Annual Report

Annual Report 2018-19

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Note from the Department Head
Michele Marcolongo

Michele Marcolongo, PhD, PE, AIMBE
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Highlights

Drexel Materials Faculty and Staff

Kopicko Receives Drexel 2018 President's AwardDanielle Kopicko
Danielle Kopicko receives 2018 President’s Award for Excellence for Professional Staff, the highest distinction given to a staff member at Drexel University.
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Four Drexel Materials Faculty Receive PromotionsDr. Hao Cheng, Dr. Steven May, Dr. Ekaterina Pomerantseva, Dr. Christopher Weyant
Four Drexel Materials faculty are to receive promotions and/or tenure, as of September 1, 2019.
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Bringing the Faculty Perspective to University StatsAntonio Zavaliangos
Antonios Zavaliangos reflects on his experience as a Provost Fellow and a member of the Faculty Senate.
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Shih to Serve as Dean's FellowWei-Heng Shih
Wei-Heng Shih will serve as an inaugural College of Engineering Dean’s Fellow, Graduate Admissions.
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Excellence in Scholarship: 2019 Graduates

Honoring Drexel Materials 2019 Graduates and AwardeesGraduating Materials seniors in regalia
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering honored its graduates and 2018-2019 departmental awardees at its annual commencement dinner at the University Club on Wednesday, June 12, 2019.
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Two Materials Students Accepted to MESC+ Master’s ProgramLuisa Gomes and Carter Henderson
Drexel Materials seniors Luisa Gomes and Carter Henderson have been accepted into the Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion+ (MESC+) joint master’s degree program
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AlumnImpact

Alumna Elizabeth Hoffman PhD Elected ASM Int’l FellowElizabeth Hoffman
Materials alumna Elizabeth (Liz) Hoffman, PhD, FASM, has been elected a 2019 ASM International Fellow for her contributions to materials science and engineering.
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Siddhartha Pathak Receives DARPA Young Faculty AwardSid Pathak
Alumnus Siddhartha Pathak, PhD, has received the 2019 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award.
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Alumna Kelsey Hatzell, PhD Receives NSF-CAREER AwardKelsey Hatzell
Hatzell, now assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant.
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Materials Alum on Drexel’s 2019 40 Under 40 ListIsabella Mendoza with her poster
Three materials alumni were included in Drexel Magazine’s “40 Under 40”.
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Drexel Materials Alumnus, Staff and Student HonoredDrexel Materials recipients of Alumni Awards
PhD student Mallory Clites, alumnus Dr. Charles Yang, and staff member Sarit Kunz receive awards at Drexel’s Alumni Board of Governors annual awards ceremony.
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Materials in Action

Drexel Re-Joins Int’l Consortium Providing Fully Funded MSMESC Schools
The European Commission has awarded Drexel a new associate partnership in a global consortium of universities.
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Nanomaterials Institute Has a Shiny New HomeRibbon cutting
The new home of the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute will provide a world-class research and collaborative partnerships base for work on novel materials.
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2019 MXene SymposiumMichael Cimorelli (right) in lab
Drexel MXene Symposium highlights the rapidly growing research field.
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New 3D Metal Printing CapacitySteel bridge team member practice
Drexel adds new 3D metal printing to suite of additive manufacturing.
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Gogotsi Co-Edits Book On MXenesBabak Anasori and Yury Gogotsi
Gogotsi and Anasori recruited a team of experts and co-edited the first book on MXenes since the material discovery eight years ago.
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May Serves as Program Co-ChairProfessor May and conference attendees
Professor Steve May served as program co-chair for two annual premiere international conferences on magnetism, Intermag and MMM.
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Awards and Achievements

Gogotsi Honored As a Citation LaureateYury Gogotsi
Yury Gogotsi has been named a Citation Laureate by Clarivate Analytics for his groundbreaking research advancing the development of carbon-based materials.
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Andrew Magenau Selected as PMSE Young InvestigatorAndrew Magenau
The award recognizes early stage researchers who have “made significant contributions to their respective fields within Polymer Science and Engineering.”
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CoE Faculty Members Honored for ScholarshipDr. Antonios Kontsos, Dr. Patricia M. Gallagher, Dr. Christopher Weyant
CoE faculty win six Drexel University awards this spring.
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Gogotsi Elected Fellow of European Academy of SciencesYury Gogotsi
Distinguished University and Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Professor Yury Gogotsi has been elected as Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc).
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Gogotsi Receives Chinese Friendship AwardYury Gogotsi with Vice Premier Liu He
Yury Gogotsi was a 2018 recipient of the Chinese Government Friendship Award, presented at a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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Gogotsi Receives ACerS 2019 Sosman AwardYury Gogotsi
Professor Yury Gogotsi received the American Ceramic Society Sosman Award for outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.
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Materials Students Receive Professional Society AwardsRecipients of ASM Materials Education Foundation Scholarships
Drexel Materials students have received scholarships and awards from materials professional organizations.
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Major Research Initiatives and Activities

Drexel's Polymer Pill Proves it Can Deliver
Professors Christopher Li and Hao Cheng and researchers have developed a polymer crystal casing for improved intravenous medicine delivery and had their findings recently published in Nature Communications.
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Material Quirk Could Strengthen Telecommunication ConnectionsArtist top-view rendering of a domain wall-variant material
Research led by Jonathan Spanier, published in Nature in August, discovered a material that enhances the flow of microwave energy.
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Spray-On Antennas Could Be the Tech Connector of the FutureSpray-applied MXene antennas
A group of researchers reported a method for spraying invisibly thin antennas made from a type of two-dimensional, metallic material called MXene.
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College of Engineering Receives Four GAANN GrantsFaculty GAANN recipients
The College of Engineering received four Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) grants from the US Department of Education.
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Helping Cancer-Fighting Nanoparticles Survive in the BloodstreamNanoparticles
Researchers have discovered a coating for nanoparticles that allows them to survive in the bloodstream without being removed by the liver..
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Desalination Research Takes the Fore in Pomerantseva LabEkaterina Pomerantseva
Desalination research at CoE thrives on a new materials “recipe” and electrochemistry to remove sodium ions from salt or brackish water.
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MXene Materials Could Give Dialysis Patients the Freedom to MoveKidney dialysis patients
A type of two-dimensional layered material, created at Drexel University, has emerged as a candidate to assist in replacing the body’s waste filtration system in wearable kidneys.
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Finally, a Shrinkable Alternative for Capacitorscapacitors
A breakthrough by materials science and engineering researchers at Drexel University and Sungkyunkwan University in Korea could eventually replace electrolytic capacitors with a version so thin and flexible that it’s literally painted on.
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What Happens When Layered Materials are Pushed to the Brinkripplocation
Looking deeper into the internal behavior of layered solids and formations, researchers are gaining a better understanding of a buckling phenomenon that occurs within the layers of the materials as they are put under pressure.
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New Polymer Tailoring ProcessCover of ACS Macro Letters with Magenau polymer image
Researchers in Andrew Magenau’s Macromolecular Materials Group have developed an innovative approach to fabricating polymeric nanoparticles with the potential to synthesize nanoparticles of vast chemical diversity.
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Optimizing MXenes’ AbilitiesMXene layers
New research shows how to customize the properties of materials called MXenes, which have displayed exceptional abilities to conduct electricity and block electromagnetic radiation.
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Expanding the Use of Silicon in Batteriesmicroscopic MXene
Silicon anodes are generally viewed as the next development in lithium-ion battery technology. Research suggests that greater improvement could be in line if the silicon is fortified with the material MXene.
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Using Bacteria to Prevent Potholes Caused by Road SaltPothole
Recent research shows how the bacteria, Sporosarcina pasteurii, can prevent the formation of potholes.
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Need More Energy Storage? Just Hit “Print”Printer using MXene ink
Researchers have developed a conductive ink made from MXene that was used by researchers to print components for electronic devices.
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Cheng and Magenau Receive NSF Funding for Polymer CloakProfessors Cheng and Magenau
The project will deepen understanding of nanomaterials-protein-cell interactions and develop a nanomaterial protecting polymer cloak.
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Special Highlights

CoE Engineers Inspire Dance Project Bound for Kennedy CenterIsabella Mendoza and Alexandria Will-Cole
Engineers inspire dance troupe with data in a performance project bound for the Kennedy Center.
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Simge Uzun Develops Conductive Yarns for Smart TextilesSimge Uzun
Doctoral candidate Uzun demonstrates that MXenes can be knitted into yarns, washed, scaled, and processed for manufacturing smart textiles.
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Philly Materials Day Wows Region’s Young ScientistsVisitors enjoy Materials Day
Philly Materials Day drew a highly diverse crowd of nearly 650, with parents and children wandering through two floors of hands-on activities.
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Pomerantseva Lends Expertise to Franklin Institute ExhibitPomerantseva and her exhibit display
When the Franklin Institute needed an expert in the future of battery technology for a new exhibit, they called on Asst. Professor Ekaterina Pomerantseva.
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