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June 27, 2014
Drexel’s concrete canoe placed 10th Overall at the 2014 National Concrete Canoe Competition that was held from June 19 to June 21, 2014 at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in Johnstown, Pa.
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June 27, 2014
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June 26, 2014
Two College of Engineering professors, Yury Gogotsi, Distinguished University and Trustee Chair Professor of the Materials Science and Engineering department, and Peter DeCarlo, Assistant Professor of the Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering department, were selected as “Highly Cited Researchers 2014” by Thomson-Reuters.
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June 26, 2014
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June 25, 2014
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June 24, 2014
“Have idea, will travel” … while it’s not Drexel’s official slogan (yet) you could be forgiven if you think so. Over the last few years it seems as though research-on-wheels has become one of the university’s specialties. Add air quality to a list of mobile labs that already includes arts education and autism testing. Whether it’s in the spirit of Drexel’s community outreach mission or just an excuse for a creative paint job, students and faculty are packing their projects into a van and taking their brainpower to the people.
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June 23, 2014
The biggest drawback preventing widespread use of renewable energy isn’t cloudy, wind-free days. It’s actually the relative stubbornness of the batteries used to store the energy generated by the solar panels and windmills. They fill up too quickly, but don’t discharge the energy quickly enough. They don’t last very long and are expensive to replace. And once they’ve run their course, it’s rather tricky to dispose of them safely. Drexel engineers have been working on a more accommodating energy storage system for the last few years – and now we have a first look at a prototype of the device called the “electrochemical flow capacitor.”
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June 20, 2014
CEO of Oat Foundry and Drexel Mechanical Engineering alumni, Mark Kuhn, has been making sparks fly at his start-up company with his five fellow co-workers and other Drexel alumni. Oat Foundry specializes in rapid prototyping, 3-D modeling and printing. Part of the birth of Oat Foundry was influenced by Kuhn’s academic, co-op and study abroad experiences at Drexel.
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