Research and Faculty Affairs Newsletter

December 10, 2020

A Message from the Associate Dean

My heartfelt appreciation and admiration goes out to each and every one of you for making it through an unusual quarter with grace and dedication to our students, research, and service. I hope you can take some time to unplug and spend time with family, even if it is from afar.

As a reminder, my team and I are here for you. Please feel free to connect with us to share your questions, suggestions, and concerns. Explore our faculty affairs resources, including access to videos from the Drexel Engineering Faculty Development Series.

Caroline Schauer, PhD

Associate Dean, Research and Faculty Affairs

‘The Civil Discourse’ Visits with Donna Riley

After presenting a lecture in the CASTLE 2020 Seminar Series in February, Donna Riley, Kamyar Haghighi Head of the School of Engineering Education and Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University, sat down with Pennoni Honors College Dean Paula Marantz Cohen, PhD, for her show, The Civil Discourse. The interview examines gender norms in STEM fields, engineers’ responsibility to address the global climate crisis, and the way in which Riley’s guidebook can be a tool to effect social change through science. Watch Video

New Engineering Department Launches

Formed from a number of existing disciplines, Engineering Leadership and Society seeks to educate a new generation of engineers to approach challenges with analytical minds and community-focused hearts. Read more.

Alternative Clean Water Source in Face of Climate Change

Drexel alumnus Bilen Akuzum is using electrochemical technology to make clean water accessible to those whose traditional sources are being affected by climate change. Read more.

Announcements

Faculty Academic Student Resources Site

A new site has been developed in BBLearn to serve as a “one stop shop” of academic resources for faculty.This site has academic policies, best practices for teaching and learning, student conduct info, incomplete contract policy and form and resources for students that faculty can help spread the word about. To access the site, visit BBLearn and find Faculty Academic Student Resources under Administrative Terms.

Drexel Libraries 'ScholarSip' Event on YouTube

Professor Usama Bilal, Assistant Professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health and the Urban Health Collaborative, presented a talk on "Responding to COVID-19 through Research and Scientific Problem-Solving" as part of Drexel Libraries' ScholarSip series earlier this week. The talk presented a “food for thought” discussion on how COVID-19 has amplified societal inequities. The video is now available for replay on the Libraries YouTube page.

Congratulations

Maureen Tang, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, was named to the 2020 Class of Influential Researchers by Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, a publication of the American Chemical Society. The publication identified the class of influential, early career researchers (those with 10 or so years in their independent research career) on the basis of the quality and impact of their research.

In the News

CAEE’s Jin Wen provided expertise to The New York Times on the effectiveness of space heaters for indoor climate control.

A collaboration between CBE’s Maureen Tang, MEM’s Antonios Kontsos and the Academy of Natural Sciences to teach computers to recognize spotted lanterfly eggs was featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

In an interview with CNET, MEM’s Ajmal Yousuff explained how satellites are kept on their orbital path using propulsion to keep access to space predictable.