2014 | Drexel Engineering

- Materials Made To Order: Dr. Garritt J. Tucker and the Computational Materials Science and Design Group
  
  September 29, 2014
  
  Envision custom ordering a material to particular specifications. Dr. Garritt J. Tucker and his Computational Materials Science and Design Group aim to achieve just that.
  
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- Lockheed Martin Engineering Leadership Program
  
  September 29, 2014
  Drexel University and Lockheed Martin are working together to nurture the engineering students who show an acuity for leadership. The corporation is partnering with the University’s College of Engineering to create the Lockheed Martin Engineering Leadership Program, a track of courses, activities, mentoring and experiences designed to help students identify and develop their leadership abilities.
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- Drexel Materials Alumnus Helps Form Team to Bring Improved Maternal and Child Healthcare to Uganda
  
  September 23, 2014
  
  Drexel Materials alumnus Ron Smith, PhD, organized a humanitarian mission to Uganda with Drexel University through his work with Rotary International.
  
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- Drexel Engineer’s Discovery Turns Artificial Ankle Research in a New Direction
  
  September 17, 2014
  
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- Prof. Lau Returns from Sabbatical
  
  September 16, 2014
  
  Prof. Ken Lau received a Sabbatical Leave Award, which provided him the opportunity to spend six months from July to December in 2013 at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong, China.
  
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- Prof. Lau Receives Patent
  
  September 15, 2014
  
  Prof. Ken Lau and his former PhD student, Dr. Ranjita Bose, (now a postdoc at Delft University of Technology) have been issued a U.S. Patent.
  
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- Prof. Lau's Group Publishes in ACS Nano
  
  September 15, 2014
  
  Prof. Ken Lau together with Dr. Siamak Nejati (now a postdoc at Yale University), Yuriy Smolin (PhD student), and Thomas E. Minford (undergraduate student) have published in the journal ACS Nano for their work on "Enhanced Charge Storage of Ultrathin Polythiophene Films within Porous Nanostructures"
  
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- Spanier and Taheri Receive Promotions
  
  September 15, 2014
  
  Dr. Jonathan Spanier has been promoted to full professor and Dr. Mitra Taheri has received tenure and been promoted to Hoeganaes Associate Professor as of September 1, 2014.
  
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- Drexel Materials Expands Outreach to High School Students with 3rd Annual Summer Institute
  
  September 12, 2014
  
  In 2014, the department held the third annual Drexel University Materials Science & Engineering Summer Institute.
  
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- Li Receives Funding to Explore Nanoparticle Assembly for Optical and Electronic Applications
  
  September 10, 2014
  
  Professor Christopher Li has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for his project "Self and Programmable Assembly of Nanoparticles with Multicompartment Polymer Brushes."
  
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