A spin, a lift, the tilt of a leg, the extension of an arm – dance can be broken down into its elemental form, but the ability to combine those elements to produce a beautiful […]
Tag: engineering
Q+A: What’s With The Welds Wreaking Havoc on SEPTA?
Philadelphia’s public transit system has been thrown into disarray for the second time in eight months with dozens of railcars being taken out of service due to cracks that developed along welded support structures. In […]
Q+A Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 Recall and The Problem With Our Ever-Shrinking Batteries
Last week Samsung issued the largest mobile device recall to date, when it warned users of its Galaxy Note 7 that a battery defect was causing the devices to catch fire and explode. Samsung attributed […]
Drexel Snapshot: 10 Years of Summer Music Technology at Drexel
Drexel’s Summer Music Technology program brings high school students to campus for a week of exploration, discovery and invention, with the goal of tying music to innovation in science and engineering. This summer marks the […]
What Do Your Cell and WIFI Signals Look Like?
Dead zones, black holes, shadows…we all have our names for those bad-reception areas that are a nuisance in a world of ubiquitous, mobile communication, but it’s hard to see exactly why they exist and how […]
Collision Course: High-Speed Impact Testing Meets High-Tech Sportswear
Success in business, like success in athletics, is often tied to the ability to be faster and more agile than an opponent. Success in scientific research tends to be achieved through a slower, nuanced process […]
ISO: Artists With a Penchant For Tech
Drexel’s ExCITe Center, which has been at the confluence of science, technology and the arts communities in Philadelphia for a number of years, is gearing up to support a new endeavor this spring with an […]
How to Build a Flexing Robotic Dinosaur Limb In Seven ‘Easy’ Steps
With their discovery of Dreadnoughtus schrani in 2014, a team of Drexel University researchers unearthed not only the most complete skeleton of a new species of supermassive dinosaur, but also a trove of research opportunities. […]
ICYMI: Drexel Hyperloop Team Gets a Big Push Forward
A group of Drexel engineering undergraduates is among the last teams standing in the race to design a transportation pod for SpaceX’s high-speed transit test track — the hyperloop. The team was one of thousands […]
Q+A: Post-Paris, America’s First Step To Reduce Greenhouse Gas
Drexel environmental engineering professor Patrick Gurian explains why the United States’ first move after the Paris Climate Conference was to formalize a new energy efficiency standard for air conditioners and furnaces.