9/1/05- Dr. Paul Oh has received a new award from the Department of Defense for his project "Networked Control of Airborne and Ground Robots for Battlefield Medical Assistance". This one-year project is budgeted at $325,130 with the objective to design, test and evaluate a reliable, robust and re-configurable system suitable for robotically delivering medical treatment in battlefields or disaster zones. Towards this, manned and unmanned airborne and terrestrial vehicles, miniature wireless sensor nodes, imaging and ultra-wideband radar will be networked and controlled.

9/1/05- Dr. Mun Choi (MEM), Dr. Moshe Kam (ECE), and Mr. Stephen Cox (Provost's Office) have been awarded the Information Assurance Fellowship grant by the National Security Agency. The purpose of this grant is to provide support for research and training in information assurance. The grant will be used to support both undergraduate and graduate students. The budget for the one year renewable project is $209K.

MEM Summer Programs offer Opportunities to Local Elementary, Middle and High School Math and Science Teachers (9/27/05)
As the summer comes to a close, the MEM Department is already feeling the impact of its Summer Outreach programs...

Dr. Paul Oh Highlighted in News for WTEC International Study of Robotics Workshop (9/23/05)
MEM Assistant Professor Dr. Paul Oh and his team of graduate students attended the 2005 World Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC) Workshop on the International Study of Robotics on September 16 in Arlington, VA...

Affiliated MEM Faculty Featured in Lead Mechanical Engineering Magazine Article (9/07/05)
Dr. Bill Regli was featured in the lead article in the September issue of ASME's Mechanical Engineering Magazine...

MEM Lends a Lab to Shawbotics Team (9/02/05)
Dr. Brad Layton loaned his lab to Shaw Middle School's "Shawbotics" team...

GLOBal Adventure Continues for Dr. Brooks... (8/22/05)
Continuing his work as a GLOBE PI, Dr. David Brooks was the first GLOBE PI to attend the Estonian GLOBE Games...

MEM Professor Elected to Serve as Member of the Program Committee for Haptics Symposium (8/03/05)
Dr. Jaydev P. Desai has been elected to serve as the member of the Program committee for Haptics Symposium for a three year period...

MEM Professor and Graduate Students Invite to Present Work at 12th International Symposium of Robotics Research (8/03/05)
James Hing, Dr. Ari Brooks, and Dr. Jaydev P. Desai have been invited to present their work titled: Reality-based Estimation of Needle and Soft-tissue Interaction for Accurate Haptic Feedback...

MEM Professor Invited to Co-Chair "Biomechanics, Bio-Robotics, and Surgical Planning" Section of 2006 IEEE International Conference (8/03/05)
Dr. Jaydev P. Desai has been invited to be the Theme Co-Chair for "Biomechanics, Bio-Robotics, and Surgical Planning"...

Stein Fellowship Recipient Shares Israeli Experiences (7/26/05)
Three and a half months ago, MEM sophomore David Droz, was awarded a Louis and Bessie Stein Fellowship, little did he know the opportunities and experiences that this support would enable him to have...

Drexel Formula SAE Takes 5th Overall at 2005 Formula Student Competition in UK (7/14/05)
Drexel University's Formula SAE team brought home a 5th place finish from the 2005 UK Formula SAE event known as Formula Student...

Drexel and MEM Well-Represented at International Workshop on Biomanufacturing in Beijing, China (7/12/05)
Drexel University co-organized an International Workshop on Biomanufacturing at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from June 29- July 1, 2005...

2005 MEM Senior Design Project Leads to EPA Grant (7/2/05)
A 2005 MEM Senior Design team has been chosen as the recipients of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) P3 Award...