We are excited to announce our first faculty development event of the year. On Tuesday, November 29 at 11:30 a.m., Dr. Jennie Atchison will present about KEEN and the resources available to all faculty through this program. The brown bag lunch will be held in Hill Seminar Room and will include a virtual option for those not on campus. Stay tuned for further details. 

Finally, please nominate your colleagues and students for the 2023 College of Engineering Awards! This is a wonderful opportunity to recognize the achievements of our faculty, staff, and students. 

Drexel researchers make a breakthrough in battery technology, using a plentiful material as a new electrode. Read more

This story is featured in the College of Engineering's research highlights magazine. For more in-depth research features, visit the website for Dragon Discoveries.

Nominations are now open for the 2023 Drexel University College of Engineering Awards. Award categories, descriptions, and links can be found here. Nominations may be submitted by any College of Engineering faculty member (tenure-track, tenured, teaching, research, adjunct, Dean, Associate Deans, etc.) or professional staff member, and no self-nominations are permitted. Deadline for nominations is Friday, November 18, 2022.

The Drexel Staff Assembly - Engineering (DSA-E), open to all Drexel Engineering staff members, has recently appointed new Co-Chairs and Committee Reps as follows:

All staff are invited to attend the DSA-E General Body Meetings, taking place the second Thursday in January, April, July, and October. Dean Walker will help to kick off the 2023 meetings in January! For questions, please contact Dorilona Rose at dr62@drexel.edu.

Proposals for the Manufacturing PA Innovation Program are due by Monday, November 7, 2022 at 5 p.m. Eastern. Please visit the program proposal page for more information about the program requirements and to submit proposals.

SWE is currently recruiting panelists from different engineering disciplines and backgrounds for both an academic and industry panel. If you are interested in becoming a panelist, please fill out the interest form by December 1.

Yury Gogotsi, PhD, Distinguished University and Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Professor, was quoted in an Oct. 19 Denník (Slovakia) story about how scientists learn from setbacks.

NIH: Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) 

Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS)

NSF will be hosting the Fall 2022 NSF Virtual Grants Conference from November 14 – 17, 2022. Please visit the NSF Grants Conference page for more information and to register.

The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit will be held from March 22-24, 2023 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention in National Harbor, MD. The Summit is an annual conference and technology showcase that brings together energy experts from the forefront of different technical disciplines and professional communities to discuss how to overcome America's energy challenges in new and innovative ways. You can find more information on the Summit and how to register here.

DOE Intends to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Section 41006(a)(2): U.S. Tidal Energy Advancement." Please view the full announcement for more details.

DOE Intends to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law FOA to Address Key Development Challenges for Offshore, Land-Based, and Distributed Wind." Please view the full announcement for more details.

DOE's Office of Technology Transitions Intends to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled "FY22 Advanced Materials and manufacturing Technologies – Building Technologies Office Multi-topic Funding Opportunity Announcement." Please view the full announcement for more details.

DOE Intends to issue its annual "Appropriated Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF)" solicitation. Please view the full announcement for more details.