2026 | Drexel Engineering

- Engineering and Entrepreneurship: Building from the Ground Up
  
  March 24, 2026
  
  Confirming the presence of microplastics in seafood currently requires breaking the sample down through chemical digestion, a slow and destructive process poorly suited for routine screening. Drexel's Lifeng Zhou, working with colleagues at Virginia Tech, has developed a faster alternative that can detect microplastics directly on fish surfaces without any sample preparation.
  
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- AI and Light-Based Imaging Take Aim at Microplastics in the Food Supply
  
  March 23, 2026
  
  Confirming the presence of microplastics in seafood currently requires breaking the sample down through chemical digestion, a slow and destructive process poorly suited for routine screening. Drexel's Lifeng Zhou, working with colleagues at Virginia Tech, has developed a faster alternative that can detect microplastics directly on fish surfaces without any sample preparation.
  
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- Drexel Engineers Design Screw-Driven Flow Cell to Power Next-Generation Energy Storage
  
  March 19, 2026
  
  Drawing on an ancient pumping concept, Drexel engineers have developed a flow cell that handles thick carbon suspensions conventional designs can't manage — a potential breakthrough for grid-scale energy storage. The design also shows promise for water treatment, direct lithium extraction and other industrial applications where high-viscosity fluids need to stay electrochemically active.
  
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- Drexel Engineering Announces Recipients of 2026 Faculty Awards
  
  March 10, 2026
  
  The Longsview Fellowships, Carleone Faculty Awards, and Grimes Family Faculty Awards recognize outstanding faculty research initiatives that foster interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation in engineering and related fields.
  
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- VIP Program Gives Drexel Student Hands-On Role in Sustainable Textile Research
  
  March 04, 2026
  
  Through Drexel's Vertically Integrated Projects program, fourth-year student Saffron Buscemi is working alongside faculty and graduate researchers to develop biopolymer nanoyarns using electrospinning — a process that could offer new sustainable alternatives for the textile industry.
  
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- Engineering, Business Students Collaborate on Solutions for Boeing Case Competition
  
  February 18, 2026
  
  Six teams of engineering and business students joined forces to solve a real-world aerospace manufacturing challenge, balancing two active Boeing contracts without disrupting production for either customer.
  
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- Philadelphia Communities Help AI Machine Learning Get Better at Spotting Gentrification
  
  February 05, 2026
  In hopes of providing a better monitoring system for those seeking to mitigate the negative effects of gentrification, researchers at Drexel University have drawn on the wisdom of community members in Philadelphia neighborhoods that have been affected by it to hone a computer vision program that can reliably identify and track gentrification throughout the city.
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- MXene Nanomaterials Enter a New Dimension
  
  January 29, 2026
  Researchers from Drexel University who discovered a versatile type of two-dimensional conductive nanomaterial, called a MXene, nearly a decade and a half ago, have now reported on a process for producing its one-dimensional cousin: the MXene nanoscroll. The group posits that these materials, which are 100 times thinner than human hair yet more conductive than their two-dimensional counterparts, could be used to improve the performance of energy storage devices, biosensors and wearable technology.
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- From Drexel to the Olympics: The Legacy of Thailand’s First Winter Olympian
  
  January 29, 2026
  Upon the 20th anniversary of his second, and last, Olympics, College of Engineering associate professor Prawat Nagvajara, PhD, is still modest about his accomplishments as a cross-country skier and historic team of one.
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- Drexel Engineers Use Fluorescent Imaging to Predict Battery Performance Before Assembly
  
  January 26, 2026
  
  A new technique combining fluorescent microscopy and machine learning can forecast lithium-ion battery capacity before cells are assembled, potentially transforming manufacturing quality control and reducing costly scrap rates in electric vehicle production.
  
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