2023 | Drexel Engineering

- Four Endowed Positions Created at Drexel
  
  December 18, 2023
  Three different colleges and the Office of University Collections and Exhibitions received financial support to create new positions bolstering Drexel’s excellence and expertise in a variety of fields.
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- Partnerships and Projects: Drexel's Recent Industry and Civic Engagement Connections
  
  December 14, 2023
  This update offers a snapshot of activity courtesy of the Office of the Provost and the Office of University and Community Partnerships.
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- Veins of Bacteria Could Form a Self-Healing System for Concrete Infrastructure
  
  December 08, 2023
  In hopes of producing concrete structures that can repair their cracks, researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering are putting a new twist on an old trick for improving the durability of concrete. Fiber reinforcement has been around since the first masons were mixing horsehair into their mud. But the Drexel research team is taking this method to the next level by turning reinforcing fibers into a living tissue system that rushes concrete-healing bacteria to the site of cracks to repair the damage.
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- Drexel Study Projects More Water Shortfalls in Schuylkill Watershed in Next 20 Years Due to Climate Change
  
  November 02, 2023
  Research out of Drexel University’s College of Engineering suggests that over the next two decades people living in the Schuylkill Watershed, which includes Philadelphia, could experience as many as 82 more days of water shortfalls due to localized weather impacts of climate change.
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Awards and Grants
  
  October 27, 2023
  Last term, Drexel University professors were recognized for their scholarly research and prolific academic and professional contributions. This update offers a snapshot of activity courtesy of the Office of the Provost.
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- Drexel University Partners with Baltimore Gas-Electric on Innovative Power Engineering Certificate
  
  October 11, 2023
  
  New Power Systems Graduate Certificate program to train the next generation of power systems engineers.
  
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- Drexel’s Titanium Oxide Removes Toxic Dyes from Wastewater
  
  October 10, 2023
  Discharged in large quantities by textile, cosmetic, ink, paper and other manufacturers, dyes carry high-toxicity and can bring potential carcinogens to wastewater. It’s a major concern for wastewater treatment—but researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering may have found a solution, using a tiny nanofilament.
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- Drexel Engineers Support DARPA Effort to Make Self-Repairing Concrete
  
  October 04, 2023
  Researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering are looking to nature for solutions to one of the Department of Defense’s ongoing challenges: fortifying aging concrete structures. Like much of the nation’s infrastructure, the DoD’s airfields, piers and silos are many decades old and not easily replaced.
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- Convocation 2023: Personal Stories of Impact “Only Possible at Drexel”
  
  October 02, 2023
  At Drexel’s annual ceremony marking the start the academic year, speakers shared their personal encounters with the power of partnerships and collaboration.
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- Meet This Year’s Convocation Student Speaker, Alex Ashley
  
  September 25, 2023
  The second-year PhD student studying chemical engineering, who is an international student from Jamaica, shared some information about what he’ll discuss at the event, what advice he has to share with Dragons and why students should attend and be a part of a Drexel tradition this year.
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