Drexel Home
College of Engineering
Drexel.edu Site Map
Go to...
Colleges & Schools
Offices & Departments
Student Depts & Services
Contact Directories
------- Old Navigation Links ------
Contents/Index
Search
Admissions
Home
Prospective Students
Current Students
News
Get Involved
People
Research
Safety
Contact Us
What Is Materials?
Undergraduate
Graduate
Admissions and Online Application
Information
PhD
Masters
Undergraduate
Graduate
Scholarships and Fellowships
Academic Options and Curriculum
Specialization Tracks
Co-op Program
BS/MS
Double Major
Minor in Materials
Minor in Business
FAQ
MESPO
Student Profiles
MATE 100: 2-Day Course
MATE 495: Freshman Materials Research
Timeline
FAQ
Student Profiles
MAGNET
MRS
Archived News Items
eNewsletters
Annual Report
Brochures
Logos
Winter 2008
2007
2006
Archived Annual Reports
Summer Programs
GAANN
DREAM
SENSORS
RET-NANO
Materials Camp
GAANN-DREAM
GAANN-CMSE
Faculty
Staff
Post-Docs
Alumni
Academic
Research
Affiliated
Emeritus
FAQ
Listing
FAQ
FAQ
Profiles
AlumNews Winter 2008
Research Opportunities
Drexel Nanotechnology Institute
Visit Us!
Support MSE!
MSE Logos and Usage
Website Feedback
Home
>
News
>
Archived News Items
Materials News
Search news items for
Terms
Spring 2008
Winter 2008
Fall 2007
Summer 2007
Spring 2007
Winter 2007
Fall 2006
Summer 2006
Spring 2006
Winter 2006
Fall 2005
Summer 2005
Spring 2005
Winter 2005
Fall 2004
Summer 2004
Spring 2004
Winter 2004
Fall 2003
Summer 2003
Spring 2003
Winter 2003
Spring 2008
Apr 29 — Gogotsi et al. Article Featured as "Hot Paper"
Apr 28 — Jessica Schiffman is selected as NSF Lindau Fellow
Apr 26 — Barsoum's Research on the Pyramids Highlighted in the Boston Globe
Apr 23 — MSE Students Receive Awards for Annual Research Day Competition
Apr 18 — Graduate and Undergraduate Students Honored at ASM Dinner
Apr 8 — Dee Breger's Images Featured in Philadelphia Inquirer
Apr 4 — Jennifer Atchison Receives a 2008 SWE Scholarship
Apr 2 — Drexel MSE Number One in the Nation in NSF Graduate Fellowships in Materials
Winter 2008
Mar 27 — Ph.D. Student Matthew Cathell Receives Tenure-Track Faculty Position
Mar 18 — Barsoum to Deliver Sigma Xi Lecture at MIT
Mar 7 — Shihs Featured in Chemical Technology Article
Mar 5 — Siddhartha Pathak's Award Winning Research Image Featured on SAFENANO Web site
Feb 27 — Siddhartha Pathak and Marko Knezevic Win Baiada Business Plan Competition
Feb 12 — Barsoum's Work on the Pyramids Featured in Chemical and Engineering News
Feb 11 — Drexel-France Collaboration Produces Groundbreaking Results on Supercapacitors
Feb 1 — Senior Researcher Mochalin has Image Published on Cover of Carbon
Jan 25 — Gogotsi Receives Second Year of Funding from Amerinova
Jan 22 — Kalidindi Appointed Co-Editor-in-Chief of Computers, Materials & Continua (CMC)
Jan 16 — Schauer Receives Grant from Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Jan 10 — Doherty Publishes Thermo-Mechanical Textbook
Fall 2007
Dec 14 — Schauer Receives Green Building Alliance Grant
Dec 13 — Siddhartha Pathak Receives Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research
Dec 4 — Marko Knezevic Receives Nicolitch Scholarship from Studenica Foundation
Dec 3 — Siddhartha Pathak's Image Wins Second Prize in MRS "Science as Art" Competition
Nov 26 — Two Recent Ph.D. Graduates are Appointed to Lecturer Positions
Nov 19 — Alumnus Diran Apelian Appointed 2008 TMS President
Nov 16 — Knight Receives NASA Grant
Nov 13 — Marko Knezevic Receives Travel Subsidy for International Symposium on Plasticity 2008
Nov 11 — Knight Presents Invited Talk in Australia
Nov 5 — Work of Kalidindi and Group Featured on TMS Web site
Nov 1 — Spanier Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Oct 23 — Siddhartha Pathak Receives Travel Subsidy for MRS Meeting
Oct 22 — Jessica Schiffman Selected as 2007 MatPAC Graduate Student Award Winner
Oct 10 — Schauer Receives Synergy Grant
Oct 9 — 2007-2008 Koerner and Hill Awardees Announced
Oct 6 — SEM Image Selected as Finalist in Princeton 2006 Art of Science Competition
Oct 2 — Gogotsi Receives Grant from Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Oct 1 — Philadelphia Spine Research Symposium to Explore Spine Pain and Spine Behavior
Summer 2007
Sep 30 — Siddhartha Pathak Receives ASBMR Young Investigator Travel Grant
Sep 28 — MSE Honors Faculty, Staff, and Students at Welcome Back Party
Sep 25 — Spanier and Colleagues Receive Major Research Instrumentation Grant from NSF
Sep 25 — Ph.D. Student and Advisor Receive Grant
Sep 24 — MSE Faculty/Students Win American Ceramic Society Roland B. Snow Award
Sep 24 — MSE Receives Three NSF IREE Supplements
Sep 13 — Zhorro Nikolov Publishes Paper in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Sep 13 — MSE Mentioned in ASM International Local Chapter Newsletter
Sep 4 — Dr. Richard Knight Profiled in AMP Magazine
Sep 4 — Philadelphia Business Journal Features Gogotsi and Colleagues’ Keck Grant
Aug 31 — Beth Talbott’s Wild Ride: Drexel MSE Alum Shares her Unique Path from MSE Degree to Motorcycles
Aug 31 — Dream and Sensors Come to a Close
Aug 31 — Two MSE Students Receive Travel Awards to NATAS
Aug 28 — Dr. Ulrike Wegst Joins MSE
Aug 28 — Dr. Roger Doherty Receives 2008 ASM Sauveur Award
Aug 28 — Michel Barsoum and Peter Finkel Receive $300K ARO Award
Aug 24 — Dr. Yury Gogotsi Receives $3M NSF-IGERT Grant
Aug 23 — Dee Breger to Appear in History Channel Documentary
Aug 23 — MSE Student Featured on NBC10.com
Aug 22 — Dr. Yury Gogotsi Receives Grant from BFTP
Aug 21 — Dr. Yury Gogotsi and Colleagues Receive $1 Million W.M. Keck Foundation Grant
Aug 21 — Dr. Yury Gogotsi Receives ONR/NAVSEA Grant
Aug 15 — Dr. Michele Marcolongo Chosen for Biomedical Journal Editorial Board
Aug 13 — Dr. Yury Gogotsi Receives Renewal for RET-Nano
Aug 8 — Surya Kalidindi Receives NSF Grant
Aug 8 — All in the Family: Materials Science and Engineering is Family Business for this Drexel Alum
Aug 7 — Yury Gogotsi Featured on NanoScienceWorks.org
Aug 1 — MSE Hosts Hands-On Experience for Philadelphia Youths
Jul 25 — MSE Alum Elizabeth Hoffman Becomes ASM Emerging Professionals Member
Jul 24 — Dr. Roger Doherty Publishes Paper Remembering Early Materials Scientists
Jul 24 — Dr. Yury Gogotsi Receives DOE Grant to Research Carbide Derived Carbons
Jul 19 — Dr. David Fullwood Accepts Position at BYU
Jul 18 — Dr. Christopher Li Receives AFRL Grant
Jul 17 — Dr. Surya Kalidindi, Dr Haviva Goldman and Siddhartha Pathak Approved for CINT User Project
Jul 17 — Dr. Christopher Li Receives $240K NSF Grant
Jul 17 — MSE Alumna Anne L. Stevens Donates $1 Million to CoE
Jul 16 — Dr. Michel Barsoum's Pyramid Research Featured on NSF Home Page
Jul 16 — Drs. Wan and Wei Shih's Paper Downloaded 250 Times
Jul 3 — Yury Gogotsi and Colleagues' Nanodiamond Research Makes Front Page of Philadelphia Business Journal
Jun 21 — Dr. Michel Barsoum Receives NSF SGER Grant
Jun 20 — Drs. Wan and Wei Shih and Graduate Students Publish Two Papers
Jun 20 — Dr. Michele Marcolongo Selected For NAE Frontiers of Engineering Program
Jun 18 — Drexel’s MSE Mentioned in Small Times, Micro and Nanotech Magazine
Jun 18 — MSE Receives NSF GOALI Grant
Spring 2007
Jun 18 — Chris Hovanec Receives Outstanding Young Scientist Award
Jun 15 — Two MSE Students Receive University Awards
Jun 7 — MSE Professor Receives First Ever University Research/Scholarship Award
Jun 6 — MSE Well-Represented at Senior Design Competition
Jun 6 — MSE Receives Second GAANN Award
Jun 4 — MSE Students and Faculty Receive ASM Honors and Scholarships
May 30 — Knezevic and Pathak Chosen as Finalists for 2007 Business Plan Competition
May 22 — Sheila Berninger and Dorilona Rose Publish Article About Dr. Michel Barsoum's Pyramid Research
May 22 — Four MSE Students Take Awards At Drexel’s Graduate Student Day
May 22 — MSE Receives Two DURIP Awards
May 22 — MSE Alums Come Together For a Fond Farewell to Dr. Frank Ko
May 21 — Alex Moseson Receives Three Awards
May 21 — Dr. Michele Marcolongo Partners With Dr. Wei Sun (MEM) For Bio-Deposition Research
May 10 — Five MSE Students Awarded Provost Fellowships
May 8 — MSE Alumnus Accepts Position With ASEE
May 7 — Gleb Yushin Accepts Position At Georgia Tech
Apr 26 — DNI And Nanoblox Featured In Ben Franklin Technology Partners Keynotes
Apr 26 — MSE Students Take Top Awards at ASM Poster Contest
Apr 26 — Vondran Wins Undergraduate Award At Drexel Research Day
Apr 24 — Gogotsi’s Work On Nanotube-Tipped Pipettes Continues To Receive Press
Apr 3 — Breger's Work Reviewed In Time Out Chicago
Apr 3 — Alex Moseson Receives Arthur E. Focke LeaderShape Award
Winter 2007
Mar 20 — Dejan Stojakovic Receives Scholarship from Studenica Foundation
Mar 29 — Michael Sexton Receives Axel Madsen Award
Mar 28 — MSE Alumnus Ranjan Dash Receives $1,000 Carbon Award
Mar 21 — Gogotsi and Colleagues' Work Featured on Nanowerk.com
Mar 20 — Aaron Sakulich Receives Fulbright Scholarship
Mar 8 — David Steinmetz Receives Scholarship For Youth Exchange Program
Mar 7 — Chmiola's Science Paper Ranked in Top 100 Nanomedicine Publications
Mar 7 — MSE Well Represented at Honors Day Ceremony
Mar 5 — MSE Students Knezevic and Pathak Win Contest
Feb 28 — MSE Has "Egg-cellent" Turnout at Egg Drop Competition
Feb 22 — Oren Leaffer Receives Rafiki Award
Feb 22 — MSE Welcomes New Faculty Member
Feb 19 — DREAM Receives Funding for Three More Years
Feb 16 — Zhorro Nikolov to Present Paper
Feb 14 — Barsoum's Pyramid Research Continues to be Syndicated
Feb 14 — Vondran Receives Student Paper Award
Feb 13 — Materials Alumnus Nominated for Grammy Award
Feb 12 — Gogotsi Appointed Co-Editor of Carbon
Feb 12 — MSE Receives Three CoE Awards
Feb 12 — Dee Breger's Work to Appear in Upcoming Exhibitions
Feb 12 — Breger's Research on Holocene Oceanic Impacts Leads to History Channel Documentary
Feb 5 — Dr. Michel Barsoum's Pyramid Research Continues to Receive Press
Feb 5 — MSE Makes Front Page News In Drexel's Triangle
Feb 5 — Drs. Yury Gogotsi and Gleb Yushin Receive Award from Global Protection, LLC
Feb 2 — John Chmiola Receives NSF Travel Fellowship
Feb 2 — Dr. Cristelle Portet Receives French DGA Prize
Jan 22 — Drexel Professor to Speak on Solving the Mystery of the Great Pyramids of Egypt
Jan 22 — Kishore Tenneti Receives Crystallography Award
Jan 22 — Dr. Christopher Li Receives Outstanding Overseas Young Scientist Award
Jan 22 — Dr. Zhorro Nikolov, et al., Publishes Two Articles
Jan 17 — Drexel’s Materials Science and Engineering Listed Among Top Ten MSE Programs Nationwide
Fall 2006
Jan 24 — Drs. Yury Gogotsi and Gleb Yushin Presented with Nano 50™ Awards
Jan 24 — Dr. Yury Gogotsi and Dr. Vadym Mochalin Quoted on PhysOrg.com
Jan 24 — Dr. Yury Gogotsi Quoted in Philadelphia Inquirer
Dec 19 — Dee Breger mentioned in The New York Times
Dec 18 — Solving the Mysteries of the Pyramids
Nov 6 — Drexel's Triangle Features MSE
Nov 1 — Li Noted for Receiving Stoughton Award
Nov 1 — Marcolongo Appointed Associate Vice Provost for Research
Nov 1 — Gogotsi/Chmiola's Work Makes Top News on Scitizen.com
Oct 27 — Drexel Celebrates Opening of Materials Characterization Facility
Oct 23 — A Cure for Sepsis?: Designer Sorbents for Cytokines May Help Save Lives
Oct 19 — Alumna Anne Stevens Appointed CEO of Carpenter Technology Corporation
Oct 15 — Drexel MSE Alum and Student Mentioned in ASM News
Oct 7 — Nature Nanotechnology Reviews Gogotsi’s Nanomaterials Handbook
Oct 7 — Jennifer Vondran Receives NSPE George B. Hightower, P.E. Fellowship
Oct 3 — Lawley Mentioned in The Philadelphia Inquirer
Oct 1 — MAGNETic Personalities
Summer 2006
Sep 30 — Pamela Panos Receives Clayton Family Scholarship
Sep 25 — Alumnus George Vander Voort Receives 2006 Joseph R. Vilella Award
Sep 22 — Spanier Appointed Interim Associate Department Head
Sep 21 — Lawley to Co-Chair Upcoming Powder Metallurgy Conference
Sep 20 — Lawley Selected as Honorary Member of AIME
Sep 18 — Jennifer Vondran Receives Scholarship from Beren Foundation
Sep 13 — Christopher Hovanec Receives Koerner Family Fellowship
Sep 12 — Barsoum Elected to World Academy of Ceramics
Sep 6 — Kishore Tenneti Receives Hill Fellowship
Aug 21 — Global Protection Joins the Materials and Nanotechnology Consortium
Aug 21 — Ph.D. Student Jennifer Atchison Mentioned in Local Paper
Aug 20 — Bing Li Receives Travel Award
Aug 18 — Groundbreaking Work on Supercapacitors Appears in Science
Aug 18 — Fontecchio, Gogotsi, and Students Publish Paper
Aug 10 — Students and Faculty Mentioned in ASM Publications
Aug 9 — Ari Sagiv Participates in Research Program at Tufts University
Aug 5 — Christopher Hovanec Awarded H. H. Harris Foundation Scholarship
Aug 1 — Jennifer Vondran Selected as Finalist for SWE Poster Competition
Aug 1 — High School Students Get Hands-on Materials Experience
Jul 30 — Affiliated Faculty Member Desai Receives NIH Grant
Jul 23 — Gogotsi Publishes Two New Spin-Off Books
Jul 22 — B.S./M.S. Student Jennifer Vondran Receives ASM Scholarship
Jul 20 — Ko and Gogotsi Receive Best Paper Awards
Jul 18 — Headwaters Technology Innovations Group joins Materials and Nanotechnology Consortium
Jul 15 — Dee Breger’s Work Exhibited
Jul 10 — MSE Ph.D. Students Receive Travel Awards
Jul 1 — Drexel and Dr. Gogotsi Honored as Nanotech Briefs' Nano 50
Spring 2006
Jun 28 — Dr. Richard Knight’s Research Acknowledged in U.S. Energy Secretary Speech
Jun 22 — Ph.D./M.B.A. Student Ranjan Dash Wins Most Likely to Enhance Drexel’s Reputation Award
Jun 21 — Gogotsi, et. al. Awarded NSF NIRT Grant
Jun 20 — Gogotsi Co-Editor on New Book from American Ceramic Society
Jun 20 — Li Receives NSF Funding for Nanoscale Exploratory Research Proposal
Jun 19 — MSE Honors its Graduates at Annual Commencement Lunch
Jun 15 — Undergraduate Student Receives Two Drexel Awards
Jun 10 — Vincent Zuwiala Receives Honorable Mention in College Senior Design Competition
Jun 8 — Jameson Detweiler Receives NSF Fellowship to Attend Summer Institute
Jun 8 — Gogotsi Receives NSF Grant
Jun 8 — MSE Receives Two DURIP Awards
Jun 8 — Department of Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Students Honored at Graduate Student Day
Jun 8 — Dr. Christopher Li Receives Grants for ACS Symposium
Jun 8 — Dr. Richard Knight Mentioned in ASM International eNewsletter
Jun 8 — Spanier’s Research on Nanowires and Nanocones Receives Press Coverage
Jun 8 — New MAGNET Executive Board Announced
Jun 7 — Philadelphia Spine Research Symposium Explores Lower Back Pain
Jun 5 — Ph.D. Student Siddhartha Pathak Takes Top Prize in Int'l Micrograph Contest
Jun 2 — Department of Materials Science and Engineering Shines at Drexel's Research Day
Jun 1 — Milan Ivosevic’s Research Work Featured on Cover of International Thermal Spray and Surface Engineering Inaugural Newsletter
May 25 — Gogotsi Speaks at Science National Honor Society Induction
May 22 — Three MSE Students Awarded NSF GK-12 Fellowships
May 10 — Ph.D. Student Milan Ivosevic Wins Best Paper Award
May 10 — Li Part of U.S. Army Research Laboratory Materials Center of Excellence Team
May 9 — Li Receives Additional NSF Supplement for Undergraduate Research
May 5 — Dr. Roger Doherty is chosen to be a TMS Fellow
May 4 — Spanier’s Article Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology
May 3 — Spanier and Collaborators’ Work Featured in the Media
May 2 — Ari Sagiv to Participate in Internship Program for the Deaf
May 1 — Department of Materials Science and Engineering Receives Department of Education GAANN Grant
Apr 22 — MSE Students Win ASM Scholarships
Apr 21 — Drexel’s Graduate Students Win ASM Poster Contest
Apr 20 — Zavaliangos Invited to Participate in International Advisory Committee
Apr 15 — Two MSE Ph.D. Students Receive Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research
Apr 10 — Dee Breger's Images Continue to Make News
Apr 10 — Jennifer Vondran Receives Scholarship
Apr 7 — Gogotsi Featured in NanoNews
Apr 6 — Nanowires and Nanocones: Shedding Light on the Expanding Role of Silicon in Photonics
Apr 5 — John Chmiola Receives NSF Graduate Fellowship
Apr 1 — Gogotsi Quoted in Chemical and Engineering News
Mar 14 — Ph.D. Student Goknur Cambaz and Dr. Gleb Yushin, et. al. on the Cover of Nano Letters
Winter 2006
Mar 8 — Dr. Christopher Li Receives the ASM International 2006 Bradley Stoughton Award
Mar 7 — Recent Alum Accepts Tenure-Track Faculty Position
Mar 7 — Breger's Images to Appear in Upcoming Film
Mar 6 — Co-PI Gogotsi Receives RET Renewal
Mar 3 — Siddhartha Pathak is Selected to Receive a LeaderShape Award
Feb 24 — Schauer Receives Research Experience for Undergraduates Site Grant from NSF
Feb 23 — Achievements of Materials Students Acknowledged at Honors Day
Feb 21 — Department Has Good Showing in the 12th Annual Egg Drop Competition
Feb 13 — Breger in Science Magazine
Feb 2 — Marcolongo and Colleagues Win Otto Aufranc Award for 2006
Jan 31 — María Pía Rossi Wins Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Graduate Competition
Jan 31 — Alumna Anne Stevens in “Sunday Business” Section of New York Times
Jan 17 — Michael Birnkrant Receives Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research
Jan 15 — Lessons from Nature: Optical Devices
Jan 1 — Ph.D. Student Reviews Recent Research in MRS Bulletin
Fall 2005
Dec 30 — Breger Microscopy Image to Appear in Photography Exhibition
Dec 14 — Ph.D. Student Zarife Goknur Cambaz Wins Scholarship
Nov 29 — Ph.D. Student Finalist in Journal Cover Competition
Nov 17 — Kishore Tenneti Wins Best Poster Award
Nov 16 — Marcolongo, et. al. Receive Grant from NFL Charities
Nov 15 — Gogotsi Interviewed about Technology Transfer at Drexel University
Nov 7 — Drexel’s Nanotechnology Work Featured on ABC’s Prime Time Weekend
Nov 4 — Fontecchio, Schauer, et. al. Receive NSF-NUE
Nov 1 — Breger to Participate in Art/Science Auction
Nov 1 — Spanier Receives GRID Award
Nov 1 — Shaping the Future of Nanomaterials
Oct 31 — MAGNET Team Wins EGA Soccer Tournament
Oct 18 — MSE Alumnus Edward Eckert Mentioned in Partnership with Drexel University
Oct 15 — NSF-REU Site DREAM Collaboration with Library Published
Oct 14 — Anne Stevens Appointed COO of Ford Motor Company’s Americas Division
Oct 12 — MSE Receives Equipment Donation from Applied Energy Systems
Oct 12 — A. J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute Launches Newly Redesigned Web Site
Oct 1 — Matthew Cathell Selected as a 2005-2006 Koerner Family Fellow
Sep 30 — Li, et. al. in Royal Society of Chemistry Technology News
Sep 28 — First Philadelphia Spine Research Symposium a Success
Sep 27 — Department Honors Alumnus George Vander Voort
Summer 2005
Sep 19 — Gogotsi Discusses Nanotechnology with Liberty Medal Recipient President Yushchenko
Sep 16 — Gogotsi Organizes Nano Symposium
Sep 15 — Dr. Russell Gorga Accepts Faculty Position at NC State
Aug 30 — Alumnus and MSE VAB Chair Dr. William E. Frazier Receives Promotion
Aug 26 — Jaydev Desai Invited to be Co-Chair
Aug 17 — Gogotsi Delivers Invited Lecture
Aug 15 — Drexel University Hosts American Society for Composites 20th Annual Technical Conference
Aug 15 — Work by Gogotsi and Collaborators Receives Unsolicited Coverage
Aug 10 — Professor Maher S. Amer receives the Alexander von Humbolt Fellowship
Aug 8 — Zavaliangos, et. al. Receives Major Research Instrumentation Grant
Aug 5 — How To Build A Better Bike
Aug 4 — John Chmiola Appears in Interface
Aug 1 — Drexel's MSE Department Mentioned in ASM International Publications
Jul 27 — Jing Zhang accept tenure-track at the University of Alaska
Jul 25 — Breger Velcro Image in World Intellectual Property Organization Publication
Jul 22 — Ranjan Dash, et. al. Win Poster Contest
Jul 18 — SEED Student Places in Top Ten in National Business Plan Competition
Jul 16 — Ph.D. Student Sandip Basu Wins Second Prize in Poster Contest
Jul 11 — Materials Student Aaron Sakulich Tackles Pyramids
Jul 9 — Schauer Quoted in Courier Post
Jul 7 — Christopher Hovanec Awarded H. H. Harris Foundation Scholarship
Jul 3 — Department Hosts First ASM International Materials Camp in partnership with the Liberty Bell Chapter of ASM International
Jun 30 — Jaydev Desai Elected to Symposium Committee
Jun 27 — Barsoum and Spanier Receive NSF FRG Award
Jun 24 — Drexel Materials and Nanotechnology Consortium Featured in IP Links
Jun 22 — Christopher Li Receives Grant for Nanoscale Exploratory Research
Jun 16 — MAGNET Elects New Board for 2005-2006
Spring 2005
Jun 30 — Spanier Interviewed for Public Radio Program
Jun 13 — Andrew Marx Receives Axel Madsen Award
Jun 8 — Ph.D. Students Ranjan Dash and Elizabeth Hoffman Receive Travel Grant
Jun 5 — Materials Alumni News Update
Jun 3 — Dejan Stojakovic Receives Nicolitch Trust Scholarship
Jun 2 — Li Receives NSF Supplement for Undergraduate Support
Jun 1 — Bringing Art to Science and Science to Art
May 30 — Knight Pictured in Spraytime
May 26 — Matthew Cathell and Kishore Tenneti Receive TA Excellence Awards
May 21 — Anthony Coratolo Receives ASM Scholarship
May 21 — Stephen Niezgoda Receives ASM Scholarship
May 20 — Department Members Honored at ASM Liberty Bell Chapter Awards Night
May 19 — Gogotsi Co-Organizes Symposium at Electrochemical Society Meeting and John Chmiola Wins Best Poster Award
May 14 — Four of Breger's Images to Appear in Juried Photography Exhibition
May 14 — Peter Millili Receives Outstanding Co-op Senior Award
May 13 — Kristopher Behler and Michael Birnkrant Receive Grant to Attend Congressional Visit Days
May 11 — Ph.D. Student Lingyu Li Receives Travel Grant
May 9 — Marcolongo Receives $1.5M Grant
May 7 — Drexel’s Materials Publications Have Impact
May 6 — Kalidindi Receives ONR Grant
May 5 — Jennifer Vondran Receives Two Local Scholarships
May 4 — Li, et al. as Cover Article in Advanced Materials
May 2 — Li Receives Grant from ARL
May 1 — Kulicke & Soffa Donates Equipment to Department
Apr 28 — Materials Department Excels at Drexel University’s Research Day
Apr 28 — Emily Ho Receives Student Travel Award
Apr 26 — Gogotsi Quoted in Philadephia Inquirer
Apr 22 — Drexel Students Sweep ASM Poster Contest
Apr 16 — Elizabeth Hoffman Receives Sapphire ACerS GEMS Award
Apr 15 — Sandip Basu Receives First Prize in ACerS Graduate Student Poster Competition
Apr 14 — Goknur Cambaz and Gleb Yushin Receive Roland B. Snow Award
Apr 10 — Linyou Cao Receives Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research
Apr 7 — Li Receives DuPont Young Professor Grant
Apr 4 — Kris Behler Receives NSF Graduate Fellowship
Apr 3 — Gogotsi, et al. in Nanotechweb.org
Apr 3 — Siddhartha Pathak Receives SURA ORNL Grant
Winter 2005
Mar 15 — Gogotsi R&D 100 Award-Winning Carbide Derived Carbon Technology Featured on ANL’s Website
Mar 15 — Knight to Co-Chair ITSC 2005 Conference
Mar 14 — Competition Winners Donate Prize to Tsunami Relief Effort
Mar 11 — Kristopher Behler to Attend NATO ASI on Carbon Nanotubes
Mar 4 — Materials Ph.D. student Jonathan Ayutsede and M.S. Student Nick Titchenal are 2005 SAMPE Finalists
Mar 3 — Bossone Dedication Featured in Philadelphia Inquirer
Mar 2 — Barsoum & Gogotsi Elected Fellows of ACerS
Mar 2 — IGERT Article Published in Journal of Materials Education
Mar 2 — Hari Duvvuru is Selected for LeaderShape Award
Mar 1 — Zavaliangos Receives Rafiki Award
Feb 28 — Gogotsi and Breger Honored at Engineer of the Year Banquet
Feb 27 — María Pía Rossi Delivers Invited Seminar
Feb 27 — Dee Breger’s Image on msnbc.com
Feb 25 — Drexel University Hosts American Society for Composites 20th Annual Technical Conference
Feb 25 — Departmental Students are Acknowledged for Achievements at Honors Day
Feb 23 — Spanier Receives GRID Award
Feb 18 — Gogotsi's, et al. Book on Ceramic Nanomaterials Published
Feb 17 — Barsoum’s, et al. Work on Metal Whiskers Mentioned in Physics Today
Feb 13 — Spanier Receives Equipment Grant from DURIP
Feb 11 — Spanier Receives Funding from Innovation Grant Program
Feb 9 — Department Gains Material Advantage Student Chapter
Feb 1 — Drexel University Student Chapter hosts “BLAST” Program for High School Students
Feb 1 — Joshua Houskamp Establishes Scholarship at Former High School
Jan 28 — Alumnus George Vander Voort Appointed Chair of ASM International IMS Technical Committee
Jan 26 — Gelifex Mentioned in Philadelphia Business Journal
Jan 25 — Knight Elected to become President of ASM International Thermal Spray Society
Jan 21 — Li Awarded Grant from ACS PRF
Jan 17 — Zavaliangos Serves as member of Scientific Committee for Int. Conf. Sintering 2005
Jan 12 — Nanotechnology Article Appears in IP Links
Jan 8 — Gogotsi, et al. Paper Featured in Nano Today
Jan 6 — Alumnus George F. VanderVoort Receives Sorby Award
Fall 2004
Dec 16 — Nanotechnology Business is Big at Drexel
Dec 15 — Gogotsi Quoted on Nanotechnology in Coatings Magazine
Dec 5 — Barsoum Mentioned in Physics News Update
Nov 29 — Drexel Receives DOT Grant for Anthrax Detection
Nov 12 — MSE Welcomes Holly Burnside as Nanotech Program Coordinator
Nov 5 — Joshua Houskamp Selected as a 2004-2005 Koerner Family Fellow
Nov 5 — Schauer Receives Mention in NRC Newsletter for Work on Thin Biopolymer Films
Oct 28 — Three MSE Faculty Members Join 2004 Drexel 10^6 Club
Oct 22 — Gogotsi Talks About Nanotechnology on The Drexel Interview
Oct 21 — Gogotsi and NMG Featured on NanoTechWeb.org
Oct 16 — Ph.D. Student Emily Ho Receives COE Fellowship
Oct 13 — Ph.D. Students Maria Pia Rossi and Emily Ho Receive Travel Awards
Oct 9 — DNI Receives Mention in Philadelphia Business Journal for NSF Grant
Oct 7 — Ph.D. Student Kishore Tenneti Receives Best Poster Award from NATAS
Sep 24 — Gogotsi Featured in Energies on Nanotech Opinions and Predictions
Sep 15 — Keverian Receives Two Awards for Contributions to Rapid Prototyping
Summer 2004
Sep 4 — RET Outstanding Mentors and Poster Winners Hail from MSE Department
Sep 1 — Co-Pis Ko and Spanier, et. al. Receive NSF Award for New Instrumentation
Aug 29 — Tom Juliano Receives Prestigious NRC Postdoc Fellowship
Aug 24 — Three MSE Students Awarded H. H. Harris Foundation Scholarships
Aug 21 — Hoffman/Barsoum's Work Featured on Back Cover of Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Aug 17 — Shih's Work Mentioned in American Ceramic Society Bulletin
Aug 16 — Mixing Art with Science & Engineering - An Interview with Director of Microscopy Dee Breger
Aug 13 — Mark Fiorentino Awarded SAE Scholarship
Aug 12 — Two Newest Materials Faculty Receive Tobacco Grants
Aug 11 — Ko Receives ASC Award for 2004
Aug 9 — Gogotsi Elected to the World Academy of Ceramics
Aug 8 — Nanomaterials Group Members Win Best Poster Paper Award
Aug 4 — Ko Quoted in Baltimore Sun
Aug 2 — Lalit Bansal Receives SPIE/Newport Research Excellence Award
Aug 1 — Photo Produced Under the Tutelage of Dee Breger Appears in Tech Review
Aug 1 — MAGNET Elects New Board for 2004-2005
Jul 22 — Dee Breger's Work Featured in The Scientist
Jul 19 — Shihs Receive New NSF Grant
Jul 16 — Barsoum, Murugaiah, Kalidindi, and Zhen's Work Featured Online
Jul 14 — Kalidindi Awarded New ARO Grant
Jul 12 — DREAM Featured in Triangle Article on Summer Programs
Jul 10 — Dee Breger Wins First Prize in Microscopy Competition
Jul 8 — MSE Alum Named Fellow of ASM International
Jul 4 — Marcolongo and Zavaliangos Receive Promotions
Jun 30 — Spanier Receives ARO Young Investigator Award
Jun 28 — Department Welcomes Visiting Faculty Member Brent L. Adams
Jun 27 — Co-Pi Gogotsi, et. al. Receive NSF Award for New Instrumentation
Jun 25 — Zavaliangos Receives NSF Grant
Jun 24 — Ko Receives Patent
Jun 22 — Nanomaterials Images from Gogotsi's Group Featured on the Web
Spring 2004
Jun 14 — Eva Wagner Wins 2nd Place in Metallography Competition
Jun 14 — Pat McGeehan Receives MSE Distinguished Alumnus Award 2004
Jun 6 — Hoa Lam to Present Paper at ACS Annual Meeting
Jun 5 — John Chmiola Wins College of Engineering Senior Design Competition
Jun 4 — Dee Breger's Work Featured in Science & Spirit
Jun 1 — Two Materials Ph.D. Students Get a Crash Course in Business
May 28 — PA NANO 2004 is a Success for Drexel
May 24 — ASM Liberty Bell Chapter Tours Drexel MSE Department
May 22 — Murugaiah/Barsoum's Work Featured on the Cover of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society
May 21 — Drexel Materials Students Receive $1900 in Prizes at SAMPE
May 19 — Two Materials Students Win Drexel TA Excellence Awards
May 19 — Department Receives REU Site Award from NSF
May 12 — Solar Atmospheres, Inc. Furnace is Dedicated at MSE VAB Meeting
May 6 — Materials Students and Faculty Receive Awards at DU Research Day 2004
May 1 — Nevin Naguib Named Enrico Fermi Scholar
May 1 — MSE Wins All Three Liberty Bell Chapter ASM Scholarships
Apr 28 — Dee Breger's Work to be Featured on the Cover of Science
Apr 28 — Marcolongo Featured in The Philadelphia Business Journal
Apr 26 — Materials Students and Postdoc Receive Awards in Ceramographic Competition
Apr 22 — Emily Ho Receives Student Travel Award
Apr 20 — MSE Grad Students Sweep ASM Liberty Bell Chapter Grad Student Poster Competition
Apr 19 — DURIP Grant Awarded
Apr 9 — Naguib & Ho Present HY-NANO to LeBow College of Business
Apr 3 — Department's Work Featured on Front and Back Covers of April Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Mar 19 — MRS Student Chapter Receives Grant Money for Outreach Activities
Winter 2004
Mar 13 — Li Receives PERKIN ELMER - ICTAC Young Scientist Award
Mar 12 — New NSF Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Awarded in Nanotechnology
Mar 28 — Gogotsi Interviewed for Article on Nanotechnology in Philadelphia Inquirer
Mar 20 — Knight Acknowledged in ASM Liberty Bell Chapter Newsletter
Mar 17 — Orlovskaya's Students Win 1st Prize in Student Poster
Mar 8 — Hari Duvvuru and Jing Zhang Receive $500 Travel Scholarships
Mar 3 — Jing Zhang 2004 Annual Meeting Student Poster Session Winner
Mar 2 — Three Materials Students Named 2004 SAMPE Finalists
Mar 1 — Svetlana Dimovski and Gleb Yushin Pictured in Chemical Heritage