EVENTS
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Welcome Back Reception
Join the CoE in welcoming new and returning faculty, staff and students while celebrating the start of a new academic year! When: October 3, 2008 4:00-7:00 p.m. Where: Bossone Lobby Click here for more information. NTI Nanotechnology Conference 2008Register online for the NTI Nanotechnology Conference 2008, co-sponsored by the A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute. Click here for more information. February 16-20, 2009 To make a nomination for the Engineer of the Year, please click here.
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DEAN'S MESSAGE
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The hard work and dedication of our students, faculty and staff has led our University's climb to the top. We are thrilled that U.S.News & World Report has ranked Drexel 89th out of 260 schools in the "Best National Universities" and acknowledged the striking innovative leaps made by Drexel. The rankings demonstrate the success of not only the University, but of CoE. CoE has developed academic leadership through novel programs and excels in cutting-edge research. We practice a commitment to excellence, reflected in all the exciting happenings at the college. Enjoy reading this issue of e-Dragonotes!
Dr. Selçuk Güçeri
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DID YOU KNOW?
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Drexel has one of the oldest and most expansive co-operative education programs in the world where you can gain up to 18 months of résumé enhancing experience by the time you graduate.
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Drexel University Ranks as One of Nation's Top Innovative Schools
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Not only did Drexel University jump from 108 to 89 out of 260 schools in the 2009 U.S.News & World Report rankings for Best National Universities, but it also ranked sixth out of 20 schools selected as the top "up-and-coming schools." These are regarded as "schools that everyone should be watching." The report stated "These colleges may not be at the top of their rankings (yet), but they're tops for innovation." Drexel is also identified by U.S.News & World Report as offering one of the best cooperative education programs in the country. In addition, Drexel University was ranked third among top undergraduate entrepreneurship programs by the Princeton Review. For more information on Drexel's rankings by U.S.News & World Report, please click here. For more information on Drexel's rankings by the Princeton Review, please click here.
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ASME Chapter Races in Philly's
Red Bull Soap Box Derby
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Drexel's chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) competed with more than 40 teams to win a place in soap box history at Philadelphia's Red Bull Soap Box Derby on September 6. Raymond Brown '11 (MEM), Jonathan Mahler '09 (MEM), Chris Muenker '11 (MEM) and Pat Sweeney '11 (MEM) raced a Dragon-shaped vehicle designed by ASME members. Despite torrential downpours and other teams crashing into haystacks, disqualifying them before reaching the end, Drexel's Dragon Force still raced down Manayunk's 1,785 ft. course placing at 15th in the rankings. The event was open to the public and admission was free. For more information on Drexel's ASME chapter in the soap box derby, please click here.
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David Staack to Become Faculty Member at Texas A & M University
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Doctoral candidate David Staack '08 (MEM) has accepted a tenure-track faculty position at Texas A&M in the Mechanical Engineering Department starting January 2009. David is the second of CoE's Ph.D. students to join Texas A&M faculty from Drexel. While at Drexel, David has been pursuing research into novel micro- and nano- scale plasma discharges for applications in materials fabrication and biomedicine under the supervision of Drs. Baki Farouk (MEM) and Alexander Fridman (MEM). At Texas A&M, David plans to establish his own laboratory focusing on plasma engineering and applications. For more information, please click here.
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Student Organizations Host Engineering Field Day
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To take advantage of the final days of summer, CoE, ASME, ASHRAE, BMES, IEEE and SWE hosted an Engineering Field Day in the Korman Quad on August 20. Students enjoyed carnival games including a dunk tank, a sponge race, hoola-hoops and a football throw. Prizes were awarded to the top competitors in each game. A bake sale, free water ice and music helped round out the afternoon. The college would like to extend a special thanks to all of the participants and the student organizations.
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3D Imaging for Historical and Archaeological Research
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A team of faculty which includes Fernand Cohen, PI, (ECE); Ko Nishino (CS) , Ali Shokoufandeh (CS), Patrice Jeppson (Westphal), and Glen J. Muschio (Westphal), co-PI's, received a $737,737 three-year grant titled, "The 3D Colonial Philadelphia Project-Digital Restoration of Thin-Shell Objects for Historical and Archeological Research and Interpretation" from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The objective of the highly interdisciplinary project is to develop novel computer vision research technology that can assist in the reconstruction of ceramic artifacts recovered from within an excavation context, which often times are fragmentary and with missing pieces.
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