• Drexel to Host Nation's First International Conference on MXene Research

    July 30, 2020

    Drexel University will host more than 2,000 researchers from around the world for a virtual conference, Aug. 3-7, to share their work and learn about the latest discoveries related to MXene, an extraordinarily versatile family of two-dimensional materials first discovered and studied at Drexel in 2011. Held on the ninth anniversary of their discovery, the MXene Conference 2020 is the fourth international gathering focused exclusively on these materials and the first to be held in the United States.

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    Weyant Receives Evidence Based Teaching Award

    July 30, 2020

    Teaching Professor Christopher Weyant is the 2020 recipient of the Drexel University Evidence Based Teaching Award in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education (STEM).

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  • A Virtual Update on Drexel’s 2020–2030 Strategic Plan

    July 29, 2020

    On July 28, several members of the Executive Planning Committee provided insight into how they are working to prepare for Drexel’s future in the midst of this year’s unique challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racial injustice.

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    Innovation in Remote Engineering Coursework

    July 28, 2020

    As COVID-19 treads on, professors adapt courses to a remote format to ensure students are learning necessary engineering industry knowledge.

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  • Drexel Rallies Around Co-op Students Affected by the Pandemic

    July 27, 2020

    When spring/summer co-op students started to lose positions due to the hardships brought on by COVID-19, several University colleges, schools and departments heeded the call to create new positions and provide funding to support this Drexel rite of passage.

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  • Drexel and KIST Researchers Discover a New MXene Material's Extraordinary Ability to Block Electromagnetic Interference

    July 24, 2020

    <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">As we welcome wireless technology into more areas of life, the additional electronic bustle is making for an electromagnetically noisy neighborhood. In hopes of limiting the extra traffic, researchers at Drexel University have been testing two-dimensional materials known for their interference-blocking abilities. Their latest discovery, reported in the journal <em>Science,</em> is of the exceptional shielding ability of a new two-dimensional material that can absorb electromagnetic interference rather than just deflecting back into the fray.</p>

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    Eureka! Summer Camp Recap

    July 21, 2020

    The Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department hosted a summer STEM camp for underserved, local girls who are beginning to set their career goals.

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  • Masen Kasper

    Co-op During COVID

    July 20, 2020

    Things have changed in the workplace for many, but work is still needed and the insights are real.

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  • Steven May

    Steven May Appointed Materials Science and Engineering Department Head

    July 14, 2020

    The College of Engineering announces Steven May, PhD, as the newly appointed Department Head of Materials Science and Engineering. May shares his visions of global leadership and sustainability for the department’s future.

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