Materials Ph.D Students Receive MRS Gold and Silver Awards
Two materials Ph.D. students received Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Awards at the 2014 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit in San Francisco, CA.
View ArticleMaterials Students Receive 2014 Drexel Engineering Graduate Fellowships
Eight Drexel Materials Ph.D. students have been selected to receive College of Engineering Fellowships.
View ArticleDrexel Materials Student Attends Intel ISEF as Special Awards Judge
B.S. student Alex McBride (advisor: Yury Gogotsi) represented Drexel University as a special awards judge at the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) held in Los Angeles, CA,...
View ArticleB.S./M.S. Student Emily Buck Receives Prestigious Whitaker International...
B.S./M.S. student Emily Buck (advisor: Caroline Schauer) is a recipient of a Whitaker International Program Fellowship.
View ArticleDrexel Materials Students Receive Drexel University’s Most Prestigious...
Drexel Materials students have proven themselves to be exceptional among their peers in all disciplines and have been acknowledged with a slate of prestigious Drexel University end of the year awards,...
View ArticleSpanier wins 2014 College of Engineering Excellence in Research Award
Professor Jonathan Spanier has won a 2014 College of Engineering Excellence in Research Award for his discovery of new sustainable energy generation materials for light harvesting technologies.
View ArticleDrexel Materials Graduates and Department Awardees Honored at Annual...
The department bid farewell to its graduating students at the annual commencement dinner on Friday, June 13, 2014 at 6 PM at the University Club. Faculty, staff, and students receiving 2013-2014...
View ArticleGogotsi Named "Highly Cited Researcher 2014" by Thomson-Reuters
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Distinguished University and Trustee Chair Professor Yury Gogotsi has been recognized as a “Highly Cited Researcher 2014” by Thomson-Reuters. Researchers...
View ArticleRondinelli and May Win ACerS 2014 Ross Coffin Purdy Award
Drexel Materials assistant professors Steven May and James Rondinelli, along with colleague John Freeland from Argonne National Laboratory, are the recipients of the 2014 American Ceramic Society’s...
View ArticleMXenes, Fabric Batteries, Solar Energy: Cutting-Edge Drexel Materials...
New materials development is at the heart of breakthrough research in materials science and engineering and Drexel Materials is at the forefront of new materials research and applications. The unique...
View ArticleGogotsi News and Views Article Published in Nature
During the past 5 to 7 years, the energy storage field has witnessed a dramatic expansion in research directed at materials that might combine the high energy density of batteries with the long cycle...
View ArticleGallagher and Huang Receive Tau Beta Pi Scholarships
B.S. students Brittany Gallagher and Ziyin Huang are recipients of Tau Beta Pi Scholarships for the 2014-15 academic year. This award is given based on scholarship, campus leadership, service, and a...
View ArticleTucker Receives NSF Division of Materials Research Grant
Professor Garritt Tucker has been awarded a three-year $183,000 National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research grant through the Metals and Metallic Nanostructures program for his project...
View ArticleLi Receives Funding to Explore Nanoparticle Assembly for Optical and...
Professor Christopher Li has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for his project "Self and Programmable Assembly of Nanoparticles with Multicompartment Polymer Brushes." The...
View ArticleDrexel Materials Expands Outreach to High School Students with 3rd Annual...
In July and August 2014, the department held the third annual Drexel University Materials Science & Engineering Summer Institute, a week-long program for rising high school juniors and seniors....
View ArticleSpanier and Taheri Receive Promotions
Dr. Jonathan Spanier has been promoted to full professor and Dr. Mitra Taheri has received tenure and been promoted to Hoeganaes Associate Professor as of September 1, 2014.
View ArticleDrexel Materials Alumnus Helps Form Team to Bring Improved Maternal and Child...
A humanitarian medical mission may not be the place one would expect to find a materials scientist and engineer. An interest in helping others is what led materials scientist and engineer Dr. Ronald...
View ArticleMaterials Made To Order: Dr. Garritt J. Tucker and the Computational...
Envision custom ordering a material to particular specifications that was stronger, lighter, able to heal itself, or never failed when used for the particular purpose for which it was made. Assistant...
View ArticleDrexel to Host Fiber Society Meeting
Drexel University will host for the first time the fall meeting and technical conference of the Fiber Society, to take place October 22-24, 2014 at the Chemical Heritage Foundation and at Drexel...
View ArticleProfessor Ekaterina Pomerantseva’s Materials Electrochemistry Laboratory...
“Energy” was placed at the top of the list of Humanity’s Top 10 Problems for the Next 50 Years, as developed by Nobel Prize Winner Richard Smalley. This energy challenge of today requires developments...
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