The Office of Faculty Affairs is accepting applications for the Spring 2020 session of CANOPI. CANOPI (Creating a Narrative of Professional Involvement) for faculty uses a 3:1 mentee/mentor model to facilitate the development of professional involvement narratives for Drexel faculty. The program is open to all Drexel faculty who have completed two or more years of service at Drexel, including as adjunct faculty. Priority consideration will be given to applicants who plan to utilize their narratives for upcoming professional or developmental activities. Space is limited, and we encourage faculty who wish to take advantage of the program to apply by October 2, 2020. For questions, please contact Prof. Mesha Hunte-Brown or the Office of Faculty Affairs at facultyaffairs@drexel.edu.

This fall, Drexel Libraries presents a series of webinars that highlight just a few of the resources, strategies and tools that faculty, researchers, professional staff and students can utilize to strengthen their own connections to scholarship. Expert librarians will share their knowledge to support faculty and researchers’ productivity and to prepare graduate students for successful research practices.

The Office of the Provost is accepting applications for Sabbatical leave for the 2021-2022 academic year. Each eligible applicant must submit a written proposal for a Sabbatical Leave to their Department Head electronically by October 31, 2020. For more information on the procedures and requirements for application, visit the Provost’s website.

Gail Rosen, PhD, professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has received funding from NSF for the project “Collaborative Research: IIBR Informatics: Keeping up with the genomes - Continual Learning of Metagenomic Data.” This project uses artificial intelligence to identify organisms and their genes that live in microbiomes.

Baris Taskin, PhD, professor in ECE, and Kapil Dandekar, PhD, E. Warren Colehower Chair in ECE, received funding from NSF for “CNS Core: Small: Wireless Interconnect Networks on Multi-Die Systems.” This project investigates computing system, VLSI, antenna design and networking principles for the integration of a novel Through-Silicon-Via-Antenna (TVSA)-based wireless network system into semiconductor devices packaged in the form factor of heterogeneous multi-die integration.

Amir (Yaghoob) Farnam, PhD, assistant professor in Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (CAEE), received a two-year award from Compass Minerals America to evaluate and develop phase change materials (PCMs) for concrete deicing applications. PCMs provide a sustainable solution to revolutionize anti-icing and snow-melting practices.

Associate Professor Miguel Pando, PhD (CAEE), has been appointed a member on the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Civil, Industrial and Systems Engineering Group for a three-year term ending June 30, 2023.

Assistant Professor Shannon Capps, PhD (CAEE), was elected by the members of the American Association for Aerosol Research to serve as vice chair of the Atmospheric Aerosols working group. She will serve a two-year term, beginning as vice chair in October for the 2021 AAAR conference, then as chair and a member of the 2022 conference program committee.

Internal Competition Deadline: October 5, 2020

Internal Competition Deadline: October 16, 2020

Internal Competition Deadline: November 13, 2020

Full Proposal Deadline: October 7, 2020

Full Proposal Deadline (Division of Materials Research): October 15, 2020

Topic Idea Submission Deadline: October 30, 2020

The Office of Research & Innovation has released their Fall 2020 training session schedule. More information can be found at: drexel.edu/research/news/events