Welcome to the spring semester

by Keya Sadeghipour
January 18
To the Temple Engineering community,As the calendar turns to February, the coming days bring both hope and continued concern as we welcome you back for the spring semester. Nearly one year ago, the College of Engineering community, like the world around us, faced a fundamental shift from the ravages of COVID-19. This shift reframed how each of us approach learning, working and living.We hope that in the not-too-distant future we will be able to engage in normal on-campus activities, as we always have. For now, please continue to follow this page for guidance from the university...

Virtual adaptation: one student’s Air Force Research internship experience

by Eric Horvath
December 03
Like many Temple students, Yao Sedzro followed a winding path to college: born in Togo, Sedzro came to the United States in 2007 and became a citizen 11 years later. This semester, his internship with the Air Force Research Lab was disrupted by the pandemic—but he still found a way to complete the experience virtually. The experience was piqued, at least in part, by my family."My father has a master's in agricultural engineering and a PhD in agricultural economics, and my mother worked as a kindergarten teacher," Sedzro said. "What got me interested in engineering was...

Senior Design finalists named for Fall 2020

November 24
Following team presentations recently, faculty advisors and coordinators have named the following top teams from this semester's Senior Design cohort. These teams will be given a place of honor during the December 4th poster session, and will be judged by alumni and industry professionals for cash prizes. Congratulations to the following teams!Team A02 Boneview (Advisor: Dr. Spence, Coordinator Dr. Har-el)Team C01 Auto Mechanic Extruder for Liposome Preparation (Advisor: Tong Wu of Dr. Dai's group; Coordinator Dr. Har-el)Team D01 You Had Me at Cello (Advisor: Dr. Obeid;...

SMART Start: PhD student Kaitlyn Sitch earns DoD SMART Scholarship

by Eric Horvath
November 02
PhD student Kaitlyn Sitch was awarded the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship from the Department of Defense in April. The recognition came as a welcome surprise after Kaitlyn moved home with her family at the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic."I immediately was happy that I could share the news with my family in person, which is not something I would have been able to do if I had been at Temple," Kaitlyn said. "We all were able to celebrate together and was definitely a bright spot for us during an unprecedented and trying time."The...

Temple introducing flexible, online Engineering MS program

by Eric Horvath
October 21
Geared toward working engineers looking to advance in their careers, the program will offer certificates that can be taken stand-alone, or combine them for a unique combination of cross-disciplinary training.The Board of Trustees of Temple University has approved the creation of a Master of Science in Engineering. The program, housed within the Department of Engineering, Technology, and Management at the College of Engineering, will feature 'stackable' certificate programs, delivered online. The program will allow practicing engineering professionals to add skills and...

Mechanical engineering alum shares his experience passing FE exam

by Eric Horvath
October 19
Peter Zawycky, who recently passed the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, a critical step in pursuing the Professional Engineering (PE) license, shares how he prepped and what he hopes to do next.With an eye on entering the architecture, engineering and construction spaces, mechanical engineering alum Peter Zawycky (ENG, 20) recently passed the more than five hour  Fundamentals of Engineering exam, a critical step in pursuing the Professional Engineering (PE) license. Sharing his experience and preparation for the exam, the Northeast Philadelphia native added that he can now...

Two faculty research awards aim at advancing health outcomes

by Eric Horvath
October 14
Two recent engineering research awards from the American Cancer Society and National Science Foundation secured by faculty seek to propel new knowledge in areas of diagnosis, clinical care and application.Dr. Bojana Gligorijevic and Dr. Erkan Tüzel, Associate Professors of Bioengineering at the Temple University College of Engineering, received a $791,000, four-year Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society.The grant, entitled "Mechanisms of invadopodia driven motility and metastasis," will fund their work on integration of real-time, multi-scale microscopy with...

How engineering student organizations are planning for the fall

by Eric Horvath
August 26
Student professional organizations at Temple are a great way to engage with fellow students and find your place as an engineer. This is particularly true during the start of any semester, when groups map out their on-campus events, service and networking opportunities for the coming year.Like many organizations, engineering student groups have pivoted in their planning. Two groups, Temple Engineers Without Borders, the Temple chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, are among those groups taking much of their work mostly virtual."Our club has always been very small...

Constructing change as an engineering intern

by Eric Horvath
August 11
In a world turned upside down by a global pandemic, the vast majority of people have been living a life augmented by quarantine at home. For Kadmiel Kelome, a construction engineering technology major, a second-year internship with Turner Construction proved to be quite a change."Every day is something new," Kelome said. "I've never had a mundane moment when I'm at work."Kelome added that his father, a mechanical engineer by trade in Benin, Africa, taught math and science shortly after moving to America with his mother in 1990."He molded engineering into me at a young age by...

Making space: changes for new semester

by Eric Horvath
July 30
As part of the university's return to campus planning, the College of Engineering has reformatted some of the primary spaces in the building with the health and safety of everyone in mind. Here are some changes you can expect to see to spaces like Room 102, sometimes known as the Fishbowl, the IDEAS Hub and the Center for Academic Advising and Student Affairs.Room 102When Room 102 was renovated, it was done so with a focus on flexibility. Typically housing dozens of desktop computers outfitted with engineering software, the modular space will transform into a classroom space...

Temple Engineering, industry & Pennsylvania partner on power project

by Eric Horvath
July 30
Supported by the Manufacturing PA Innovation Program, Temple is collaborating with Reading, PA-based EnerSys to develop next-generation energy storage technologies.As part of a $2.8 million investment in advanced manufacturing technologies by Pennsylvania in May, Temple University College of Engineering researchers have partnered with EnerSys, on a project aimed at delivering new energy storage solutions. The INVEST: Intelligent, Networkable, and Versatile Energy Storage Technology project is spearheaded by Assistant Professor Liang Du, and co-PI, Assistant Professor Xiaonan Lu...

Temple Engineering Professor Andrew Spence Secures $1.98 Million R01 Award to Study Spinal Cord Injuries

by Eric Horvath
July 08
Associate Professor Andrew Spence recently secured a $1.98 million R01 award from the National Institutes of Health to continue study of spinal cord injury (SCI). This is the sixth R01 award in two years associated with a faculty member at Temple College of Engineering, and fourth where the faculty member is the lead PI.Dr. Spence's proposal seeks a deeper understanding of recent work demonstrating that epidural stimulation paired with treadmill training can enhance standing, stepping, and volitional control in humans and animal models of spinal cord injury."It's critically...

Ph.D. student Shuimei Zhang wins Best Student Paper Award at IEEE SAM Workshop

June 29
Ms. Shuimei Zhang, a Ph.D. student at the Advanced Signal Processing (ASP) Lab of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Temple University College of Engineering, was awarded the Best Student Paper Award at the 11th IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing (SAM 2020) Workshop recently.  This workshop, held in Hangzhou, China, in June 2020, was delivered online because of COVID-19.Titled "DOA estimation exploiting interpolated multi-frequency sparse array," this paper developed a novel array processing framework and the associated direction-of-arrival...

Put to the test: how one Temple bioengineering alumnus joined the fight against COVID-19

by Eric Horvath
June 18
Originally from Yemen, Waleed Nowayti became a first-generation college graduate in May. Like his classmates, Nowayti also stepped into the tumbling uncertainty of a global pandemic. As a bioengineer, he had the tools to get right to work at combating COVID-19 when he accepted a position with Frontida BioPharm."I was hired as an engineer for this project specifically, as a COVID-19 Rapid Test Cassette Engineer," Nowayti said. Nowayti works with chemists who make a solution to interact with blood on a tester to identify if a person has antibodies. A positive test indicates a...

Career advising: set yourself up for virtual success

by Leslie Silva
May 05
With more and more employers conducting virtual interviews through Zoom and Skype, you should think about what that means for your search and interview prep, too. In short, while the prep is the same, the format is...different. Here are some things to consider. Location setupMake sure that you are somewhere quiet with a plain backdrop. Now is not the time to show off your Drake poster. Testing!The second bedroom in my house is the only place I get a strong enough connection to use Zoom, so that's where I spend my work days. Complete your interview wherever your connection is...

Top six: announcing this semester's leading senior design teams

by Eric Horvath
May 04
Congratulations to the top senior design teams for this semester! After presenting virtually over Zoom, the following six teams emerged as the top selections among faculty coordinators. Team A1: Develop a fleet of car-like robots to follow a target trajectoryAlexander Wroblewski, Austin Cook, Katie Martin, Nicholas Mecca, Stefanie BeardAdvisor: Prof. SoudbakhshTeam A11: Microgravity BioreactorGeorge Kramarenko, Jules Riehs, Mm Golam Mah Shadhin, Songming Zhang Advisor: Prof. LelkesTeam B4: RoboboatByron Gaspard, Jiaxin Xi, Justin Johnson, Samuel Sadel, Zhao GaoAdvisor: Prof....

Showing their work: Temple Engineering students post strong finish

by Eric Horvath
May 01
Temple College of Engineering students continue to secure top scholarships and fellowships, notch strong showings in competitions and earn recognition for research and student professional organization activity.Congratulations to all of those who exemplify the tradition of engineering students as among the top performers on campus.Mechanical engineering students shine with Fulbright Awards, NSF FellowshipAdam Brock, a graduating mechanical engineering student, has won the English Teaching Assistant Award in Germany from the U.S. Fulbright Commission and the Fulbright Austria...

Temple civil & environmental engineering faculty continue to expand water quality research footprint

by Eric Horvath
April 16
Three faculty members combined for a significant research impact during this academic year, with one recognized by the university following a recent multi-year international water quality research project and two others earning $800,000 in grant awards, including one NSF CAREER award. Temple President Richard Englert presented Dr. Rominder Suri, Professor...

Temple honors 30th anniversary of PA space grant in Washington, DC

by Eric Horvath
April 07
In late-February, Temple engineering faculty and students from a NASA-funded space lab celebrated the 30th anniversary of the NASA Space Grant with a special trip to Washington, DC.John Helferty, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the Student Space Exploration and Embedded Systems Lab, helped to organize the trip."It was a great way to highlight the work that's been done over the last three decades," Dr. Helferty said. "Students have truly benefited from NASA's support in bringing space-related engineering projects and opportunities for discovery."The...