2024 | Drexel Engineering

- Partnerships and Projects: Drexel's Recent Industry and Civic Engagement Connections
  
  March 25, 2024
  Last term, Drexel University expanded its collaborations with local organizations and industry partners.
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- Drexel's Self-Heating Concrete Is One Step Closer to Clearing Sidewalks Without Shoveling or Salting
  
  March 18, 2024
  Researchers in Drexel’s College of Engineering, recently reported on the science behind their special concrete, that can warm itself up when it snows, or as temperatures approach freezing.
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- Splunk Founder Michael Baum ’85 Shares Personal Philosophies, Entrepreneurial Advice and the Impact of His Drexel Co-ops
  
  March 11, 2024
  Two co-ops at IBM and an on-campus visit from Steve Jobs helped inspire alumnus Michael Baum to start his entrepreneurial journey. He visited campus last week to publicly announce the evolution of his foundation, which invests in student startups, on the eve of his company’s $28 billion acquisition by Cisco.
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- Pinging Pipes Could Help to Identify Lead Water Lines Without Excavation
  
  March 07, 2024
  A recent study conducted by researchers in the College of Engineering with geotechnical engineering consultant Seaflower Consulting Services, showed that it is possible to discern the composition of a buried pipe by striking an accessible portion of it and monitoring the sound waves that reach the surface. This method could guide water utility companies before they break ground to remove lead service lines.
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- 40 Years Ago, Drexel Made Computer — and Apple — History
  
  March 05, 2024
  In the early 1980s, Drexel became the first university in the country to require all students to have a personal computer, a mandate made possible through a first-of-its-kind partnership with Apple Inc.
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Awards and Grants
  
  February 16, 2024
  Last term, Drexel professors were awarded sponsored research grants and major gifts, honors and recognition.
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- Drexel Joins U.S. Department of Commerce's AI Safety Consortium
  
  February 08, 2024
  Drexel University has joined more than 200 of the nation’s leading artificial intelligence stakeholders to participate in a Department of Commerce initiative to support the development and deployment of trustworthy and safe AI. The effort, led by the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology, will bring together academics, government and industry researchers, civil society organizations and AI creators and users to form the U.S. AI Safety Consortium.
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- MXene-coated Devices Can Guide Microwaves in Space and Lighten Payloads
  
  February 07, 2024
  One of the most important components of satellites that enable telecommunication is the waveguide, which is a metal tube for guiding radio waves. It is also one of the heaviest payloads satellites carry into orbit. As with all space technology, reducing weight means reducing the amount of expensive and greenhouse gas-producing fuel it takes to launch a rocket, or increasing the number of devices carried by the same rocket to space. Researchers from Drexel University and the University of British Columbia are trying to lighten the load by creating and testing a waveguide made from 3D-printed polymers coated with a conductive nanomaterial called MXene.
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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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- Students, Faculty Represent Drexel University at COP28 Through Dialogue and Research
  
  January 12, 2024
  Over two weeks, 11 community members traveled to Dubai to engage in talk of climate solutions.
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