The Drexel University Teaching and Learning Center is an excellent resource for honing your teaching skills, discovering new pedagogical approaches, and gaining feedback for your teaching methods. Newer and more seasoned faculty alike will find useful resources and workshops. Faculty can also request to schedule teaching consultations or observations.  

This is also a reminder that Drexel is a KEEN partner, where you can find engineering-specific teaching resources. Please reach out if you have questions or need assistance with evolving your teaching! 

Jin Wen, PhD 

The Drexel Leaders: Advancing Dragon Leadership program (formerly Drexel Leaders 20/20) helps experienced faculty and professional staff leaders at Drexel University expand their leadership capabilities. Program participants attend in-person workshops where they learn from their own experiences, their colleagues' experiences, and experts in the field. Program participants use assessment results to reflect on their leadership practices. They create action plans for future development, learn with and from Drexel colleagues, and discover resources to help them on their leadership journeys.

To nominate an individual, or to self-nominate, please complete the nomination form by March 1, 2023.

Teng Zhang, a doctoral student, and Yury Gogotsi, PhD, Distinguished University and Bach professor of materials science and engineering, were quoted in a Feb. 10 American Ceramic Society “Ceramic Tech Today” blog post about MXene calligraphy ink developed by Zhang.

Steven May, PhD, professor and department head in materials science and engineering, was quoted in a Jan. 11 Philadelphia Inquirer story about Philly Materials Science and Engineering Day, hosted by Drexel.

NSF 

Molecular Foundations for Biotechnology (MFB) 

Design for Environmental Sustainability in Computing (DESC) 

DCL: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Supplemental Funding in Computer and Information Science and Engineering 

Future Manufacturing (FM) 

Global Centers (GC) 

DCL: Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals in Cybersecurity under U.S. NSF and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (German Research Foundation, DFG) Collaborative Research Opportunities 

NSF will be hosting a workshop to provide early career faculty with knowledge and strategies to enable the formulation of more competitive CAREER proposals for submission too the NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG) in 2023. The registration deadline is March 17, 2023. You can find more information and register here. 

NSF released a number of system updates in Research.gov, FastLane, and Grants.gov in accordance with the implementation of the revised Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) for proposals submitted or due on or after January 30, 2023. Please review the full announcement here. 

Applications for Lockheed Martin's STEM Scholarship Program for undergraduate students and Vocational Scholarship are open until March 31, 2023. Please share this with anybody who may be eligible and interested. 

DOE Request for Information: Offshore Wind Centers of Excellence and Synergies Between Offshore Wind, Marine Energy, and Aquaculture

DOE Intends to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled "Joint Office of Energy and Transportation Ride and Drive Electric, Fiscal Year 2023 Funding Opportunity Announcement." Please view the full announcement for more details. 

Drexel's Department of Environmental Health and Radiation Safety (EHRS) changed their department email address to ehrs@drexel.edu. The old email address, safeheal@drexel.edu, will still be active in the interim as they transition to this new account.