May 4, 2023
Dear Colleagues,

Did you know that Drexel is a member of the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD), a nationally recognized, independent organization that provides online career development and mentoring resources for faculty, post-docs and graduate students? You can create your free account to access a wealth of resources including The Faculty Success Program that can help you to increase research and writing productivity while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. 
 
Let me know how this resource has been of assistance to you. 
 
Warm regards, 
Associate Dean, Faculty Advancement 
Interim Associate Dean, Research 
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Announcements
Faculty and Staff Spring COE Meeting

Join Dean Walker for the Faculty and Staff Spring COE Meeting on Wednesday, May 10 in the Hill Seminar room. Please join us in person, but for those not on campus, please use Zoom link: https://drexel.zoom.us/j/84869647967?from=addon


Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty Workload Policy Feedback

The College of Engineering’s Policy and Procedure Committee (PPC) has voted unanimously to pass the Tenured and Tenure-track Faculty Workload policy. To promote equity across the college as well as to address requirements at the University level for colleges to define workload, the PPC focused its initial efforts on creating a T/TT faculty workload policy. At the same time, the University has drafted an updated NTT policy, which is expected to go into effect by next academic year. In response to the final draft policy, which may be accessed here, the PPC seeks feedback from Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty by May 8. Please share your comments via this Qualtrics form.

DEI Legacy Award Nominations and Banquet

Nominations are now open for the Inaugural Drexel Engineering Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Legacy Awards. The awards recognize DEI leadership and advocacy in undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff and will be awarded at the first annual Engineering DEI Banquet on Wednesday, May 24 at 6 p.m. in Van Rensselaer Ballroom. The banquet will also honor graduate and undergraduate students of color graduating from the College of Engineering with an official Kente stole. Diane C. Lee. PhD, will provide a keynote address for the evening. RSVP and award nominations are open now until Friday, May 5.. We look forward to having you join us for this incredible evening of celebration.
Seen and Heard
Charles Haas, PhD, LD Betz Professor of Environmental Engineering, was quoted in a May 2 Philadelphia Inquirer story about the city's struggles to implement wastewater surveillance testing.

Research by Vibha Kalra, PhD, George B. Francis Chair Professor in chemical and biological engineering, on developing stable electrode materials for lithium-sulfur batteries, was highlighted in an April 27 Tek Deeps post about the evolution and future of smart phone batteries.

Abieyuwa Aghayere, PhD, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, was quoted in an April 20 WNBC-TV (NBC-New York) story about the collapse of a five-story parking garage in Manhattan.

Upcoming Workshops
Events
Funding Opportunities
Internal 
 
Internal Submission Deadline: June 2, 2023 
 
Internal Submission Deadline: June 9, 2023 
 
NSF 
 
Full Proposal Deadline: May 26, 2023 
 
Full Proposal Deadline: May 31, 2023 
 
Spectrum and Wireless Innovation enabled by Future Technologies – Satellite-Terrestrial Coexistence (SWIFT-SAT)
Full Proposal Deadline: June 5, 2023 
 
Full Proposal Deadline: June 26, 2023 
 
Full Proposal Deadline: August 18, 2023 
 
Rolling Deadline 
 
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Other Federal Agencies 
 
Full Proposal Deadline: May 22, 2023 
 
Full Proposal Deadline: May 31, 2023 
Full Proposal Deadline: June 1, 2023 
 
Concept Paper (required) Deadline: June 5, 2023 
 
Other Sponsors 

Full Proposal Deadline: May 31, 2023 
 
Learning & Networking Resources 
 
The 2023 Energy Storage Systems Safety & Reliability Forum, sponsored by the Department of Energy Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program, provides a platform for discussing the current state of ESS Safety & Reliability and stratagems for improving cell-to-system level safety and reliability. This forum will be held from June 6 – 8. You can learn more and register here. 
 
In the Know 
 
NSF released an announcement with upcoming important system-related deadlines involving FastLane, Research.gov, and Grants.gov. Please review the full announcement here. 
 
NSF released a statement on the National Objectives for Digital Assets Research & Development. "The National R&D Agenda for Digital Assets will identify research frontiers that can in turn advance the underpinnings of digital assets as well as their many use cases."  You can learn more about this announcement here. 
 
RFI Deadline: June 2, 2023