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Congratulations to Drexel Materials 4th year student Marley Downes, who has been selected as a 2023 Goldwater Scholar! The Goldwater Scholarship recognizes the nation's top undergraduates in STEM fields and is the preeminent undergraduate award in this arena.

Oh heyyyy…..it’s students! It can get pretty lonely around the department with most materials students on co-op these days, so it was a treat to swing by the lounge and see a whole bunch of seniors hanging out between classes. Made our day! 😊🐉💙💛

Congratulations to Drexel Materials first year student Prastuti Upadhyay who was awarded a @drexelurep (Undergraduate Research & Enrichment Programs) Undergraduate Research Mini-Grant! Prastuti’s grant will help support her work in the Drexel Nanomaterials Institute Drexel Nanomaterials Institute (DNI).

Congratulations to PhD student Chris Tandoc (advisor: Yong-Jie Hu) on receiving a fellowship to attend Texas A&M University’s 2023 Computational Materials Science Summer School. The fellowship covers the registration fee, travel, and housing to attend the session. 🎉🐉🙌

Congratulations to Drexel Materials asst prof Andrew Magenau, recipient of the Drexel 2023 Rothwarf Award for Teaching Excellence, given to a tenure track jr faculty member who exemplifies and high standards of teaching while developing research in their areas of expertise.

Congrats to PhD student Kyle Matthews, recipient of a Drexel Graduate College 2023 Outstanding Mentor Award presented to grad students who have shown an outstanding commitment to mentoring, developing and supporting students in a research or scholarly setting.

Congrats to Ed Gadasu & Mac Chen for coming in 1st place in Drexel Engineering Senior Design Competition with “Designing Compatibilizers for Upcycling Plastics.” And congrats to advisors, Tongjie Zhang, Shichen Yu, & prof. Chris Li! More about their project at bit.ly/3qCZ6iX

Layered Solids Group researchers have produced a titanium oxide nanofilament photocatalyst that shows activity substantially higher than commercial TiO2 and is stable in water for 6 months, making it a viable option for the production of hydrogen fuel. bit.ly/3XQdYXO

Materials alum Liz Hoffman has been nominated 2023-24 vice president of the ASM Int'l Board of Trustees. Once elected at the October ASM Annual Society Meeting, she will become senior VP for the 2024-25 term and serve as ASM Int'l president for 2025-26. bit.ly/3Q6Q7RN

Drexel Materials Summer Institute is in full swing! This weeklong camp, led by Dr. Chris Weyant, introduces high school students to concepts in biotech, electrical properties and more through both lectures and hands-on labs and experiments.

Learn more about hydroxide-derived nanostructures (HDNs), discovered in Drexel Materials, at this FREE workshop Monday, Sept. 11

Alum Katie Jo Sunday (PhD '17) was recognized in an eVTOL Insights special report on inspirational women working in advanced air mobility for her work as Additive Manufacturing Lead @JobyAviation Congratulations, Katie Jo! Image: Eric Adams

Researchers in Yury Gogotsi and Yong-Jie Hu's labs demonstrate a pathway to sustainable, precise MXene synthesis using a computational framework to guide fluorine-free production. drexel.edu/engineering/ne…

A team of researchers led by Michel Barsoum has found that a one-dimensional, lepidocrocite structured titanium oxide photocatalyst material has the ability to break down two common dye pollutants — rhodamine 6G and crystal violet. drexel.edu/news/archive/2…

Congratulations to Steve May, Drexel Materials professor and department head, who was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society! drexel.edu/engineering/ne…

Join us tomorrow (Wed. 11/1) at 11am in the Hill Conf. Rm. for our fall seminar series as we hear from University of Maryland, Baltimore County professor Zeev Rosenzweig who will speak on "Semiconductor Quantum Dots and 2D Materials Impact on Human Health and the Environment."

Distinguished Prof. Michel Barsoum elected to National Academy of Inventors drexel.edu/engineering/ne…

Drexel's latest ad features MXenes, discovered in the Dept of Materials Science and Engineering in 2011. Now studied at over 100 universities worldwide, MXenes are likely to become the next building blocks of advances in a wide range of applications. youtu.be/HDRfyY2h5u4?si…

Philly Materials Day is back Sat. Feb 3! Visit phillymaterials.org to preregister or get more information.