2014 | Drexel Engineering

- Institute for Energy and the Environment Seed Grants
  
  May 08, 2014
  Reducing carbon emissions, improving efficiency of the power grid and using ultrasound to treat contaminated water are just a few of the research goals being pursued by the first round of projects funded by the A.J. Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment. In all six projects received seed funding totaling $270,000 to investigate topics related to environmental protection and sustainability.
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- Drexel Engineering Lab 3D Printing Cancer Tumors
  
  April 24, 2014
  Drexel’s Wei Sun, PhD, Albert Soffa chair professor in the College of Engineering, has devised a method for 3D printing tumors that could soon be taking cancer research out of the petri dish.
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- Drexel at Philadelphia Science Festival
  
  April 23, 2014
  The press of a button triggering a chain reaction of more than 300 energy transfers will serve as the elaborate opening to the 2014 Philadelphia Science Festival. The harbinger of this year’s week of science excitement is a Rube Goldberg machine –a complex device designed to perform a simple task- built by Drexel engineering students with the goal of setting a world record.
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- DragonsTeach Kickoff
  
  April 22, 2014
  The United States needs more science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers. And Drexel has a wealth of bright students studying in those same fields. Now, a new program will connect Drexel’s strength with the nation’s need.
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- Music-Driven Light Show Showcases Local Student Talent and a Smartphone App Created with Drexel
  
  April 21, 2014
  Remix Interactive, a live orchestral performance featuring digitally remixed music and a high-tech light show created and produced by some of Philadelphia’s most talented high school students, will take place as part of the Philadelphia Science Festival on Sunday, April 27. The event will be held at 1:30 p.m. at World Café Live (3025 Walnut St., Philadelphia).
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- Goldwater Scholarship Twins
  
  April 14, 2014
  Their parents joke that they're almost "the same person." So it's only natural that the year after Rishon Benjamin won a Goldwater Scholarship, his twin brother, Alex, won one as well.
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- Finding Polarized Metals
  
  April 01, 2014
  Drexel University researchers are turning some of the basic tenets of chemistry and physics upside down to cut a trail toward the discovery of a new set of materials. They’re called “polar metals” and, according to many of the scientific principles that govern the behavior of atoms, they probably shouldn’t exist.
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- Michael McGuire Q-and-A
  
  March 31, 2014
  If you grew up in the United States or any developed country during the past century, you probably didn’t spend much time worrying about typhoid fever. And for that, you can thank physician John L. Leal and sanitary engineer George Warren Fuller.
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- Bernard Amadei Visit
  
  March 17, 2014
  It’s the responsibility of an engineer to help make the world a better place by improving the quality of life for developing communities, Bernard Amadei, PhD, told Drexel students, faculty and staff last week. His actions certainly back up that claim.
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- Philadelphia Science Festival Rube Goldberg Kick Off
  
  March 06, 2014
  What does a machine with more than 400 steps look like? You can find out during the Philadelphia Science Festival.
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