7.27 NSF Grant Backs Drexel Effort to Improve Self-Assembling Polymer Capsules The grant funds further research on crystalsomes, microscopic hollow polymer capsules, this time to build their curved, responsive walls without help from an outside template.
7.2 Wenderott Receives NSF-CAREER Award The project will develop new visible-light-activated photocatalysts that could lead to more efficient generation of useful, value-added products while supporting cleaner, more sustainable technologies.
5.5 A Materials Scientist Who Refuses to Be Just One Thing Alessandra Cabrera, materials science and engineering '26, has spent five years at Drexel doing research, running a literary journal, designing stage backdrops, and mentoring the next generation of engineers. This spring, she takes the stage as the College of Engineering's undergraduate commencement speaker.