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  • Drexel Biodiesel Team Attends EPA Event in Washington DC

    May 30, 2014

    View event photos here.

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  • STEM Major Retention and Teaching Innovation

    May 29, 2014

    Drexel University has been awarded funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) of $1.2 million over five years to implement strategies intended to increase the retention of undergraduate students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors.

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    Stem Teaching Innovation, Mentoring at Drexel to Expand With HHMI Grant for Improving Undergraduate Retention

    May 29, 2014

    Drexel University has been awarded funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) of $1.2 million over five years to implement strategies intended to increase the retention of undergraduate students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors. 

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  • Drexel’s CAEE Department Introduces Advanced Degrees in Architectural Engineering

    May 29, 2014

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  • Spanier wins 2014 College of Engineering Excellence in Research Award

    May 29, 2014

    Professor Jonathan Spanier has won a 2014 College of Engineering Excellence in Research Award for his discovery of new sustainable energy generation materials for light harvesting technologies.

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  • Drexel Materials Students Receive Drexel University’s Most Prestigious Commencement Awards

    May 28, 2014

    Drexel Materials graduate students and graduate student organization are recognized for their exceptional achievements in research, teaching, and innovation by Drexel's Office of Graduate Studies.

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  • B.S./M.S. Student Emily Buck Receives Prestigious Whitaker International Program Fellowship

    May 27, 2014

    B.S./M.S. student Emily Buck (advisor:  Caroline Schauer) is a recipient of a Whitaker International Program Fellowship.

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  • Drexel Students Offered Fulbright Grants

    May 22, 2014

    For the second consecutive year a record-breaking seven Drexel students and alumni have been offered study and research grants by the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

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  • Drexel Announces 2014 Honorary Degree Recipients

    May 22, 2014

    More than 5,000 students will graduate from Drexel University at its 127th Commencement on June 13 and 14 in five separate ceremonies. Drexel will award 20 honorary degrees to prominent individuals, including NBC News’ chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell, legendary architect Robert A.M. Stern and MIT professor Robert Langer — the most cited engineer in history.

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    Four Engineering Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships

    May 21, 2014

    Four College of Engineering students were offered prestigious Fulbright Scholarships for the 2014-2015 academic year.

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  • Drexel Materials Student Attends Intel ISEF as Special Awards Judge

    May 21, 2014

    B.S. student Alex McBride represented Drexel University as a special awards judge at the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).

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  • Style Meets Engineering In Drexel's Smart Fabric Belly Band

    May 20, 2014

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  • Drexel Researchers Develop Smart Fabric Belly Band

    May 19, 2014

    Tummy snugging maternity wear could soon be giving expecting parents peace of mind in addition to stylishly securing waistlines. Researchers at Drexel University are combining fashion design with wireless technology to produce a belly band that will be able to monitor uterine contractions and fetal heart rate in real time.

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  • Announcement of Awards – COE/COM Seed Funding Program

    May 19, 2014

    The College of Engineering (COE) and the College of Medicine (COM) sponsored joint networking events in February, 2014. Those events promoted the formation of new or strengthened existing collaborations between members of the COE and COM faculty. A COE/COM Seed Funding Program RFP was issued for competitive awards of $25,000.

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  • Amanda Decker, CBE Undergraduate, Awarded 2014 Fulbright Scholarship

    May 16, 2014

    Chemical and Biological Engineering senior, Amanda Decker, has recently been offered a 2014-15 Fulbright Scholarship.

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  • Two Professors Recognized for Dedication to Research and Teaching

    May 15, 2014

    Drexel University and the College of Engineering awarded ECE Professor Mark Hempstead with the Excellence in Research Award for 2014 and Allen Rothwarf Award for Teaching Excellence for 2013-2014 and Professor Harish Sethu with the Teaching Award for 2014.

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  • Amanda Decker

    Chemical and Biological Engineering Student Offered 2014 Fulbright Scholarship

    May 14, 2014

    Chemical and Biological Engineering senior, Amanda Decker, has recently been offered a 2014-15 Fulbright Scholarship. 

    Decker will be graduating in June 2014 with a BS/MS in chemical engineering and a biological engineering concentration. Decker has been an active member of Engineers Without Borders, Kappa Theta Epsilon (Co-op Honors Society), Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honors Fraternity), and the University Band. Her research while at Drexel under Dr. Steven Wrenn has explored the effects of saponin, a family of plant derived compounds, on lipid membrane stability and structure.

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  • ECE Professor and Former ECE PhD Student Issued Patent

    May 13, 2014

    Baris Taskin and Jianchao Lu co-invents patent, "Clock Mesh Synthesis with Gated Local Trees and Activity Driven Register."

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  • Nuclear Engineering Senior Design Groups Featured in MathWorks Newsletter

    May 13, 2014

    Senior design projects advised by teaching professor Dr. Christopher Peters for the 2012-2013 academic year were featured in MathWorks' April Newsletter.

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  • ECE Celebrates Academic Successes at the Annual ECE Award Dinner

    May 13, 2014

    On April 23rd, the ECE Department celebrated the success of our undergraduate students at the annual ECE Awards Dinner.

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  • Krysten Minnici, CBE Undergraduate, Receives 2014 Co-op Award

    May 13, 2014

    The Cooperative Education Awards recognize outstanding Drexel students, employer partners, faculty and staff for their exceptional effort in fulfilling the goals and ideals of cooperative education.

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  • Dr. Abrams Receives 2014 College of Engineering Excellence in Research Award

    May 08, 2014

    Congratuations to Dr. Cameron Abrams for receiving the College of Engineering Excellence in Research Award for 2014. His time, commitment and passion in research is evidenced in the outstanding research he does every day.

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  • Drexel Engineering Faculty Awarded IExE and Drexel-SARI Seed Grants

    May 08, 2014

    The A.J. Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment (IExE) has awarded the IExE and Drexel-SARI Seed Grants to 33 faculty and staff of the University. Half of the awardees are from the following departments of the College of Engineering:

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  • Institute for Energy and the Environment Seed Grants

    May 08, 2014

    Reducing carbon emissions, improving efficiency of the power grid and using ultrasound to treat contaminated water are just a few of the research goals being pursued by the first round of projects funded by the A.J. Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment. In all six projects received seed funding totaling $270,000 to investigate topics related to environmental protection and sustainability.

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  • Adams Rackes

    Civil Engineering Doctoral Student Adams Rackes Offered 2014 Fulbright Scholarship

    May 07, 2014

    Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Doctoral student Adams Rackes has recently been offered a 2014-15 Fulbright Scholarship. Rackes holds a B.S. in Architectural Engineering (summa cum laude) from Drexel in June 2012. He also received a B.A. in History and Literature (magna cum laude) from Harvard University. His interests include indoor air quality (IAQ), building energy consumption, building automation and control, and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) components and systems.

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  • Civil Engineering Doctoral Student Adams Rackes Wins 2014 Fulbright Scholarship

    May 07, 2014

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  • Dr. Abrams Featured in DREXEL MAGAZINE

    May 06, 2014

    A designer molecule created at Drexel beats HIV at its own game, rendering it harmless before it can hijack healthy cells.

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  • Materials Students Receive 2014 Drexel Engineering Graduate Fellowships

    May 01, 2014

    Eight Drexel Materials Ph.D. students have been selected to receive College of Engineering Fellowships. 

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