Society.
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February 20, 2012
Drexel University experts with a variety of expertise are available to help media report on stories regarding Marcellus Shale drilling.
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February 20, 2012
Researchers are bringing the latest technological advancements in 3-D printing to the study of ancient life. Using scale models of real fossils, for the first time, they will be able to test hypotheses about how dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals moved and lived in their environments.
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February 20, 2012
Drexel University engineers have found a way to improve upon
ordinary Portland cement (OPC), the glue that's bonded much of the
world's construction since the late 1800s. In research recently
published in Cement and Concrete Composites, the group
served up a recipe for cement that is more energy efficient and
cost effective to produce than masonry's most prevalent bonding
compound.
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February 18, 2012
Dr. Vibha Kalra, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been awarded a pre-commercialization grant from the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center entitled, "Nanofiber-based Electrodes for Efficient Lithium-based Batteries."
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February 17, 2012
Department head Antonios Zavaliangos was quoted in an article in The Morning Call about a cracked gas
main in Allentown, PA that caused a natural gas explosion, killing
five people.
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February 16, 2012
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February 16, 2012
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February 16, 2012
A faculty member and two staff members from the Department of
Materials Science and Engineering and A. J. Drexel Nanotechnology
Institute (DNI) will be honored by the College of Engineering
during this year's Engineers Week.
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February 15, 2012
The art and science behind the discovery of MXenes by A.
W. Grosvenor Professor Michel Barsoum, Distinguished University and
Trustee Chair Professor Yury Gogotsi, and Ph.D. students Babak
Anasori and Michael Naguib has been written up in an article,
"Microscopic Mountains," in
the Philadelphia Inquirer by
Inquirer staff writer Tom Avril.
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February 14, 2012
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is pleased
to welcome Dr. Hao Cheng as Assistant Professor, effective
September 1, 2012.
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February 10, 2012
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February 10, 2012
A group of Drexel materials researchers, led by Professor Christopher Li, has developed a new form of buckypaper, a sheet of carbon nanotubes, with potential uses ranging from body armor to next-generation batteries. The results of their findings have been published in ACS Nano.
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February 08, 2012
Hoeganaes Assistant Professor Mitra Taheri and Assistant
Professor Steven May have both received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career
Development grant (NSF-CAREER). These are two new
NSF-CAREER awards out of a total of three received by Drexel
University so far this year. The NSF-CAREER awards are the
most prestigious awards given to junior faculty by NSF in support
of work at the intersection of research, education, and
outreach.
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February 07, 2012
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February 06, 2012
CBE Senior Alexandra Bartolomeo was selected as a recipient of the college student papers contest and will be awarded from the Delaware Valley Engineers Week Council.
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February 06, 2012
A photograph submitted by a group of Drexel engineers has won recognition by the National Science Foundation.
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February 06, 2012
A micrograph by materials Ph.D. students Babak Anasori and
Michael Naguib (advisor: Michel Barsoum) and Professors Yury
Gogotsi and Michel Barsoum has won the "People's Choice" award in
the Science Magazine and National Science
Foundation 2011 International Science & Engineering
Visualization Challenge. The image received the most
votes from the general public to garner the honor.
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February 02, 2012
A new study by food safety researchers at Drexel University demonstrates that plasma can be an effective method for killing pathogens on uncooked poultry. The proof-of-concept study was published in the January issue of the Journal of Food Protection.
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February 02, 2012
Assistant professor James Rondinelli is a co-author, with
colleagues from Columbia University and the University of Arkansas,
of an invited "Commentary" in the February 2012 issue of Nature Materials (Vol. 11, No. 2) on
what lies ahead for the next decade in the field of oxide-based
electronics.
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February 01, 2012
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