12.11 Drexel Environmental Collaboratory Releases Cross-Sector Findings on Severe Weather Recovery Challenges More than 300 representatives from community-based organizations, public health, emergency management, academia, utilities, philanthropy, insurance and finance shared their communities’ experiences with severe weather disasters in a new report from The Environmental Collaboratory at Drexel University. The report identifies avenues for preparing, protecting and supporting communities that have been most affected by increasingly common severe weather.
12.11 Dandekar Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow NAI Fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors. Fellows are selected for demonstrating a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society.
12.10 Drexel Engineers Develop Tool to Predict Fatigue Crack Growth in Aircraft Fuselages New researched has developed a novel way to predict how tiny cracks in aircraft fuselages grow and join together over time. The work could help engineers design safer aircraft and develop better maintenance schedules.