2024 | Drexel Engineering

- Course Redesign Boosts PhD Students' Professional Development
  
  February 07, 2024
  
  The revamped course taps into the collective wisdom of the department's faculty, with professors sharing their specialized expertise across a wide range of professional skills.
  
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- From Crayons to Coatings: Co-ops Define Student's Major, Career Choice
  
  February 06, 2024
  
  “Initially, I was hesitant to enroll in a five-year program as opposed to a traditional four-year one,” she said, “but the benefits far outweigh the downside of graduating a year after the peers I finished high school with. I feel incredibly comfortable and confident joining the workforce, and I owe my assuredness to Drexel’s co-op program.”
  
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- Dedication Leads First-Generation Alum from Drexel to Dallas
  
  February 06, 2024
  
  A first-generation college student turned nationally-recognized industry leader, Patrick Williams applies the tireless dedications and resilience forged at Drexel to clear new runways for personal and professional success.
  
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- NSF CAREER Grant Funds Lequieu’s Polymers Research
  
  January 31, 2024
  
  Assistant professor, Joshua Lequieu, PhD, was awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in support of his project "Chemically specific polymer models with field-theoretic simulations."
  
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- Carleone Awards Support Ambitious Engineering Research
  
  January 31, 2024
  
  The program is focused on fostering interdisciplinary and intercollegiate collaboration at the intersections of Drexel researchers’ existing expertise.
  
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- Drexel Researchers Propose AI-Guided System for Robotic Inspection of Buildings, Roads and Bridges
  
  January 30, 2024
  Our built environment is aging and failing faster than we can maintain it. Recent building collapses and structural failures of roads and bridges are indicators of a problem that’s likely to get worse, according to experts, because it’s just not possible to inspect every crack, creak and crumble to parse dangerous signs of failure from normal wear and tear. In hopes of playing catch-up, researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering are trying to give robotic assistants the tools to help inspectors with the job.
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- 2024 Longsview Fellowships Support Interdisciplinary Research
  
  January 29, 2024
  
  Drexel Engineering rewards four faculty pairs pursuing interdisciplinary research at the nexus of smart cities, sustainability, renewable energy, and health.
  
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- Seeds of Change Grow Through Community Collaboration
  
  January 23, 2024
  
  Lydia Cowles got first-hand experience through research project examining recurrent flooding issues in Philadelphia's Eastwick neighborhood.
  
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- Driven by Developing Impactful Solutions, Alumna Excels
  
  January 23, 2024
  
  Guiding research and development at major chemical and pharmaceutical firms, Padma Narayan uses innovation to help patients and customers as VP at an emerging biotech startup.
  
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- College of Engineering Fall 2023 Activity Roundup
  
  January 17, 2024
  
  Faculty and researchers in the College of Engineering made significant contributions to their fields over the past quarter, publishing studies in highly regarded journals and securing funding for ongoing and future research.
  
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