From February 21 through 26, the College of Engineering joined hundreds of professional organizations, businesses and educational institutions around the United States in celebrating National Engineers Week. The goal of the week is to ensure a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers. On campus, academic units and student groups organized a robust calendar of events to celebrate the impact that engineering has on the world around us and the possibilities it opens for those who study it.
Dhruv Shah, a fourth-year mechanical engineering major, displays a 3-D printer during the Celebration of Undergraduate Research.Chai, one of Drexel’s official therapy dogs, made friends, including Dean Walker, on a visit to Bossone to kick the week off.The Society of Manufacturing Engineers student group hosted a tower building workshop, where teams were challenged to build the tallest, most stable towers with nothing but tape and drinking straws.Asha Banks, chemical engineering ’11, was one of four panelists on a panel of Black Alumni sharing their experiences at Drexel and beyond.The week also included a career panel over Zoom, featuring employees of Dorman Products, an auto parts manufacturer in Montgomery County, PA.Drexel's Women in Computing Society organized an Introduction to Arduino Workshop where students were split into groups to build an embedded system and compete to win prizes.Students got hands-on with hardware during an Arduino workshop.Materials Science and Engineering students led a panel discussion sharing their Co-Op experiences from their field's perspective.