• Abi Aghayere

    What Does the NYC Parking Garage Collapse Tell Us About Building Safety?

    5/17/2023 4:41:25 PM

    Abieyuwa Aghayere, PhD shares his thoughts on what may have contributed to the collapse of a parking garage on Tuesday, April 18th in Lower Manhattan which killed one person.

  • Rob Lazzaro

    What About Engineers Makes Them Such Great Leaders?

    4/27/2023 12:00:00 AM

    Engineers are trained to solve problems with creativity, integrity, empathy and critical thinking. These same qualities are what make good leaders great.

  • Joshua Snyder

    How Green – and How Safe – is a Fleet of Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Buses?

    3/6/2023 12:00:00 AM

    As SEPTA prepares to onboard 10 hydrogen fuel cell buses, Joshua Snyder, PhD, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, shared his insights on the benefits and challenges of fuel cells.

  • Charles Haas

    Q+A: Could Wastewater Surveillance Help Us Spot the Next Pandemic?

    2/7/2023 12:00:00 AM

    A report recently issued by the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine outlines how testing sewage could be deployed at the federal level to form a nationwide early warning system for diseases.

  • Divya Bhargava

    Q+A: What's Preventing More Close Calls on Airport Runways?

    1/24/2023 12:00:00 AM

    The systems that keep plane traffic in order in the air have been in place for decades and are relatively well known. But when dozens of airplanes converge on the ground at airports, there is a much higher risk of something going wrong. Drexel Engineering’s Divya Bhargava, PhD, studies how these incidents are investigated and reported, and how this information can be used to improve runway safety

  • Franco Montalto

    After the 2020 Protests, Let’s Reimagine Urban Green Space as a Way to Promote Social Justice

    11/17/2021 8:36:00 AM

    There is a growing recognition that social justice is also environmental justice and health justice. Those goals can all be achieved in the redesign of physical spaces, writes Franco Montalto, PhD, in this “Rebuilding Philly” essay from The Philadelphia Inquirer.

  • Franco Montalto

    New Infrastructure Policy Shows the Way Forward in Higher Education

    5/3/2021 9:03:00 AM

    Environmental engineer Franco Montalto, PhD, sees opportunities for higher education in the Biden Administration's proposed infrastructure bill.

  • Kapil Dandekar

    The Internet of Things

    4/21/2021 2:33:38 PM

    Kapil Dandekar, professor of electrical and computer engineering, explains the basics of the Internet of Things.

  • Mira Olson and James Tangorra

    Conversations: Olson and Tangorra on Peace Engineering

    3/1/2021 3:56:00 PM

    Announcing its pioneering new MS in Peace Engineering, CoE talks with program co-directors about the next generation of peacebuilders.

  • Dr. Joe Hughes

    Conversations: Hughes on Gun Violence

    2/3/2021 3:48:00 PM

    Advocate and professor Joe Hughes discusses gun violence and how Peace Engineering might provide a way forward for an intractable problem.

  • Dr. Bruce Eisenstein

    Conversations: Eisenstein on 5G

    1/4/2021 3:56:00 PM

    Want to know what 5G is and how it will impact your life? ECE’s Dr. Bruce Eisenstein explains all.