Faculty collaboration with alumnus bears fruit

March 25, 2021

A Message from the Associate Dean

In celebration of Women’s Herstory Month, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Women in Engineering Library Guide. A collaboration between assistant teaching professor Dr. Jennie Atchison (MEM), PhD student Mi Thant Mon Soe (MEM), and library staff Kumru Kastro, Jay Bhatt, and Sam Kirk, the guide showcases resources for gender inclusive engineering education. I encourage you to read more about this project and to immerse yourself in the tools that it offers.

Caroline Schauer, PhD

Associate Dean, Research and Faculty Affairs

Announcements

2021 Student Life Impact Award Nominations

Nominations for the 2021 Impact Awards are now open. The Impact Awards, presented by Student Life, celebrate and honor positive contributions to our Drexel community. To view the complete list of awards and their descriptions and to nominate deserving candidates, visit the Impact Awards page. Nominations must be submitted by Monday, April 5.

IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference Call for Papers

The 2021 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference will be held October 19 – 23. IEEE GHTC 2021 is a flagship international conference sharing practical technology-enabled solutions supporting achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by addressing the needs of underserved communities in resource constrained environments around the world. Stakeholders from the public, private, education and research, societal, funding and donor sectors are invited to submit oral presentation proposals or short or full papers. Submissions are due May 1. For complete details on topics and submission see the IEEE website.

Drexel Engineering alumnus Dante Sawatzky needed help monitoring temperatures in his apple orchard. ECE researcher Christopher Peters gave him a head start. Read more.

Seen and Heard

Yury Gogotsi, PhD, Distinguished University and Bach Professor of materials science and engineering, was quoted in a March 10 Materials Today post about a new development in nanodiamond research at the University College of London that could improve diagnostic health tests.

L. James Lo, PhD, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, was quoted in a March 11 Honolulu Civil Beat story about the need to develop air quality standards before businesses can safely reopen.

Matthew Stamm, PhD, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, was interviewed in a March 15 WCAU-TV (NBC-10) story about the danger of "deep fake" videos and pictures and how to spot them.