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DEAN'S MESSAGE
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CoE has reached the most exciting time of the year, National Engineers Week. This year, we'll celebrate with a series of events February 15-19 held on Drexel's campus and in Philadelphia. We take great pride in celebrating the hard work of our students, faculty, staff and alumni. CoE believes it's important to recognize the efforts engineers are making to create a better tomorrow. It's not only a way of saying thank you for your dedication; it's a way of raising awareness of the contributions made to the sciences and technology. During our week-long activities, we'll have the pleasure of honoring one of the finest leaders in engineering, Dr. Charles M. Vest, as our 2010 Engineer of the Year. As president of the National Academy of Engineering and president emeritus of the
Massachusettes Institute of Technology (MIT), Dr. Vest is a role model to our community. We hope you'll join us in celebrating Engineers Week as we recognize the accomplishments of our invaluable engineers.
Selcuk Guceri
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| Dr. Charles Vest Named 2010 Engineer of the Year |
Dr. Charles Vest, President of the National Academy of Engineering (2007-Present) and President Emeritus of MIT (1990-2004) has been named the Drexel Engineer of the Year. The award will be presented to Dr. Vest at an awards ceremony culminating Drexel's National Engineers Week celebration February 15-19. Dr. Vest received the 2006 National Medal of Technology for
his visionary leadership in advancing America's technological workforce and
capacity for innovation through revitalizing the national partnership among
academia, government and industry. He earned a BS in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University in 1963 and MSE and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1964 and 1967. For more information on Dr. Vest and Drexel's Engineers Week celebrations, please click here.
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Drexel Celebrates Engineers Week
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CoE will host its 2010 Engineers Week celebration February 15-19. This nationally recognized week raises public awareness regarding the important contributions engineers bring to all aspects of life. CoE will hold a variety of events during the week to promote recognition among parents, teachers and students of the significance of a technical education in an effort to motivate youth to pursue engineering and technology careers. For more information on CoE's Engineers Week and the full schedule, please click here.
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Alumnus Michael Witkowski Named Young Engineer of the Year
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Michael Witkowski (MEM) '99 and (CAEE) '07 has been named the 2010 Delaware Valley Young Engineer of the Year. Mr. Witkowski has been active in Drexel's Alumni Association, and he received the 2007 Drexel University Alumni Young Leadership Award. Mr. Witkowski is also active in the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE). For more information on Mr. Witkowski and his Engineer of the Year award, please click here.
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Y-Carbon Receives 2009 "Company to Watch" Enterprise Award
 Y-Carbon, the start-up company of Dr. Yury Gogotsi (MSE) and former PhD student Ranjan Dash (MSE) and former Drexel post-doc Gleb Yushin, has received a 2009 "Company to Watch" award at the Enterprise Awards presented by Eastern Technology Council. Y-Carbon, a start-up company founded at Drexel University, is pioneering a family of novel high-performance porous carbon materials to meet the needs of a variety of markets that are looking for new, advanced high quality materials.
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Drs. Frank Moon and Emin Aktan Receive $2 Million Grant
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Drs. Frank Moon (PI, CAEE) and Emin Aktan (Co-PI, CAEE) received a NIST grant of $2,108,282 for five years. The goal of the research project is to develop an Automated Nondestructive Evaluation and Rehabilitation System (ANDERS) for bridges, which will use a combination of human-operated and robotic vehicles to allow rapid, comprehensive application across a large number of bridge types. This multi-institutional research will be conducted in cooperation with Rutgers University, PD-LD, Inc., Mala GeoSciences USA, Inc. and Pennoni Associates. The NIST grant total for the project is $8,810,000.
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