Drexel University’s College of Engineering is proud to announce the
recipients of the 2025 Longsview Fellowships, Carleone Faculty Awards, and
Grimes Family Faculty Awards. These prestigious awards recognize outstanding
faculty research initiatives that align with the university’s strategic
goals, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation in
engineering and related fields.
These programs support tenure-track or tenured faculty members engaged in
high-quality scholarship, technology commercialization, and research that
secures extramural funding from agencies such as the NIH, DOD, and NSF. Each
award supports faculty research that aligns with Drexel's commitment to
advancing knowledge, fostering collaboration, and addressing pressing
societal challenges through innovative engineering solutions.
Longsview Fellowships
The Longsview Fellowship focuses on fostering interdisciplinary research
collaborations at the intersections of Drexel researchers' expertise. This
program particularly emphasizes projects that address key challenges in
health, renewable energy, sustainability, and smart cities.
This year’s Longsview Fellowship recipients and their projects are:
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Health, Wellness, and Medicine
Integrating Soft Robotic Hands into Mobile Manipulation Systems for
Smart Living
Principal Investigator: Yue (Luna) Zheng, PhD (Mechanical
Engineering and Mechanics)
Co-Investigator: Lifeng Zhou, PhD (Electrical and Computer
Engineering)
- Renewable Energy and Power
AI for Lab Notebooks: Supplanting Manual Entry with a Virtual Lab
Assistant
Principal Investigator: Jill Wenderott, PhD (Materials
Science and Engineering)
Co-Investigator: Shadi Rezapour, PhD (College of Computing
and Informatics)
- Resource Stewardship and Sustainability
Understanding the Impacts of Circular Water Strategies on Flood
Mitigation and Climate Resilience for Urban Communities
Principal Investigator: Amanda Carneiro Marques, PhD
(Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering)
Co-Investigator: Fernanda Campos da Cruz Rios, PhD (Civil,
Architectural, and Environmental Engineering)
- Smart Cities: Physical Cyber Infrastructure
Enhanced 3D Printing of Low-Carbon, Eco-Friendly, Earth-Based
Matrices Using Biopolymers, Fibers, and AI-Based Optimization
Principal Investigator: Miguel Pando, PhD (Civil,
Architectural, and Environmental Engineering)
Co-Investigators: Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou, PhD, and Ivan
Bartoli, PhD (Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering)
Carleone Faculty Awards
The Carleone Faculty Award supports feasibility studies for high-risk,
high-reward research ideas, particularly those fostering interdisciplinary
and intercollegiate collaboration within Drexel.
This year’s Carleone Faculty Award recipients and their projects are:
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Accelerating Synthesizability of Beyond-Binary Mixed Anion Materials
Principal Investigator: Jill Wenderott, PhD (Materials
Science and Engineering)
Co-Investigators: Yong-Jie Hu, PhD (Materials Science and Engineering), Kaidi Xu, PhD (College of Computing and
Informatics)
- Foundation Models for Fast Perception, Planning, and Control of
Autonomous Vehicles
Principal Investigator: Lifeng Zhou, PhD (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
Co-Investigator: Kaidi Xu, PhD (College of Computing and
Informatics)
Grimes Family Faculty Awards
The Grimes Family Faculty Award promotes interdisciplinary and
intercollegiate collaboration with a strong emphasis on driving innovation
and positioning Drexel as a leader in its key research areas.
This year’s Grimes Family Faculty Award recipients and their projects are:
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Materials in Chocolate Waste Stream
Principal Investigator: Caroline Schauer, PhD (Materials
Science and Engineering)
Co-Investigators: Jonathan Deutsch, PhD (College of Nursing
and Health Professions), Rachel Sherman (College of Nursing and Health
Professions)
- Sensorimotor Control in Older Adults While Cycling in Real-World and
Virtual Reality Environments
Principal Investigator: James Tangorra, PhD (Mechanical
Engineering and Mechanics)
Co-Investigator: Sudeshna Chatterjee, PhD (College of
Nursing and Health Professions)
The College of Engineering congratulates all the awardees and looks forward
to the impactful research and innovations that will emerge from these
interdisciplinary collaborations.