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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