2012 | Drexel Engineering

- Student Rocket Launch
  
  July 02, 2012
  The project is designed to capture energy from the vibrations of the rocket during launch.
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- Yury Gogotsi Named 2012 European Carbon Association Award Laureate
  
  June 26, 2012
  The research of Drexel University’s Dr. Yury Gogotsi, director of the A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute, has unlocked new and exciting uses of carbon that range from energy storage technology to biomedical applications. His contributions to the field of research and the international carbon research community were recognized by the European Carbon Association as an ECA Award Laureate at the 2012 World Conference on Carbon in Cracow, Poland on June 17-22.
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- Engineering Students Develop Apps For Visually Impaired
  
  June 21, 2012
  For people with visual impairments, daily activities such as reading a newspaper, texting or checking Facebook often require the extra step of sitting down at a computer or pulling out a text magnifier - a step that instantly signals their difference from those around them. A group of undergraduate computer science students at Drexel are now hoping to make these tasks as easy and common as using a smartphone.
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- Drexel Celebrates 2012 Commencement
  
  June 12, 2012
  Drexel University will celebrate its 125th commencement on its University City campus with five separate ceremonies honoring Drexel’s graduating class, June 15 and16. More than 5,000 students will receive a degree from Drexel this year. Drexel will award honor 17 honorary degrees to prominent individuals distinguished in their fields.
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- Drexel Delegation Celebrates Official Opening of Drexel-SARI Center in China
  
  June 07, 2012
  A Drexel University delegation led by Drexel President John A. Fry marked the official opening of the Drexel-SARI Center in Shanghai on June 6 with a celebration at the Center that included a performance by musicians from The Philadelphia Orchestra.
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- Drexel Computer Science Students Avance to Imagine Cup World Finals
  
  May 30, 2012
  A team of Drexel undergraduate computer science majors earned national acclaim as part of the Microsoft Imagine Cup technology design competition.
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- Albaugh Named Engineering Leader of the Year 2012
  
  May 30, 2012
  Drexel University’s College of Engineering has selected James F. Albaugh, the president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and executive vice president of The Boeing Company, as Drexel’s 2012 Engineering Leader of the Year. Albaugh, who joins a prestigious group of engineering luminaries who have received the honor, will be presented with the award at a luncheon ceremony on Wednesday, June 27.
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- Engineering Students Represent Drexel at National EPA Competition
  
  April 30, 2012
  Can liquid waste discharge from landfills actually be turned into a valuable fuel source? A group of students from Drexel Universitys College of Engineering are presenting this possibility as part of a sustainability design competition hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency that could earn them a $90,000 grant.
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- HUBO throws out opening pitch at Phillies game
  
  April 30, 2012
  The robot, which was programmed by students in the College of Engineering, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Philadelphia Phillies' faced the Chicago Cubs on April 28.
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- Drexel Computer Science Students Claim U.S. Title at “Microsoft Imagine Cup” Competition
  
  April 26, 2012
  A team of Drexel undergraduate computer science majors earned national acclaim for designing smartphone apps as part of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup Competition. “Team Drexel Dragons” won the U.S. Championship for their design of a math learning program. Drexel sent two teams to the national final and now “Team Drexel Dragons” is among the field of competitors at the World Championship in Sydney, Australia in July.
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