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PRESENTATIONS, AWARDS & ANNOUNCEMENTS |
| Dr. Brad
Layton was an invited speaker at the Drexel
University School of Medicine “Nanotechnology
Meets Neuroscience” seminar on February 11,
2005. |
|
MEM Department Welcomes Three New Faculty
Members |
| Dr. Brad
Layton spoke on February 15, 2005 at the
Drexel University Department of Materials
Sciences and Engineering “Micromanipulation,
Nanomanipulation and Self-Assembly Limits of
Structural Proteins” seminar. |
| Dr. Brad
Layton will present "Towards a Method
for Peripheral Nervous System Axonal
Stiffness Measurements with MEMS –based
Microgrippers," 2nd Annual IEEE-EMBS
Conference on Neural Engineering, March
16-19, Arlington, VA. |
| Drs. J.
Awerbuch, T.M. Tan, and A. Lau
co-authored two papers presented at the
Eighth Joint NASA/FAA/DOD Conference on
Aging Aircraft, held 31 January –3 February
2005 in Palm Spring California. The papers
were co-authored with Dr. J. Bakuckas
of the FAA and their two Drexel-FAA fellows,
Mr. A. Ahmed and Mr. B. Mosinyi.
The first paper, entitled “Evolution of
Multiple-Site Damage in the Riveted Lap
Joint of a Fuselage Panel” was presented by
A. Ahmed, reporting on the work performed at
the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center
and at Drexel. The second paper entitled
“Extended Fatigue Testing of High-Usage
Aircraft Fuselage Structure”, reporting on a
collaborative work with FAA Technical
Center, Drexel, Delta airlines, and Sandia
Laboratories, was presented by B. Mosinyi. |
|
The 2005 Research Day Winners Announced, College
of Engineering |
| The Drexel
Student Chapter of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) was
awarded a $1500 Diversity Grant from the
national chapter of ASME this spring. The
proposal, authored by Dan Hanna (student
President) and Dr. Paul Oh (advisor),
describes a seminar series that celebrates
and acknowledges the contributions of women
to engineering. |
Anand
Pillarisetti, Waqas Anjum, Dr. Jaydev P.
Desai, Dr. Gary Friedman, and Dr. Ari
Brooks recently authored a paper titled
“Force Feedback Interface for Cell
Injection” that was invited to be presented
as a long talk at the 2005 World Haptics
Conference in Pisa, Italy. In addition,
Gregory Tholey and
Dr. Jaydev P. Desai authored a paper
titled “A General Purpose 7 DOF Haptic
Interface” that was presented as a poster at
this conference as well |
| Dr. Wei
Sun, Associate Professor of Mechanical
Engineering and Mechanics (MEM), was invited
to present a seminar on “Computer-Aided
Tissue Engineering” by the Department of
Bioengineering at Rice University, Houston
Texas on March 30, 2005. |
| Dr.
Jaydev P. Desai has been invited to
serve as a member of the special
sub-committee on BioRobotics for the IEEE
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Conference to be held in New York in
September 2006. |
| Dr.
Baki Farouk’s team received
Honorable Mention for Senior Design
Project 2004-2005 “Design of a
Supercritical CO2 Reactor” with Ryan
Blodgett,Ani Kechian, Leroy Sell, and
Christopher Singleton. |
| Dr.
Brad Layton served as the Advisor
for Outstanding Freshman Design Project
2004-2005, “Design of a Portable
Educational Atomic Force Microscope”
with Rahul Singh, Vinay Gadia, Sristi
Roy, Nischitha Venkatesh, Sagar
Lunagaria, and Rohan Patel. |
Dr.
Alexander Dolgopolsky’s team
received Honorable Mention for Freshmen
Design Project 2004-2005
“An Artificial Vision System for the
Blind” with Japkeerat Bindra, Stephen
Massa, Charles Mccarthy, Joseph Neal,
and Brian Piccione. |
| MEM
Department Head, Dr. Mun Choi’s
team received Honorable Mention for
Freshmen Design Project 2004-2005
“Formula SAE Gear Indicator System” with
Sam Acacia, Richard Castle, Harold
Griest, Steven Seelman, and Jason
Vala. |
| Dr.
Paul Oh’s team received Honorable
Mention for Freshmen Design Project
2004-2005 “Mechanical Advancement to
Elevator Systems” with Team Members:
Corey Dawson, Andrey Kolyada, Mudassar
Malik, Christina Shank, and Sara
Tubbs. |
| Dr.
Brad Layton (MEM), Brian G.
Jamieson and Stephanie M. Sullivan
presented “A Micro-Fabricated
Electrical-Impedance-Based In-Flight
Hematology Analyzer” at the 3rd Annual
Conference on Microchannels and
Minichannels from June 13-15, 2005 in
Toronto, Canada. |
|
In Memoriam: Trustee
Emeritus Albert Soffa '44
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