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April 30, 2014
On April 8, five students from the Materials Science and Engineering Department of Drexel University’s College of Engineering paid a visit to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. They spent time in the Senate and House office buildings meeting with staffers of U.S. Senators and Representatives and advocating for increased federal funding of basic STEM research. This was part of the Congressional Visitations Day, which was sponsored by the Material Advantage in collaboration with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Over 30 people from different Universities participated on these meetings, which were all held on April 8th.
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April 30, 2014
Two materials Ph.D. students received Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Awards at the 2014 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit in San Francisco, CA.
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April 29, 2014
Antonios Kontsos, a P.C. Chou Endowed Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, recently received the 2014 ONR Young Investigator Program award for his proposal titled, “Identification of Fatigue Precursors for Multi-scale NDE & Prognostics.” This highly prestigious award received by Kontsos is one of only 24 awardees nationwide.
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April 28, 2014
Distinguished University and Trustee Chair Professor Yury Gogotsi delivered the Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience at the 2014 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit.
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April 25, 2014
The Delaware Valley Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers held their annual awards banquet at Widener University on April 23, 2014. An outstanding senior, junior, and sophomore student from each of five area universities were honored.
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