2021 | Drexel Engineering

- Graduate Commencement Speaker is a Tycoon in the Making
 
 May 12, 2021
 
 Drexel helped Zhengqiao Zhao find his passion in data analysis, and now he’s ready to help machine learning and AI revolutionize industries. He will address the Class of 2021 as the College of Engineering’s graduate commencement speaker.
 
 Read More
- Finding Strength in Support Systems, Undergraduate Speaker is Poised for Success
 
 May 12, 2021
 
 Rasheem Clark, a first-generation college student, knows that leaning on your support network can give you the strength you need to take risks. He will address the Class of 2021 as the College’s undergraduate commencement speaker.
 
 Read More
- Study: Parks Not Only Safe, but Essential During the Pandemic
 
 May 12, 2021
 Parks played an important role for people seeking respite from the toll of social isolation during the pandemic, and according to new research from Drexel University, they did so without increasing the spread of COVID-19. The study looked at how people used 22 parks in Philadelphia and New York during the height of the pandemic and it found no strong correlation between park use and the number of confirmed cases in surrounding neighborhoods.
 Read More
- Alumni Contribute to Success of Mars Rover
 
 May 05, 2021
 
 Mechanical engineering alumni Milo Silverman (BS ’97) and Moogega Cooper (MS ’08, PhD ’10) are part of the team working on the Mars rover Perservance.
 
 Read More
- Maritime Muses: Using Aquatic Biology to Inspire Mechanical Design
 
 May 05, 2021
 
 James Tangorra, PhD, studies the biomechanics of marine animals to inform designs of aquatic robots. A new grant from the Office of Naval Research is expanding his work.
 
 Read More
- Graduate Programs Recognized by US News
 
 May 03, 2021
 
 The Engineering Graduate Program was once again ranked in the top 40 percent in the nation.
 
 Read More
- Drexel Names New Computing Cluster After Historic Alumna
 
 April 29, 2021
 Picotte, the University’s high-performing computing equipment, is named for Susan La Flesche Picotte, MD, who is believed to be the first Native American physician in the U.S.
 Read More
- Medical Device Startup Nephria Bio to Use Drexel's MXene Filter Material in Wearable Artificial Kidney Technology
 
 April 29, 2021
 Drexel University’s MXene material is one step closer to transforming the lives of people suffering from end-stage kidney disease. Nephria Bio, Inc., a U.S.-based spin-off of the South Korean medical device company EOFlow Co., Ltd., has signed a licensing agreement with the University to use the two-dimensional material, discovered at Drexel, as a filter in a wearable artificial kidney device it is developing. The technology could allow many of the millions of people suffering from end-stage kidney disease worldwide to move more freely, without spending hours each week anchored to large dialysis machines.
  
 Read More
- Engineering Trailblazer Anne Stevens ’80 to Address Graduates at College of Engineering Commencement
 
 April 26, 2021
 
 Stevens will also receive an honorary degree at the virtual ceremony, which is slated for June 9.
 
 Read More
- Drexel Helps Establish First MXene Trade Association
 
 April 21, 2021
 
 A decade after Drexel Materials researchers made the pathbreaking discovery of MXenes, the University is helping to establish a global trade association for researchers, manufacturers and companies that are working with the materials.
 
 Read More