January 04, 2013
Andrew King, a Drexel BS/MS student majoring in Environmental Engineering was recently invited to present at the American Geophysical Union Fall Conference in San Francisco on December 4, 2012. ...
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December 20, 2012
Norman Joseph Woodland, a 1947 graduate, who, along with classmate Bernard Silver, created the system for instant electronic recall of product information commonly called the barcode, passed away at the age of 91 on Dec. 9, 2012. The pair’s invention revolutionized the retail industry and is an exam ...
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December 20, 2012
Drexel University Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Department Associate Professor Dr. Jin Wen is currently on sabbatical in Hong Kong, China. Dr. Wen is actively involved with teaching and research in the building energy efficiency and indoor air quality areas. She also manages ...
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December 19, 2012
Drexel University’s College of Engineering has selected Drexel engineering alumna Linda M. Abriola, the dean of the School of Engineering at Tufts University, as Drexel’s 2013 Engineering Leader of the Year. Abriola, who is the first female engineer to receive the honor, joins a prestigious group of ...
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December 11, 2012
For the third year in a row, Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania departments of Materials Science and Engineering will host Philly Materials Science and Engineering Day on Saturday, February 2, 2013. ...
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December 03, 2012
Dr. Chika Nwankpa, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been elected to become a 2013 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow "for contributions to real time computation in power systems analysis." ...
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November 30, 2012
Drexel was well represented at the 2012 meeting of the Materials Research Society in Boston. Materials Science & Engineering doctoral students Kristy Jost and Riju Singhal presented their work as finalists for the Graduate Student Awards, among just 24 students from 16 universities including MIT, Ha ...
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November 27, 2012
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) doctoral student Kimberlee Marcellus was awarded a Drexel International Travel Award (ITA) to present her research at the IACLCCE 2012 - Third International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering in Vienna, Austria, in October 2012. ...
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November 27, 2012
Drexel University College of Engineering student, Jamie Howard is spending her co-op volunteering as a part of the Drexel weServe program in the developing country of Maxixe Mozambique where she works with the Chicuque Rural Hospital to solve everyday problems and to address unmet needs through inno ...
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November 27, 2012
Music technology, humanoid robots, app development, video games, and digital knitting machines will converge with many other technologies in one creative space when Drexel University opens its Expressive and Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center on Nov. 28. ...
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November 20, 2012
During National Computer Science Education Week, December 9-15, 2012, Drexel University will be joining the nation and many colleges and universities across the country to honor Computer Science’s vital contribution to society and raise awareness of its fundamental roles in education, economic growt ...
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November 20, 2012
The Drexel University Chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) will host David Rosenthal, president of AIChE and Drexel Chemical & Biological Engineering alumnus on November 27, 2012 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Macalister Skyview Lounge. ...
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November 16, 2012
15 undergraduate students from the Electrical and Computer Engineering department (ECE) have been selected to receive scholarships as part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power & Energy Society (PES) Scholarship Plus Initiative™. ...
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November 14, 2012
Members of TechServ, a Drexel student organization founded in 2002, are accepting donations for used computers that they can adopt and refurbish for nonprofit organizations in an effort to help bridge the digital divide in the Philadelphia area. ...
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November 13, 2012
Li was recommended for Fellow by the Division of Polymer Physics. The election to Fellowship in the American Physical Society is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the membership and is a recognition of a scholar's outstanding contributions to the field of physics ...
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November 06, 2012
The Office of Naval Research awarded M. Ani Hsieh, professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel University, and her team from the Scalable Autonomous Systems Laboratory a $510,000 grant to develop new ways to coordinate teams of robots to track and map ocean dynamics. ...
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November 05, 2012
Drexel University's professor Tom Edwards of the Engineering Management department, will serve on a workshop panel focused on opportunities available to commercialize innovative water-related technologies on November 13, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Temple University in the first floor confer ...
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October 31, 2012
Drexel University Online will honor faculty and professional staff for their outstanding contributions to online learning during the sixth annual National Distance Learning Week (NDLW) ceremony on November 8, 2012 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Richard Grandrino, professor of Engineering Management and ...
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October 31, 2012
Dr. Sabrina Spatari of the Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) Department will represent Drexel University on a recent research grant from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), which will be a collaborative effort amongst stakeholders to develop biomass ...
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October 23, 2012
Engineers at Drexel University were awarded a planning grant from the National Science Foundation and Industry partners to lay the ground work for establishing a new Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) at Drexel to investigate and develop next-generation UAS technologies. ...
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October 22, 2012
In 1952 a pair of graduate students from school then called the Drexel Institute of Technology, patented a system for instant electronic recall of product information using patterns of lines of varying widths. Sixty years later, the barcode remains an enduring symbol of technology that’s stood the t ...
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October 16, 2012
Two Drexel Engineering graduate students, Riju Singhal and Kristy Jost, currently working to obtain their doctoral degrees in Materials Science and Engineering, have been selected as Graduate Student Award (GSA) finalists for the 2012 MRS (Materials Research Society) Fall meeting to be held November ...
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October 16, 2012
Dr. Timothy Kurzweg, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), assistant department head for undergraduate affairs and director of the BSE program, has been elected to become a region 2 director-elect for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2013 board ...
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October 15, 2012
Drexel University’s Dr. Kapil Dandekar, associate dean for research and associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), is serving as the head of the organizing committee for the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Servi ...
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October 12, 2012
Research by Drexel University’s Dr. Yury Gogotsi, distinguished university and trustee chair professor and Dr. Michel Barsoum, A. W. Grosvenor professor, of the Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) department has been featured in the October 8, 2012 issue of the Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) ...
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October 12, 2012
The College is proud to introduce five new faculty members to Drexel Engineering. The newest members of the College are Hao Cheng, Andrew Cohen, Leslie Lamberson, Yared Shifferaw and Kurt Sjoblom. ...
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October 04, 2012
Dr. John Via, P.E., has been appointed Director of the Engineering Management Program and Associate Dean of Engineering of Online Programs, effective October 1, 2012. ...
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October 03, 2012
Several professors in the Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) Department at Drexel University recently received a National Science Foundation grant in the amount of $467,925 entitled “MRI: Acquisition of a Soot-Particle Aerosol Mass Spectrometer for the Measurement of Submicron ...
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October 01, 2012
Drexel University will host a meeting on October 2-3, 2012 at the Cira Centre in Philadelphia, PA for presentations and discussion between Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials and principal investigators on new research through which Drexel’s Computer Science (CS) and Electric ...
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September 27, 2012
Neighborhood outreach turned an old SEPTA lot into a community garden at 46th and Market streets. Some ingenuity from a group of freshman engineering students at Drexel University is helping to keep it sustainable. ...
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September 25, 2012
Drexel engineering alumnus Ronald Hoppes, '60, helped to restore a treasure from the Drexel Collection—the Eugene Farcot Conical Clock. ...
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September 10, 2012
Dr. Nily Dan, associate professor of the Chemical and Biological Engineering department, has received a $49,925 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for her efforts on the “Workshop: Executive Leadership in Academic Technology and Engineering (ELATE), Winter 2012 - Spring 2013, Philadelp ...
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September 07, 2012
Four undergraduate Drexel students spent the summer months building underwater, ground and aerial robots under the guidance of two graduate students and assistant teaching professor Dr. Pramod Abichandani. ...
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August 29, 2012
Solar panels, like those commonly perched atop house roofs or in sun-drenched fields, quietly harvesting the sun’s radiant energy, are one of the standard-bearers of the green energy movement. But could they be better – more efficient, durable and affordable? ...
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August 23, 2012
Drexel University is scheduled to recognize Convocation on October 2 at 11:00 a.m. in the auditorium of the Main Building. Convocation communally celebrates the beginning of the academic year and all students, faculty and staff are strongly urged to attend. ...
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August 22, 2012
Dr. Youngmoo Kim, associate professor of electrical & computer engineering and assistant dean of engineering for media technologies, was among the many members of Philadelphia’s vibrant geek community on the red carpet at the Academy of Natural Sciences for Philadelphia’s Geek Awards August 17. ...
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August 17, 2012
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), such as those used by the military for surveillance and reconnaissance, could be getting a hand –and an arm– from engineers at Drexel University as part of a National Science Foundation grant to investigate adding dexterous limbs to the aircrafts. ...
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August 10, 2012
Civil Engineering alumnus Paul Kohl spearheaded the development of a 5.6-megawatt biogas cogeneration facility, a behind-the-meter solar system and a demonstration sewerage thermal heat pump for various Philadelphia Water Department [PWD] plants. ...
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August 08, 2012
Drexel’s Dr. Mira Olson, assistant professor in the Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) department, has been selected to receive the McGraw-Hill/AEESP Award for Outstanding Teaching in Environmental Engineering & Science ...
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August 08, 2012
“Location, location, location”: That age-old key to successful real estate investing has also been the driving mantra in microchip architecture. But with space on the tiny silicon chips at a premium, as demand for faster, smaller technology increases, engineers at Drexel University could be adding “ ...
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August 07, 2012
For many of Drexel’s industrious engineering students, studying abroad is an idea entertained only during Physics-class daydreams and never truly considered due to a curriculum of fast-paced classes and demanding homework. ...
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August 03, 2012
A group of Drexel University students are redefining the way the world approaches rural agriculture. ...
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July 27, 2012
A tiny vibrating cantilever sensor could soon help doctors and field clinicians quickly detect harmful toxins, bacteria and even indicators of certain types of cancer from small samples of blood or urine. Researchers from Drexel University are in the process of refining a sensor technology that they ...
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July 26, 2012
Chemical and Mechanical Engineering students departed from Philadelphia, PA, earlier this month to study abroad at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany under the guidance of Dr. Steven Wrenn, associate department head of the Chemical and Biological Engineering department and assistant dean of graduate ...
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July 19, 2012
Dr. Kapil Dandekar, associate professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and associate dean of research for Drexel University’s College of Engineering, has been awarded the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) Meritorious Service Citation. ...
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July 18, 2012
Four Drexel University Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics professors were awarded a Transforming Undergraduate Education grant by the National Science Foundation to develop an improved biomechanical engineering curriculum at Drexel. ...
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July 13, 2012
Drexel engineers continue to drive research into the use of carbon nanotubes, straw-like structures that are more than 1,000 times thinner than a single human hair. Their most recent development uses the tiny tubes to separate liquids within a solution. ...
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July 11, 2012
Drexel University computer science graduates Matt Lesnak, Keith Ayers and N. Taylor Mullen claimed a world championship in the Microsoft Imagine Cup technology design competition after their “Math Dash” game rose to the top from a field of 106 teams from 75 countries. ...
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July 10, 2012
In the aftermath of the recent United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, the focus of many industrialized nations is beginning to shift toward planning for a sustainable future. One of the foremost challenges for sustainability is efficient use of renewable energy resources, a goa ...
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July 10, 2012
An educational initiative, jointly funded by India and the United States, has paired Drexel University with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to create a resource for assessing the human health risks of microbial contamination. ...
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July 09, 2012
Dr. Youngmoo Kim, associate professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and assistant dean of Engineering for media technologies, has been nominated for Geekadelphia’s Scientist of the Year award, one of only three nominees within the science category of the 2012 Geek Awards. ...
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July 06, 2012
Alumni, donors, faculty, professional staff and students participated in the Drexel Engineering Golf Tournament on June 25 at the Huntingdon Valley Country Club to benefit the Drexel Engineering scholarship fund. ...
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July 05, 2012
Beneath the constant roar of arriving trains at SEPTA 46th Street station three Drexel Engineering and Biomedical Engineering freshman design teams are working to improve Walnut Hill Farm, a sustainable urban farm in Philadelphia’s Walnut Hill neighborhood. What started as a class project has sprout ...
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June 29, 2012
A Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket carrying the experiment of four Drexel Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Students blasted off from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility at 6:40 a.m. this morning. ...
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June 28, 2012
James F. Albaugh, the president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and executive vice president of The Boeing Company, received the 2012 Engineering Leader of the Year Award from Drexel University’s College of Engineering at a luncheon ceremony on Wednesday, June 27. ...
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June 28, 2012
The research of Drexel University’s Dr. Yury Gogotsi, director of the A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute, has unlocked new and exciting uses of carbon that range from energy storage technology to biomedical applications. ...
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June 26, 2012
For people with visual impairments daily activities such as reading a newspaper, texting or checking Facebook often require the extra step of sitting down at a computer or pulling out a text magnifier - a step that instantly signals their difference from those around them. A group of undergraduate c ...
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June 20, 2012
Drexel Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics students Kelly Collet, Christopher Elko, Danielle Jacobson, and Ian Bournelis will see their hard work soar into orbit during a rocket launch from NASA’s Wallop’s Island Flight Facility this Thursday. ...
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June 20, 2012
Dr. Alan Lawley, professor emeritus of the Materials Science and Engineering Department and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Powder Metallurgy, has received the 2012 Kempton H. Roll PM Lifetime Achievement Award by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) Board of Governors and i ...
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June 15, 2012
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Drexel University have reported the development of a new technology for grid-scale energy storage which could provide a fast, efficient method for storing energy on the electrical grid. This new technology, dubbed the “electrochemical flow capacitor,” st ...
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June 11, 2012
Drexel University’s student engineering team competed at the 2012 National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSBC) May 24 to 25 placing thirty-second out of a total of 48 teams that attended and 198 bridges that competed nationally. ...
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June 07, 2012
Drexel Materials Science Engineering Ph.D. students Kristy Jost and Carlos Perez were the only team at this year’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) competition to win in all three categories at the National Science Foundation IGERT Video and Poster Competition with the ...
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June 07, 2012
After eight senior design teams presented projects to a panel of judges, three teams were recognized at the final awards ceremony during the last stage of the Senior Design Competition on June 6, 2012 at the Mitchell Auditorium in the Bossone Research Center. ...
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June 05, 2012
Drexel engineering student team Lucky 13 won first place after competing in the open division of the Northeast Regional Junior Solar Sprint Competition on June 2, 2012 at the Franklin Institute. ...
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June 04, 2012
Drexel University’s Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics department, in conjunction with American Aerospace Advisors, Inc. and The NASTAR® Center has been awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract by NASA. The partnership’s aim is to investigate, “Integrated Vibration and ...
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June 01, 2012
Eight senior design teams from multiple departments in engineering will advance to the final stage of the Senior Design Competition Wednesday, June 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m at the Mitchell Auditorium in the Bossone Research Center. ...
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May 30, 2012
Drexel University will host the Philadelphia Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK), a weekend hackathon focused on bringing together developers with mostly non-technical subject matter experts from non-profits, NGOs and government agencies to develop social impact technology projects. ...
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May 30, 2012
Drexel University’s College of Engineering has selected James F. Albaugh, the president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and executive vice president of The Boeing Company, as Drexel’s 2012 Engineering Leader of the Year. ...
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May 30, 2012
A team of Drexel undergraduate computer science majors earned national acclaim as part of the Microsoft Imagine Cup technology design competition. Team “Drexel Dragons,” who designed a smartphone app to help make learning math concepts more fun, claimed the U.S. title in the competition and was rece ...
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May 24, 2012
After Drexel University’s Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) Department’s Steel Bridge team took first place in both the display and stiffness categories at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2012 Mid-Atlantic Student Conference at Lafayette College on April 28 -2 ...
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May 24, 2012
Dr. Steven Wrenn, associate department head of the Chemical & Biological Engineering department and assistant dean of Graduate Affairs for the College of Engineering, was awarded Faculty of the Year at the 22nd Annual Drexel University Cooperative Education Awards. ...
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May 22, 2012
Dr. Joseph Hughes, Dean of the College of Engineering and Dr. Bruce Eisenstein, Vice Dean, announced this year's recipients of Tenure and Promotion at a reception on May 11 in the Paul Peck Center. ...
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May 16, 2012
Dr. Nicholas Cernansky, professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, has been named the 2012 recipient of the Internal Combustion Engine Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. ...
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May 15, 2012
A Drexel University’s senior design team won second place for their mock engineering firm, Vector Collaborative, at the 2012 Chicago Mock Firm Competition on May 4 in Chicago, I.L. ...
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May 15, 2012
Dr. Eugenia Victoria Ellis, associate professor, carrying a dual appointment with Drexel University College of Engineering and Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, has been elected to become a 2012-2013 ELATE Fellow. ...
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May 08, 2012
Dr. Youngmoo Kim, associate professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and assistant dean of media technologies, was awarded the 2011- 2012 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching. ...
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May 04, 2012
Drexel University will be co-sponsoring and hosting a presentation on Rebuilding Pennsylvania’s Infrastructure with the American Society of Civil Engineers, Philadelphia Section and the Engineers’ Club of Philadelphia on May 14 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Gallery Room of Drexel University’s M ...
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May 04, 2012
Drexel University’s Formula Hybrid team, DrexElectric, won the third place in the Electric Only category at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Sixth Annual Formula Hybrid International Competition April 30 - May 3 at the Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. ...
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May 03, 2012
Drexel University’s Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) Department’s Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe teams participated in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2012 Mid-Atlantic Student Conference at Lafayette College on April 28 -29. ...
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May 02, 2012
The A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute (DNI) will host the PA Nanotechnology 2012 conference from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on June 5, 2012 at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, 326 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101. ...
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May 01, 2012
Drexel’s engineering students have accelerated to the next stage of the competition by completing a racecar for the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Sixth Annual Formula Hybrid International Competition running until May 3 at the Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. ...
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April 27, 2012
Following forays into dancing, tai-chi, singing and playing the drums, Drexel University’s adult-size humanoid robot will make its sporting debut April 28 when HUBO throws out the ceremonial opening pitch as the Philadelphia Phillies take on the Chicago Cubs at Citizens Bank Park for the 7:05 p.m. g ...
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April 26, 2012
A team of Drexel undergraduate computer science majors earned national acclaim for designing smartphone apps as part of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup Competition. ...
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April 25, 2012
Can liquid waste discharge from landfills actually be turned into a valuable fuel source? A group of students from Drexel University’s College of Engineering earned honorable mention for presenting this possibility as part of a sustainability design competition hosted by the Environmental Protection ...
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April 25, 2012
Drexel Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (MEM) students from the Drexel Space Systems Lab took first place in the regional American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) conference at Penn State University on April 13 and 14. ...
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April 25, 2012
Team Cautela Engineering, representing the Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering department of Drexel University, placed as finalists in the Electrical and Mechanical submissions in the 2012 Charles Pankow Foundation Annual Architectural Engineering Student Design Competition. ...
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April 24, 2012
Drexel University will take part in Philly Tech Week’s annual celebration of innovation and technology from April 23-28. The week of events, exhibitions, panels and celebrations brings technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, educators, and enthusiasts together for a week of tech-relat ...
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April 24, 2012
Drexel University and the Indian Institution of Technology (I.I.T), Delhi were recently awarded an Obama Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative Grant for a project entitled: Resource Building for Ecosystem and Human Health Risk Assessment with Special References to Microbial Contamination. ...
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April 23, 2012
While most students caught up on their favorite television shows, and spent nights out with friends during spring break, students from the College of Engineering spent their break volunteering with Habitat for Humanity. The team of engineers helped paint, caulk, install flooring and facing and lands ...
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April 23, 2012
Drexel Engineer Dr. Kevin Scoles, Associate Professor of the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, has been chosen to receive the 2012 Faculty Advisor Award from SAE International to be presented during the Faculty Advisor & CDS Team Advisors meeting at the SAE 2012 World Congress & Exhibiti ...
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April 20, 2012
Drexel University’s Dr. James Rondinelli, an assistant professor in the department of Materials Science and Engineering, has developed a method of constructing new electrically switchable materials through a form of atomic alchemy that resembles microscopic sandwich making. ...
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April 17, 2012
Drexel Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (MEM) doctoral students, U Kei Cheang and Qudus Hamid were selected as a National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) Fellows for the summer of 2012. ...
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April 16, 2012
Drexel University will play a big role in the celebration of science that is annual Philadelphia Science Festival. The festival, which runs from April 20-29, brings scientists and science enthusiasts together for a week of science-related exhibits, demonstrations and gatherings throughout the city. ...
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April 11, 2012
Drexel’s engineering students are working hard to complete a racecar that meets both electrical and mechanical specifications for Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Sixth Annual Formula Hybrid International Competition scheduled for April 30— May 3 at the Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. The compet ...
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April 11, 2012
Kimberlee Marcellus, a doctoral student in the Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Department (CAEE) at Drexel University was recently awarded an NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) fellowship for summer 2012. ...
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April 09, 2012
Rhinoceros beetles could play a big part in the next generation of aircraft design with the help of researchers in Drexel University’s Mechanical Engineering Department. Dr. MinJun Kim is leading a team of engineers in National Science Foundation-funded research that examines the function and aerody ...
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April 05, 2012
Drexel University’s Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Department will be competing at the 4th annual Chicago-based Mock Firms International Skyscraper Competition.The competition will take place on May 3-4, 2012 at the Congress Hotel and Plaza Convention Center in Chicago, IL. The ...
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April 04, 2012
The senior women faculty that have been chosen for the inaugural class of the Executive Leadership in Academic Technology and Engineering program at Drexel University are set to break new ground in leadership and innovative capacity building. ...
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April 03, 2012
Five Drexel Engineering students have been chosen to receive fellowships through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) for their dedication and tremendous research, with another four students receiving an honorable mention. ...
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April 02, 2012
Four of Drexel's HUBO robots performed "Come Together" by The Beatles in a demonstration that combined cutting-edge engineering technology and research with creative expression, produced by the Music & Entertainment Technology Laboratory (MET-lab). ...
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April 01, 2012
Drexel engineering students have been accepted to participate in a prestigious annual student competition on Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) in Coco ...
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March 30, 2012
Drexel University hosted a National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Career Workshop on March 30, 2012 at the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building. Organized by Dr. Paul Oh, department head of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics and Dr. Pramod Abichanda ...
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March 29, 2012
Dealing with the threat of bioterrorism is just one of the many issues facing emergency preparedness agencies in the post-Sept. 11 world. Researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering are helping to answer important questions that will shape the way responders handle bioterrorism threats ...
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March 28, 2012
A pair of Drexel University engineers earned recognition from the Army Research Office’s (ARO) Physics Division for their promising research achievements within the first five years of receiving their doctoral degree. Dr. Steven May and Dr. James Rondinelli, assistant professors in Drexel’s Departme ...
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March 16, 2012
Drexel Engineers affiliated with the Drexel National Science Foundation (NSF) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) K-12 program will be attending the 2012 NSF Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education Annual Conference this March in Washington, D.C. The conference will allow univers ...
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March 15, 2012
Dr. Patricia Gallagher, associate professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, has been appointed to serve as a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) ...
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March 08, 2012
Drexel researchers are working with American Water to advances technology that will enable more efficient production of drinking water from salt water. ...
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March 08, 2012
Researchers in Drexel University’s Environmental Engineering Department are collaborating with American Water to apply a new test that is intended to extend the lifespan of seawater filtering membranes by predicting the growth of damaging biofilm on them. The test, called Bioluminescent Saltwater As ...
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March 08, 2012
A robotic fish could soon be leading the way for development of unmanned, automated marine vehicles. ...
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March 08, 2012
A robotic fish, developed in Drexel University’s College of Engineering, could soon be leading the way for development of unmanned, automated marine vehicles according to researchers in the Laboratory for Biological Systems Analysis. Dr. James Tangorra, an assistant professor of mechanical engineeri ...
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March 06, 2012
An international team of materials researchers including Drexel University’s Dr. Yury Gogotsi has given the engineering world a better look at the inner functions of the electrodes of supercapacitors – the low-cost, lightweight energy storage devices used in many electronics, transportation and many ...
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February 21, 2012
Researchers at Drexel University are bringing the latest technological advancements in 3-D printing to the study of ancient life. Using scale models of real fossils, for the first time, they will be able to test hypotheses about how dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals moved and lived in their en ...
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February 16, 2012
Drexel and the College of Engineering are proud to announce that associate professor Dr. Timothy Kurzweg was recently selected as the recipient of IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu's 2011 C. Holmes MacDonald Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Educator Award. ...
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February 16, 2012
For the first time in the history of robotics, Drexel Engineering unveiled seven identical humanoids—or humanlike robots. ...
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February 16, 2012
For the first time in the history of robotics, Drexel Engineering unveileded seven identical humanoids—or humanlike robots. ...
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February 10, 2012
Drexel University has recently received a grant from the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) for a project entitled: “Ameliorating Symptoms of Dementia at St. Francis Country House: Evidence-Based Design study of the efficacy of a daylight-matching, low-energy LED luminaire prototype.” The ...
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February 07, 2012
A photograph submitted by a group of Drexel engineers has won recognition by the National Science Foundation as part of its International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge. The picture entitled “The Cliff of the Two-Dimensional World,” which resembles a red-rock bluff, depicts ultrathin ...
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February 01, 2012
Drexel University has received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to expand research on the fundamental science of interactions between plasma, which is an ionized gas, and living systems. ...
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January 24, 2012
For the second year in a row, Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania departments of Materials Science and Engineering will host Philly Materials Science and Engineering Day February 4, 2012 in the Bossone Research Enterprise Center at 31st and Market Streets. Free and open to the gene ...
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January 23, 2012
A set of new software programs, developed by Drexel University computer scientists, could soon help protect the speech of the disenfranchised and ensure the voice of the whistle-blower, all by confirming or contorting one’s writing style. ...
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January 15, 2012
Philadelphia’s 17th Annual MLK Day of Service, Monday January 16, will feature a first-ever on-site and Internet-based virtual job fair in an effort to empower Philadelphia residents economically. Drexel University is leading the Freedom Rings Partnership in hosting a digital job fair at the same lo ...
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January 04, 2012
Drexel’s Dr. P. Mohana Shankar, Allen Rothwarf Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has recently published his book “Fading and Shadowing in Wireless Systems.” The book addresses the need for more information to comprehend wireless channel characteristics. ...
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