Drexel University College of Engineering

Drexel University College of Engineering
Bossone Research Enterprise Center
Established 1891
Dean Sharon L. Walker
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Campus University City Campus
Affiliations Drexel University
Website drexel.edu/engineering

The Drexel University College of Engineering is one of the oldest schools of the university and the primary focus of the university when it was founded. Drexel continues to be well known for its engineering curriculum.

The modern College of Engineering houses seven departments: Chemical and Biological Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics; Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering; Engineering Technology; and Construction, Engineering, and Project Management and Systems Engineering Department . In addition to working on departmental research and teaching, professors from the College of Engineering participate in other interdisciplinary research areas such as nanotechnology, software engineering, biotechnology, earthquake engineering, robotics, information technology. The College of Engineering is the 3rd largest private engineering college in the United States.

Deans

  • Sharon L. Walker (2018-present)[1]
  • Giuseppe R. Palmese, Interim (2017–2018)
  • Joseph B. Hughes (2012–2016)[2]
  • Bruce Eisenstein, Interim (2010-2011)[3]
  • Selcuk Guceri (2000-2010)
  • Raj Mutharasan, Interim (1997-1999)
  • Y. T. Shah (1991-1997)
  • Richard Woodring
  • George Dieter

Notable alumni

Alumni from the college of engineering include astronauts Christopher Ferguson and Paul W. Richards, inventor of the packet-switch network Paul Baran, professor Eli Fromm, financier Bennett S. LeBow, and engineer David H. Geiger.

Drexel's Department of Materials Science and Engineering has been the subject of two lawsuits since 2005. The first was a professor taking a nylon product from a commercial company and sharing it with its competitor, a company in Taiwan. Drexel lost the case and was fined $602,759.[4] The second was brought by Alia Sabur, where Drexel University was accused of fraud and defamation when her advisor, Yury Gogotsi, sabotaged her Ph.D, stole her research and applied for grants based on her research in nanotechnology.[5] The case went to binding arbitration in 2010.[6]

References and sources

  1. ↑ "Sharon L. Walker Appointed Dean of the College of Engineering". Drexel University. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Office of the Dean". Drexel University College of Engineering. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  3. ↑ "Dr. Bruce Eisenstein Named Interim Drexel Engineering Dean". Drexel University College of Engineering. 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  4. ↑ http://www.juryverdicts.net/FedJVRNovember.pdf
  5. ↑ Crowley, Kieran (2010-08-09). "LI prodigy: Prof crook stole work". NY Post. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
  6. ↑ Duguid, Sarah (2010-10-01). "First Person: Alia Sabur". Financial Times Magazine. Retrieved 2010-10-14.

Coordinates: 39°57′15″N 75°11′12″W / 39.95411°N 75.18673°W / 39.95411; -75.18673


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