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  • Mantua Urban Peace Garden

    October 30, 2013

    What was once a vacant lot in West Philadelphia’s Mantua neighborhood is now a vegetable-filled garden, thanks in part to Drexel. And with more help from the University, the site may be transformed even further in the future.

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  • Gogotsi and Former Materials Research Faculty Volker Presser Publish Second Edition of Carbon Nanomaterials Book

    October 23, 2013

    Distinguished University and Trustee Chair Professor Yury Gogotsi has co-edited a second edition of Carbon Nanomaterials along with former research faculty member Volker Presser. 

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  • ECE faculty member gives keynote speech at ICCD

    October 21, 2013

    Assistant professor Mark Hempstead gave one of the keynote speeches at the 31st IEEE International Conference on Computer Design on October 8 in Asheville, North Carolina.

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  • CBE Alumnus Amy Peterson Accepts Faculty Position at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

    October 21, 2013

    Drexel alumnus Amy Peterson (PhD 2011, Advisor: G. R. Palmese) has accepted a faculty position at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Chemical Engineering.

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  • CBE Alumnus Joseph Stanzione Accepts Faculty Position at Rowan University

    October 21, 2013

    Drexel alumnus Joesph Stanzione (BS/MS 2008, Advisor: G. R. Palmese) has accepted a teaching instructor faculty position at Rowan University in the Department of Chemical Engineering.

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  • Professor Christopher Weyant Selected as 2013 National Distance Learning Week Award Winner

    October 21, 2013

    Teaching associate professor Christopher Weyant has been selected as a Drexel University Online 2013 National Distance Learning Week Award Winner. 

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  • Dr. Abrams' Research on HIV Featured in The Economist

    October 19, 2013

    Current treatments for HIV infection work by stopping the virus from reproducing in cells it has infected. But there may be a better way, namely stopping those cells getting infected in the first place. That is the route proposed by Cameron Abrams and Irwin Chaiken of Drexel University in Pennsylvania. As they describe in this month’s Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, they have found a way to blow the virus up.

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  • Students Pour Themselves Into Concrete Canoe Competition

    October 17, 2013

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  • Students Pour Themselves Into Concrete Canoe Competition

    October 16, 2013

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  • Concrete Canoe

    October 16, 2013

    How tough is it to build a functional canoe out of concrete? Ask the members of the Drexel concrete canoe team, a group of engineering students that puts in hours and hours of work before a competition each spring.

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  • ECE Student wins Young Scientist Best Paper Award at the ICEAA-IEEE APWC-EMS 2013

    October 14, 2013

    Ph.D. candidate Damiano Patron, researcher at the Drexel Wireless System Laboratory, has won the Young Scientist Best Paper Award at the ICEAA – IEEE APWC – EMS 2013 conference held in Torino, Italy.

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  • Doctoral Student Jared Langevin Researches Human Behavior and Office Building Energy Consumption

    October 08, 2013

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  • Dr Kalra accepts Associate Editor position in Chemical Engineering Science journal

    October 07, 2013

    Prof. Kalra started serving as an associate editor of the Chemical Engineering Science on Sept. 1, 2013.

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  • Dr. Paul Oh

    Dean’s Lecture Series- Robotics: Passing the Tipping Point

    October 07, 2013

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  • John Kountouriotis

    In Memoriam of John Kountouriotis

    October 04, 2013

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  • In memoriam of John Kountouriotis

    October 03, 2013

    We remember John Kountouriotis, who passed away on 1 October 2013 after a long illness. At the time of his death, John was a doctoral student at the Drexel Wireless Systems Laboratory (DWSL), advised by Dr. Kapil Dandekar.

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  • Drexel Materials Researchers Uncover Greater Possibilities for Ultra-thin Materials

    October 01, 2013

    Drexel Materials researchers are continuing to expand the capabilities of a new type of material that is as thin as a single atom, but has the potential to store massive amounts of energy.

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  • Li’s Bone-Mimicking Breakthrough in ACS Nano

    October 01, 2013

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