The Temple chapters of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Engineers Without Borders tweaked their October Wellness Day experience, dedicating their time to environmental fieldwork.The crew replanted more than 50 trees along a tributary of the West Branch of Chester Creek after the area was clear-cut of trees during a PennDOT expansion project on U.S. Route 322. Student volunteers, like civil engineering major and co-president of Temple ASCE Caroline Merrill, dug holes, planted trees and added cages to protect them from wildlife."I participated because I knew it would...
In some ways, the odds were stacked against Chan Yoo, Wole Kiyesi and Mikell Williams from the start.The senior design team proposed creating a solution for transit riders experiencing visual impairments under advisor Dr. Fauzia Ahmad. However, the project called for at least four computer and mechanical engineering students with an understanding of machine learning. Yoo and Kiyesi are electrical engineering majors, and Williams studies civil engineering.As Chan Yoo told his teammates, "If we finish this project that really means we're built different."Their team was disrupted...
Bioengineering major Ciara O'Donohoe called it a "Grammy moment," when her team's senior design project earned top honors at the Fox School of Business "Be Your Own Boss Bowl."The project sought to improve upon the design for the Headmaster Collar, a neck brace that supports individuals with dropped head syndrome. The team—O'Donohoe, Grace Buckwalter, Elena Paoli, Lucy Eppert and Rachel Gouveia—are in the end stages of their design after being connected with a sponsor through the Temple University Prosthetics and Orthotics student professional organization. They...
For Olubukola Famuyiwa, the journey to his recent internship with FS Investments has been a winding one. The senior industrial and systems engineering major has lived in Long Island, Queens and Nigeria, attended community college and even pursued a career as a mechanic. One common thread remains from his engineering education and experience as a data engineering intern in a new field for him: flexibility. Olu spent his summer focusing on data engineering as a technology intern at the South Philadelphia finance firm. There, he worked on a project focused on data access for...
This summer, a group of eager Philadelphia high school students interested in pursuing engineering in college got the chance at a bit of a head start, thanks to a new research and mentorship program. The partnership between the Temple University College of Engineering and Steppingstone Scholars welcomed 17 high school students to engineering labs over July and August for a paid research experience. The aim, according to Jeremy Heyman of Steppingstone Scholars, was to open pathways to future opportunities and forge meaningful relationships between high school and college...
Temple University has long been affiliated with The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), an association that empowers the Hispanic community to impact the world through STEM awareness, access, support and development. Now, Temple has been asked to join the new SHPE Academic Partnership Council. What is it and who does it help? Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies in the College of Engineering Shawn Fagan, Ed.D., (pictured right) explains.Temple University's College of Engineering recently joined the SHPE Academic Partnership Council. Can you describe what this...
Temple Formula Racing finished 29th overall and 17th in the endurance event out of about 100 teams at the recent Formula SAE competition in Brooklyn, Michigan. This represented the best overall result in the team's history, thanks to some key changes.The students designed a car with a smaller 10-inch wheel package in 2021 compared to the previous 13-inch wheel, and this year they shrunk its track width by 10 inches and its wheelbase to the minimum length.The team also pursued a renewed emphasis on inclusion, welcoming mechanical engineering major Lillian McEachen as the first...
Of the 38 years of stories collected by Dr. Richard Cohen, retiring associate professor of mechanical engineering, one stands out as an example of engineering problem solving with students. It may have included the Temple Formula Racing team and a fiery mechanical failure.Though the team now competes in Formula SAE competitions, their first few cars were built for Baja SAE, a competition for small off-road cars. In their very first year, the team designed and built their car in a student's auto body shop. As they were leaving for competition—Dr. Cohen was already on his...
As the saying goes, "there's no I in team," but there is one in robotics. And a new research award from the National Science Foundation will study how robots can work better as a team. Temple University College of Engineering assistant professor of mechanical engineering Philip Dames, PhD, recently secured a 5-year, $557,678 NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award to further study robotic coordination. According to Dames, the project takes inspiration from sports analytics, which quantifies contributions from individual players toward the team-level objective of...
Prem Ganesh, a senior bioengineering student with a concentration in engineering devices, came to Temple from Collegeville, PA, pursuing studies that combine work in the medical field with engineering. He found the perfect balance at the Food and Drug Administration.This summer, he has taken on the role of an ORISE Summer Fellow for the CDER Biomarker Qualification Program at the FDA.Prem's project involves creating a database of biomarker submissions for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, a rare and advanced form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Biomarkers are ways...
Temple Robotics dug its way to success at the 2022 NASA Lunabotics competition.The team collected 0.4kg of gravel at Kennedy Space Center this May, securing 35 out of 71 points for their overall score. The competition challenges collegiate robotics teams to engineer a robot capable of excavating the surface of the moon to collect gravel amongst BP-1, a lunar regolith simulant. Teams that mine at least 1 kg qualify for mining points, but very few teams achieved this. "Temple did very, very well," said John Helferty, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and...
For generations, the journey into space has been a primary focus of those who escape the gravity well of planet Earth. We have a good idea about the health effects of low gravity in low earth orbit (LEO), but what about the effects of living on a new planet?
A pair of Temple University researchers are pursuing that very question, and their work just may have good bones.
Laura H. Carnell Professor and Bioengineering Department chair Peter Lelkes and newly-minted PhD Justin Braveboy-Wagner ecently published their joint work, studying how partial gravity...
This weekend, students from the Temple University College of Engineering joined activist YaFav Trashman — former Streets Department employee Terrill Haigler — on his Earth Day trash pickup 5K event in Kensington. It is one thing to see the impact of trash and litter on neighborhoods through social media posts, but it is another experience entirely to glove up and grab a trash bag.While it was heartening to see the turnout of Philadelphians eager to pitch in, it also made us wonder: What if we weren't there? If we don't pick up trash, what does that mean for...
Aerospace leader Robert Rashford, ENG, '82, president and founder of Genesis Engineering Solutions, is scheduled to deliver the alumni keynote address to the Class of 2022 at the College of Engineering graduation ceremony on May 4th. Rashford began his career as a structural and test engineer for General Electric Space Division and Fairchild Space Company. He also served as Product Development Lead for the First Servicing Mission of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) at Lockheed Martin. He would go on to found GES in 1993 to provide engineering and product development support of...
Dr. Peter Cavallo was also recognized with the Part-Time Excellence in Teaching and Instruction Award.This week, mechanical engineering professor Vallorie Peridier, PhD, was honored alongside other standout Temple faculty with the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. As part of the program, Dean Keya Sadeghipour shared a story that came from Dr. Peridier to show just the kind of impact she has had on students over the years. After Dr. Peridier joined the faculty at the College of Engineering in 1989, she did so following seven years in industry and eager to impart that...
One of the feats behind aerial photography—particularly drone photography—is the balance needed from both skills to capture a beautiful shot. In other words, half the trick of getting the shot is the piloting necessary to get to the shot. One senior design team, advised by Prof. Li Bai and Prof. Brian Thomson, is working on a solution to help lessen the burden on drone flight to help photographers chart a path for their drone ahead of time. Less pilot, more plotting, according to the team: Miguel Acosta Del Vecchio, Ahmed Hamza Alhusseini, Zenon Matychak and Paul...
With the College of Engineering career fair approaching, many students are busy polishing their resumes and perfecting their elevator pitch. But for most, the process can still be daunting. Mechanical engineering student and Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania native Jack Markussen found himself in this exact predicament. The summer between his sophomore and junior years, Jack landed an opportunity at Lockheed Martin as Combat Systems Integration Engineer, where he worked on the Aegis Combat System predominantly used in U.S. Naval destroyers. "I chose Lockheed Martin because I wanted...
The Temple University Ambler Library Building didn't escape the wrath of the EF2 tornado that ravaged campus on September 1, 2021. Ferocious winds and debris tore holes in the building's roof and blew out most of the large windows, threatening the collection of 130,000 books, periodicals, research material and historical archives inside."Our first concern was the care of the materials. That was paramount in our thinking — how to save what we had because we knew there was major damage to a number of books," said Sandi Thompson, Head of the Ambler Campus Library. "We...
Owls,Welcome to the spring semester. We have all been through a tumultuous period in our history, so I hope you approach this new semester with an eye toward staying safe, healthy and taking time for yourself. That includes taking advantage of the college and university resources for time management, career services and counseling, should you need them. 2021 closed after celebrating more impressive news from students, faculty and alumni from the College of Engineering. Student groups found ways to complete impressive service projects. Faculty earned new research awards and ...