Allyson Bachta

The Integrated Education movement in Northern Ireland began in March 1972, when Ms. Cecil Linehan, a Catholic parent, first publically suggested that the educational system be used to help children through the conflict best known as "The Troubles." This led to the.... more

Lauren Scull

Thanks to the assistance I received from the International Travel Award, I was able to attend the 19th Annual Meeting of the International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations and the 22nd International Symposium on ALS/MND in Sydney, Australia.... more

Julianne Holloway
College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering

I recently spent four months (August 26th – December 17th, 2011) in Manchester, United Kingdom researching at the University of Manchester under the advisement of Drs. Anthony Freemont and Brian Saunders. My research project was titled, "Improvement of the yield strain of double cross-linked microgels."... more

Julianne Holloway
College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering

As a Drexel chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate, I have been performing research on the development of a fiber-reinforced hydrogel composite for meniscal replacement for the past several years. Meniscal injuries constitute a significant portion of... more

Carlos Perez
College of Engineering

Last month I had opportunity to present my work at CESEP'11, the fourth international conference on Carbons for Energy Storage/Conversion and Environment Protection, following the initiatives of the French, Polish and Spanish Carbon Groups, the organizers of the ... more

Jeffrey Scott
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

The annual Sound and Music Computing (SMC) Conference is an international venue for discussion and networking between interdisciplinary researchers with such diverse backgrounds such as computer science, engineering, information science, musicology and psychology... more

Anitha Manohar
School of Biomedical Engineering

I had an overall culturally and scientifically enriching experience during the 10th international summer school on Biocomplexity from Gene to System at the Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. The summer school was sponsored by NSF, IEEE-EMBS society and... more

Brian Dolhansky
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

I recently traveled to Padua, Italy to attend the Sound and Music Computing Conference to present my latest research on expressive drum gestures performed with mobile devices. The conference was held at the Palazzo Bo, a building which was originally... more

Nora Madison
Department of Culture & Communication

I attended the biannual conference of the International Association for the Study of Sex, Culture, and Society in Madrid, Spain. The International Travel Award through Drexel's Office of International Programs allowed me the remarkable opportunity to... more

Heng Yang
Department of Biomedical Engineering

I had a chance to attend the ISMB/ECCB conference held in Vienna, Austria. The goal of this annual, international Bioinformatics and Computational Biology conference is to gather researchers from around the world to share their achievements in... more

Dal Hyung Kim
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

I participated in ICRA 2011 to present our research in the oral session. Our research is to develop a micro- or nanoscale cellular robot using microorganisms from nature to perform a variety of microscale tasks such as... more

Blake Johnson
College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering

At the time of the conference I was finishing my third year as a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering. My PhD work is focused on developing biosensing technology and applications as a member ....more

Riju Singhal
College of Engineering, Material Science

I attended the American Society of Mechanical Engineers-International Mechanical Engineers Conference and Exposition (ASME-IMECE) 2010 conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from November 12-18, to give ....more

Yajaira Curiel
College of Nursing and Health Professions

Thanks to the Office of International Programs, I was granted the opportunity to attend the XIX World Family Therapy Congress in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands. This was my first time traveling to a European country. Noordwijkerhout is a ....more

Anna Lisa Varri
Department of Physics

I recently returned from a very exciting International Conference held at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) premises in Santiago, Chile. ESO is the largest European intergovernmental science and technology organization in astronomy. It carries out a large-scale programme focused on the design, construction and operation of ....more

Sumona Sarkar
College of Biomedical Engineering

The Second International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials was held March 6-10, 2011 in Strasbourg, France and was a highly relevant forum for my current line of research. I am a biomedical engineering PhD candidate and am grateful to have received the ....more

Kevin Cunningham

With the help of the International Travel Award, I was able to travel to Belfast, UK to attend the Applied Reconfigurable Computing (ARC) Conference at Queen's University of Belfast during March 23-25, 2011. This trip was both my first academic conference and my first opportunity to travel internationally. The conference was small, yet drew attendance from.....more

Haley Dervinis

I was able to attend the Comparative International Education Society (CIES) annual conference in Montreal, QC this May 2011. At the conference, I presented my graduate research with a fellow Drexel Global and International Education (GIE) classmate. I attended several other presentations and was able to discuss some of today's most pressing issues....more

Monique Walker
College of Nursing and Health Professions

I attended the International Family Therapy Association's yearly conference this year which was held in The Netherlands. While at the conference I was a part of two presentations, the first was titled Beyond Theory: The Use of Self in Therapy and the other, a discussion group in which I was one of the ...more

Ana Hernandez
College of Nursing and Health Professions

My two colleagues and I arrived at Schiphol airport on Tuesday morning very much excited and looking forward to our six nights in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We immediately looked for the airport shuttle designation area where we met Damian a fairly tall friendly Dutch young man who was the point...more