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Fall 2009 News Archives

  • City Council Honors Captain Christopher Ferguson
    Captain Christopher J. Ferguson '84 (MEM), Hon. '09, commander of NASA's STS-126 Endeavour and STS-115 Atlantis space shuttles, will be honored by Philadelphia City Council today, December 3, 2009 at a ceremony at 10 a.m. at Philadelphia City Hall, room 400 (City Council Chambers).
  • Dr. Charles Vest Named Engineer of the Year
    Dr. Charles Vest, president of the National Academy of Engineering and President Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be honored as Drexel University’s 2010 Engineer of the Year.
  • Students Turn Bridge Into Living Laboratory
    CAEE students are gaining real-world experience with their latest experiment, the “Learning Bridge Project.” Students will use more than 100 sensors installed on their living laboratory, the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, to learn how bridges operate.
  • Smart House Unveils New Plans
    Drexel students unleashed the plans for their developing environmental-friendly home, the Smart House, November 18. The Smart House design plan includes daylight simulation lighting, reflective roof coatings, a lightweight green roof, biomass air filtration and other student-developed products.
  • Engineers Without Borders: Changing Communities Worldwide
    Drexel's chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has a journey ahead of them as they work to make a difference across the world.
  • Drexel Engineering Welcomes New Faculty
    In preparation for another successful academic year, CoE is excited to announce that we have 10 new faculty members joining us in the fall.
  • Formula Hybrid Team to Compete in Italy
    Drexel’s formula hybrid team is taking green racing to a new level in Rome, Italy October 7-9, at the Formula Electric and Hybrid 2009 competition.
  • Formula Hybrid Team Places Third in International Competition
    Drexel’s formula hybrid team took green racing to a new level in Rome, Italy October 7-9, at the Formula Electric and Hybrid 2009 competition taking home the third place title.
  • Moshe Kam: IEEE 2010 President-Elect
    Dr. Moshe Kam, department head and Robert Quinn Professor of ECE in CoE, was elected by the membership of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to serve as the organization's president-elect in 2010,the 49th president and CEO of IEEE in 2011 and as past president in 2012.
  • Talented Youth Join in Biotechnology and Bioengineering Efforts
    7th-10th grade students from Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) will take part in biotechnology and bioengineering experimental science and technology workshops at Drexel University.