• Drexel and Army Research Lab Forge a Partnership

    May 25, 2016

    Drexel University researchers will now have the opportunity to work alongside scientists from the Army Research Lab — the Army's central laboratory. The institutions recently signed an agreement that formally connects Drexel as an ARL "open campus" for research. With this agreement, the University strives to engage a diverse and wide-ranging network of faculty in collaborative efforts with ARL entities.

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  • Making Some of the World's Most Durable Materials Corrosion-Resistant

    May 25, 2016

    Borides are among the hardest and most heat-resistant substances on the planet, but their Achilles’ Heel, like so many materials’, is that they oxidize at high temperatures. Oxidation is the chemical reaction commonly known as corrosion or rusting — it can signal the end for a material’s structural integrity. But researchers from Drexel University, Linkoping University in Sweden and Imperial College London have produced an aluminum-layered boride whose unique behavior at high temperatures keeps it one step ahead of nature’s slow march toward high- temperature chemical degradation.

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  • Celebrating the Best of Drexel’s Historic Co-op Program in 2016

    May 06, 2016

    Drexel’s annual Cooperative Education Awards honored outstanding co-op students and employers alike.

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