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New CubeSat Club: Exploring Space Science and Engineering
Dr. Alan Johnston, associate teaching professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is the faculty advisor for the new Villanova student organization known as CubeSat Club. A CubeSat is a nanosatellite that sends telemetry information—measurements communicated at remote points by automated processes—over radio signals received on earth by a ground station. They can help students learn about orbital mechanics, conditions in space and energy production via solar cells.
College of Engineering Announces 2019 Ward Lecture Speaker: Dr. Anne Roby ’86 ChE
Engineers’ Week at Villanova University begins February 17, and will end—and peak—on February 22 with the annual Patrick J. Cunningham, Jr. and Susan Ward '80 Endowed Lecture Series in Engineering. The 2019 Ward lecturer is Dr. Anne Roby, senior vice president for Linde plc, who will speak on “Engineers Advancing Sustainable and Integral Development.”
Villanova Engineering Faculty Awarded Grant for Transformative Wastewater Treatment Process
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Metin Duran, PhD, and Assistant Professor Wenqing Xu, PhD, have received a $101,153 research grant from Renmatix, Inc., a Philadelphia-area biotechnology company, to develop an anammox-biochar system for one step, sustainable and cost-effective nitrogen removal and phosphorus recovery from wastewater.
Dr. Alfonso Ortega, the James R. Birle Professor of Energy Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been appointed to the new position of associate director of the multi-university National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Energy-Smart Electronic Systems (ES2). In this role, he will assist the Center’s three university sites with strategic planning and aligning the overall ES2 vision with industry partners.