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  • Anthony Abel and Anjli Patel Featured in Drexel Pennoni Honors College Magazine

    March 31, 2016

    Undergraduates Anthony Abel and Anjli Patel were recently featured in Drexel Pennoni Honors College Magazine for their research with Dr. Jason Baxter.

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    Drexel Materials Scientists Roll Out New Method For Making The Invisible Brushes That Repel Dirt

    March 30, 2016

    You might not be aware of it, but invisible carpets of polymers are keeping things from being sticky right now. The lenses of your glasses might be coated with them to stave off smudges. They’re keeping the underbellies of ships from corroding, artificial joints from locking up and medical devices from gathering germs. The name “polymer nanobrush” doesn’t seem fitting because these bristly materials aren’t used to sweep away debris, they actually prevent it from accumulating at all.

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  • Evan Phillips

    Materials Students Awarded 2016 Drexel Engineering Graduate Fellowships

    March 25, 2016

    Five Drexel Materials students receive 2016 College of Engineering graduate fellowships.

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  • Drexel Talks Climate Change

    March 24, 2016

    Drexel’s participation in the annual United Nations Conference on Climate Change in December empowered eight Drexel faculty, staff and students. Each came away with a different, rewarding experience that they’ll share at a public event next month.

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    Drexel Materials Scientists Roll Out New Method for Making the Invisible Brushes that Repel Dirt

    March 24, 2016

    Polymer nanobrushes are made of microscopic filaments that prevent smudges on everyday objects like eyeglasses. They are usually created one bristle at a time, but the Soft Materials Lab has a better way.

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  • Drexel Materials Scientists Roll Out New Method For Making The Invisible Brushes That Repel Dirt

    March 24, 2016

    Drexel researchers have reported on a new method for producing the polymer "nanobrush" coating that is used to prevent ships from corroding, glasses from smudging and artificial joint replacements from locking up. The procedure, which involves growing two-dimensional sheets of polymer nano crystals, is more efficient and controllable than current methods — according to the researchers, it's like making a lawn by putting down sod, rather than planting grass and hoping it grows.

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  • WKDU Greets Local Nonprofits With 'Good Morning, Neighbors'

    March 23, 2016

    Student-run radio station WKDU, center for the support of nonprofit communications Drexel Edits and the Lindy Center for Civic Engagement come together to welcome local nonprofit organizations with “Good Morning, Neighbors,” a series of biweekly radio interviews.

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  • Joshua Young

    PhD Student Joshua Young Receives APS Ovshinsky Student Travel Award

    March 17, 2016

    PhD student Joshua Young is the recipient of an American Physical Society Division of Materials Physics 2016 Ovshinsky Student Travel Award.

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  • Angela Brown (PhD, 2008), Asst. Prof at Lehigh, Receives NSF CAREER Award

    March 16, 2016

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  • Bacteria-Microrobots

    Drexel Research Helps Bacteria-Powered Microrobots Plot a Course

    March 16, 2016

    The problem with having a microscopic robot propelled by a horde of tail-flailing bacteria is you never know where it’s going to end up. The tiny, bio-robots, which amount to a chip coated with a “carpet” of flagellated bacteria, emerged from the primordial ooze of microrobotics research a few years ago as a concept for building microscopic devices and delivering medication at the cellular level.

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  • Davide Mattie and Michael Naguib

    Drexel Materials Alumni Named Drexel Magazine’s “Forty Under Forty” for 2016

    March 15, 2016

    Drexel Materials PhD alumni Dr. Davide Mattia and Dr. Michael Naguib have been selected as two of Drexel University Magazine’s 2016 “Forty Under Forty.”

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    Drexel Hosts the 2016 ASCE Mid-Atlantic Region Student Conference April 22-24

    March 15, 2016

    For a weekend this spring, Drexel’s campus will be bustling with engineering students from universities throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Drexel’s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapter will host the annual 2016 Mid-Atlantic Region Student Conference which will bring over 300 students from 14 universities to Drexel to participate in this 3-day conference.

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  • Drexel Hosts the 2016 ASCE Mid-Atlantic Region Student Conference April 22-24

    March 14, 2016

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  • Drexel Research Helps Bacteria-Powered Microrobots Plot a Course

    March 14, 2016

    A team of engineers at Drexel University recently published research on a method for using electric fields to help tiny bio-robots propelled by flagellated bacteria navigate around obstacles in a fluid environment. These microrobots could one day be used for building microscopic devices or even delivering medication at the cellular level.

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  • Harish Vashisth (PhD, 2010), Asst. Prof at UNH, Receives NSF CAREER Award

    March 12, 2016

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  • CBE Graduate Students Receive College of Engineering Awards

    March 09, 2016

    Congratulations to the following Chemical and Biological Engineering Department graduate students for receiving Drexel College of Engineering awards.

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  • James Lo receives NSF CMMI Award

    March 08, 2016

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  • Ron Garan

    Former Astronaut Becomes Adjunct Professor in Peace Engineering

    March 08, 2016

    In 2011, then astronaut Ron Garan spent six months in space on the International Space Station, giving him a life-changing perspective of the world. Ultimately, the experience led the adjunct professor to teach a new online course at Drexel’s College of Engineering as part of the Peace Engineering initiative.

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  • Down the Drain: Here's Why We Should Use Rainwater to Flush Toilets

    March 07, 2016

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    Down the Drain: Here's Why We Should Use Rainwater to Flush Toilets

    March 07, 2016

    If you live in one of four major U.S. cities chances are you’re letting the benefits of a ubiquitous natural resource go right down the drain — when it could be used to cut down your water bill. Research by a team of Drexel University environmental engineers indicates that it rains enough in Philadelphia, New York, Seattle and Chicago that if homeowners had a way to collect and store even just the rain falling on their roofs, they could flush their toilets often without having to use a drop of municipal water.

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  • Down The Drain: Here's Why We Should Use Rainwater to Flush Toilets

    March 07, 2016

    If you live in one of four major U.S. cities chances are you’re letting the benefits of a ubiquitous natural resource go right down the drain — when it could be used to cut down your water bill. Research by a team of Drexel University environmental engineers indicates that it rains enough in Philadelphia, New York, Seattle and Chicago that if homeowners had a way to collect and store the rain falling on their roofs, they could flush their toilets often without having to use a drop of municipal water.

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  • MD Shazzad Hossain and Professor Ioannis Savidis win 1st place in Drexel IEEE Graduate Forum Poster Competition

    March 03, 2016

    Their poster was titled "Robust Near-Threshold Inverter with Improved Performance for Ultra-Low Power Applications" and won in the physical/chemical/biological aspects in electrical, electronic, and computer systems category.

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  • Diversity Day 1

    Diversity at the College of Engineering

    March 03, 2016

    Diversity on college campuses is an on-going topic of conversation as issues are defined and redefined to accommodate new objectives.

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  • Yimin Chen and Liang Zhang receive DOE BIRD IP Award

    March 02, 2016

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  • Mitra Taher

    Taheri Selected as 2016 Provost Fellow

    March 01, 2016

    Hoeganaes Associate Professor Mitra Taheri has been selected to be a 2016 Provost Fellow.

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