Li Named NATAS Fellow for 2014
Professor Christopher Li has been selected as the North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS) Fellow for 2014. This distinction recognizes NATAS members with “a history of distinguished scientific...
View ArticleMaterials Faculty Receive Funding for Innovation Seed Grants
Drexel Materials faculty have received seed funding to pursue innovative biomedical research in collaboration with faculty from the College of Medicine.
View Article25 Years of the Materials Lounge in LeBow
Drexel University’s LeBow Engineering Building opened its doors in 1989 and became the new home for the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Since that time, the Department has emerged as a...
View ArticleDrexel Materials Engineers Improve Strength, Flexibility of Atom-Thick Films
Making a paper airplane in school used to mean trouble. Today it signals a promising discovery in materials science research that could help next-generation technology –like wearable energy storage...
View ArticleShaping the Future of Energy Storage With Conductive Clay
In the race to find materials of ever increasing thinness, surface area and conductivity to make better performing battery electrodes, a lump of clay might have just taken the lead. A research group...
View ArticleKelsey Hatzell Awarded Two Honors at the MRS 2014 Fall Meeting
At the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston November 30 –December 5, 2014, PhD candidate Kelsey Hatzell (advisor: Yury Gogotsi) received the MRS Graduate Student Silver Award for a presentation on...
View ArticleExplore Energy, Sports and More at the Fifth Annual Philly Materials Day
Running across liquid, making ice cream in seconds, and bendable glass may sound like special effects from a movie, but these “tricks” can be attributed to the very real field of materials science and...
View ArticleBoris Dyatkin Receives DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Award
PhD candidate Boris Dyatkin (advisor: Yury Gogotsi) has received a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award for the project, “In situ Neutron Scattering...
View ArticleDr. Andrew Magenau to Join Department in Fall 2015
Dr. Andrew Magenau will join the department in September 2015 as Assistant Professor. Currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Pennsylvania State University, Dr....
View ArticleDrexel Research Into Two-Dimensional Materials Shows Great Potential For...
Not having to constantly charge one’s phone or to be able to drive a car for 500 miles without a fill-up or a charge are technical advances most people would appreciate. Drexel researchers, along with...
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