June 18, 2013
A team representing the Drexel Wireless Systems Laboratory (DWSL) has won the second place title at the 2013 Software Defined Radio Challenge organized by the Wireless Innovation Forum. The challenge was held at the 2013 Wireless Symposium and Summer School and was hosted by Virginia Tech. ...
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June 11, 2013
Drexel Engineering honored the top Senior Design teams with a reception on June 6 in the Bossone atrium showcasing the top projects and a sampling of freshman design projects. Projects were presented from each department of the College of Engineering and included presentations from the following de ...
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May 30, 2013
Drexel University’s Expressive and Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center will host the Philadelphia Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) during the National Day of Civic Hacking this Saturday and Sunday, June 1 through June 2, 2013. ...
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May 29, 2013
The research center formed as a partnership between Drexel University and the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the fall of 2011, will host its first academic symposium on June 3-4. ...
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May 28, 2013
Drexel University will celebrate its 126th commencement at the University City campus from June 14, 2013 through June 15, 2013. During this series of special days, the University and College of Engineering community will gather with our graduates and their family and friends to celebrate academic ac ...
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May 28, 2013
CAEE Department Assistant Professor, Dr. Yared Shifferaw is one of five recipients of the 2013-2014 Drexel University Career Development Awards. These annual awards are designed to help faculty increase their exposure to colleagues at other institutions who can be collaborators and role models while ...
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May 24, 2013
Leila Aboharb, a junior Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics student at Drexel University, received the 2013 Charles T. Main Student Section Gold Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for her outstanding contributions to the society.
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May 22, 2013
Wesley O. Pipes, professor emeritus in the department of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, passed away on May 20, 2013. Pipes had a long and productive history in research and teaching in civil and environmental engineering. ...
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May 17, 2013
Alumnus Stephen Niezgoda has accepted a joint appointment as assistant professor in both the department of materials science and engineering and the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Ohio State University (OSU) beginning in August 2013. At OSU, Niezgoda’s research will focus on d ...
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May 16, 2013
In what is estimated to be one of the largest green retrofitting projects in U.S. history, a makeover of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is underway in New York City. The cost of the transformation is on the order of $463 million. ...
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May 16, 2013
Drexel alumnus, 2006 Engineering Leader of the Year and emeritus faculty member of the civil, architectural and environmental engineering department, Dr. Robert M. Koerner, ‘56 ‘63 and spouse Paula W. Koerner have donated a total of $50,000 to the College of Engineering to help support Drexel Engine ...
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May 15, 2013
Drexel University’s Expressive & Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center will host Music Hack Day, a 24-hour hackathon where programmers, designers, musicians and artists come together to conceptualize, build and demo the future of music on Saturday and Sunday, May 18 through May 19, 2013 ...
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May 10, 2013
Advancing Drexel’s commitment to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, the College of Engineering will host Science and Technology Series: Engineering in the Community on Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in various locations throughout the college including th ...
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May 10, 2013
Drexel University will launch a master’s of science in cybersecurity degree program in September 2013. Faculty in the College of Engineering, the Goodwin College for Professional Studies and the College of Information Sciences and Technology developed the program in partnership with government and p ...
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May 09, 2013
Drexel’s A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute (DNI) and the Lehigh Nanotechnology Network will host the fifth annual PA Regional Nanotechnology for Energy Conference 2013: Strategic Priorities for Energy and Sustainability in the Bossone Research Enterprise Center on Thursday, May 23, 2013 from 9:30 ...
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May 09, 2013
Drexel University will showcase its KEYSPOT -- a community computer lab -- at an Open House on Wed., May 15, from 4pm – 7pm at the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships, 3509 Spring Garden Street. ...
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May 03, 2013
Drexel Engineering will continue the Dean’s Lecture Series on May 14 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Mitchell Auditorium with Dr. Dario Salvucci, professor of computer science whose research focuses on understanding human multitasking in the context of driving and driver distraction. ...
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May 01, 2013
Dr. Suhada Jayasuriya has been appointed as new Department Head of the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics department, effective August 1, 2013. ...
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April 30, 2013
Drexel University’s Expressive & Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center is taking a step forward in efforts at the intersection of the arts, technology and science thanks to a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. ...
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April 30, 2013
Dr. Youngmoo Kim, director of the Expressive and Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and assistant dean of engineering for Media Technologies, will serve as a panelist at “Learning Through the Arts” on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 ...
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April 29, 2013
Drexel Engineering sophomore Alexander Pietrocola of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department (ECE) was awarded first place in the Student Paper and Presentation competition at the 2013 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 2 Student Activities Conference held at ...
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April 25, 2013
Could fields of perennial switchgrass and willow be the key to America’s energy independence? The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to know and Drexel University’s Dr. Sabrina Spatari, an assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering, is t ...
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April 19, 2013
A Senior Design team from the Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) Department recently represented Drexel University at the ASCE Charles Pankow Foundation Architectural Engineering Student Competition, held in conjunction with the Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) Natio ...
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April 16, 2013
As part of city’s vibrant scientific and technological community, Drexel University will play a big role in the 2013 Philadelphia Science Festival and Philly Tech Week on April 18-28. From a 29-story video game, to cutting-edge robotics, to an interactive Jazz concert, Drexel’s students, faculty and ...
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April 16, 2013
Researchers at Drexel University recently reported on the discovery of a new family of two-dimensional materials called “MXenes.” The materials’ structures are similar to graphene, with which they share many properties, including good electrical conductivity and potential applications in energy stor ...
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April 15, 2013
A group of Drexel’s Chemical and Biological Engineering students received the Delaware Valley Section (DVS) American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChe) section awards during a banquet at the University of Pennsylvania on April 10, 2013. This honor is given to outstanding senior, junior and soph ...
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April 10, 2013
Drexel Engineering will host part two of the Dean’s Lecture Series April 17, 2013 at 11 a.m. in Mitchell Auditorium with Dr. Adam Fontecchio, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and associate dean of undergraduate affairs. Fontecchio will lecture on the origin and mission of Drexel Uni ...
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April 10, 2013
The Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering department will be adding a new concentration to the Bachelors of Science program in Architectural Engineering. This new concentration, Digital Building, will complement the program’s existing Mechanical and Structural concentrations. ...
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April 05, 2013
This summer more than 20 million U.S. students will enroll in a college or university – Only 16 percent will earn a bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering and math -- or STEM-- majors. Women and minorities will amount to less than one quarter of graduates.
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April 05, 2013
MinJun Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Drexel University, was recently selected as a Brain Pool Fellow by the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, a prestigious program designed to attract renowned scientists and engineers to develop innovative te ...
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April 04, 2013
The video game that started them all will come to life on Philadelphia’s largest array of LEDs in a visual spectacle that is sure to inspire wonder while plucking at the heartstrings of nostalgic video gamers throughout the city. On the evening of April 19, Cira Centre’s 83,360-square-foot, north-fa ...
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April 02, 2013
Sophomore Veronika Legkobitova was selected, from among more than 800 applicants, to present her Star research project, “Effect of Foramen Magnum on Traumatic Brain Injury Prediction” to members of Congress during the 2013 Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Posters on the Hill on April 23 and 2 ...
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April 01, 2013
Researchers at Drexel University are less than five years away from developing a hand-held, point-of-care device that can rapidly detect HIV and certain types of cancer. ...
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March 28, 2013
Drexel University and The Franklin Institute will honor Dr. Kenichi Iga, Emeritus Professor and Past President of the Tokyo Institute of Technology and winner of the 2013 Bower Award for Achievement in Science at the Symposium, “Photonic Source Technologies: Surface Emitting Semiconductor Lasers” on ...
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March 26, 2013
Drexel alumnus Alan Evans has been elected to become a 2013 Fellow of the Institute of Navigation (ION). Evans received the award at the annual awards program Jan. 29, 2013 at the International Technical Meeting in San Diego, CA. ...
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March 25, 2013
More than 800 of the 1,200 first-year Drexel Engineering students were challenged with the Freshman Design Robotics Competition, a race for students to design robots to autonomously detect, collect and deliver containers representing trash and nuclear waste; two teams were names as the winning final ...
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March 21, 2013
The Consulate General of Italy and Drexel Engineering celebrated 50 years of close technological and scientific collaboration in the space and aerospace industries between Italy and the United States on March 20 in the Mitchell Auditorium on the occasion of the Year of Italian Culture in the United ...
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March 20, 2013
CAEE Department Head Dr. Charles Haas will be working with American Water on a recent research grant funded by the WateReuse Research Foundation to develop risk management strategies for Legionella in reclaimed water systems. The project is titled: Development of a Risk Management Strategy for Legio ...
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March 19, 2013
Drexel Engineering’s Computer Science (CS) department will launch the REThink Project — a new summer program in CS for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) high school teachers and two-year college faculty in Philadelphia and the Greater Philadelphia metropolitan area. ...
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March 18, 2013
Drexel University’s College of Engineering will host a panel discussion – Flying High from Helicopters to Space – focused on Italian and American excellence in the space and aerospace industries on March 20 in the Bossone Research Enterprise Center’s Mitchell Auditorium. ...
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March 13, 2013
Drexel Game Design Program, a joint program between the Department of Computer Science in College of Engineering and Digital Media program in the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, has been recognized by the Princeton Review’s “Top Game Design Programs” and placed sixth in the undergraduate ...
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March 06, 2013
Drexel University’s College of Engineering is seeking expert faculty in multiple academic and research disciplines of engineering including chemical and biological engineering; civil, architectural and environmental engineering; computer science, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engin ...
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March 06, 2013
Five members from Drexel University’s faculty and senior administration will attend a major international summit organized by the National Academies of Engineering of the US, UK and China to explore new approaches for solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges. ...
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March 05, 2013
Drexel Engineering doctoral student, Kristy Jost, has been selected to receive the 2013 Lindau Award after completing all application steps through a multi-stage selection process. ...
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March 05, 2013
Alexander Moseson, an assistant teaching professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, was awarded first place in International Humanitarian Short-Video Contest at 2012 Global Humanitarian Technology Conference. ...
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March 04, 2013
Drexel University will be home to more than 600 students competing against each other in a robotics challenge to build remotely operated robots that can complete a task underwater April 26 to 27 in the Daskalakis Athletic Center pool. ...
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March 04, 2013
Dr. Alexander Moseson was featured in an article titled “Urban Outfitters” in the February 2013 issue of ASEE Prism Magazine for his work on alkali-activated cement (AAC). ...
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March 01, 2013
Dr. Youngmoo Kim, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and assistant dean of engineering for media technologies, has been named a 2013 Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE). Kim was named an ADE for his work on developing and integrating mobile apps and other new technologie ...
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February 28, 2013
Some may remember Johnny 5, the loveable robot from the 1980s film Short Circuit, whose never-ending desire for “input” led him on a series of comical hijinks. While onscreen this is mere science fiction, researchers at Drexel University are working towards making Johnny 5 science fact through cloud ...
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February 26, 2013
Many people can relate to the hardship of starting a vehicle during a bitter cold morning before work. It takes a huge amount of power relative to a warm sunny day for two reasons: the mechanical parts of an engine require more power to start moving when cold (motor oil becomes viscous, like honey), ...
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February 12, 2013
Five Drexel University faculty have earned recognition from the National Science Foundation for their respective research endeavors. The goals of these intrepid investigators range from improving underwater autonomous vehicles to helping emergency medical workers communicate; and include projects th ...
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February 11, 2013
A multi-disciplinary team of engineering faculty and students of the Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) and Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (MEM) Departments have been actively working in the Hess Laboratories at 34th and Ludlow Streets on large-scale testing to establish ...
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February 06, 2013
Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering doctoral students Ben Cohen and Liam Hendricken are recent recipients of The Steven E. Giegerich Memorial Scholarship. ...
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February 04, 2013
Dr. Sabrina Spatari, an Assistant Professor in the Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Department at Drexel University is a member of two separate research teams who were recently awarded USDA funding for projects involving the production of biofuels. ...
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February 01, 2013
Drexel Engineering will kick off the first event of the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series Feb. 13, 2013 at 11 a.m. with Dr. Cameron Abrams, professor of chemical and biological engineering and an expert in large-scale molecular simulation and design of biological molecules and materials. Abrams wi ...
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January 29, 2013
Hurricane Sandy left millions without power in New York and New Jersey even weeks after the storm. Drexel's team of engineers are creating a way to quickly show relief workers and agencies where the most damaged areas are following a natural disaster. ...
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January 18, 2013
Civil Engineering doctoral student Seyed Hossein Hosseini Nourzad was recently awarded the Project Management Institute (PMI) Delaware Valley Chapter Scholarship from the PMI Education Foundation. ...
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January 18, 2013
Drexel auxiliary faculty member Christopher Peters, teaching professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department, has been featured in the January 2013 issue of Nuclear News magazine, an American Nuclear Society Publication. ...
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January 17, 2013
A group of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics students won the Gold Award in the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation Engineering Student Design Competition on for their project, “Enhancement of Flapping Micro Aerial Vehicle.” ...
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January 17, 2013
Five Drexel Engineering doctoral students will be traveling in February to Kenya to visit schools and teach high school students courses in engineering and science in the town of Kikuyu and the village of Githumu. The trip is funded by the National Science Foundation's GK12 Program, a $2.9M grant ov ...
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January 14, 2013
A 10-school collaboration led by Drexel University is one of several groups worldwide who are working to advance robotics technology for disaster relief as part of a challenge laid down by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. ...
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January 03, 2013
Drexel University will play a key role in the national celebration of engineers that is annual Drexel’s Engineers Week. The week, which runs from February 18-22, will bring engineer enthusiasts together for a week of engineering-related activities and gatherings throughout the campus and city to rai ...
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November 20, 2012
As recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Sandy continue, experts who study climate and impacts in urban areas are looking for ways to minimize the loss of life and livelihoods the next time an extreme weather event affects east coast cities. Among the team's members, Drexel's Dr. Franco Montalto ...
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