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Iowa ranks seventh nationwide for waste management

Professor and Chair of Civil Engineering Ronald Mersky is referenced for his contribution to a recent report that examines how states can cut down on waste and create better waste management systems. 
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Lancaster Online

Lancaster County college news: Oct. 21, 2022

Brian Hoffman, a chemistry and chemical engineering student, is mentioned for his win at the SURCA 2022 Symposium for his work alongside faculty advisor Dipendu Saha.

DVIRC

DVIRC Partners with Widener University to Advance Student Engineering

This article highlights DVIRC's support of the School of Engineering's summer camp for high school students. The organization provided financial support for a select group of high school students to attend the camp in pursuit of a future in engineering.

Gloucester City News

Widener student Ryan McNamee, of Bellmawr, Uses Spring. Break for Senior Project work

Ryan McNamee and members of his civil engineering senior project team, Zachary Billie, Aniruddha Patel, Aidan DePietropaolo, Sean McDonnell and Brinton Hadler, traveled to Florida during spring break as part of their project which focuses on the development of an installation and environmental assessment manual for underground refuse containers.

Delaware County Daily Times

Widener honors faculty for excellence at 2021 awards event

This article promotes the winners of the annual Faculty Awards which recognizes faculty in the areas of teaching innovation, research, civic engagement, and institutional leadership. This year's winners include Professor Yvonne Antonucci, Professor Shirlee Drayton-Brooks, Professor J. Wesley Leckrone, Associate Professor Jayne Thompson,  Associate Professor Dipendu Saha, Associate Professor Katherine Goodrich, Professor Mark Nicosia, and Professor Nadine McHenry.

Defense Visual Information Distribution Service

NSWCPD Supports STEM Program Building Underwater Robots at Widener University

This article gives an overview of a senior project led by robotics students Nicholas Lubeck, Jacob Thomas, Natalie Ralston, Mary Flaherty, and Michael Knawby. Sponsored by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division's STEM Outreach Program, the students are working to create an autonomous underwater vehicle. This article also quotes Xiaomu Song, associate professor and chair of robotics engineering.

6abc

News at 5 p.m.

This clip highlights the annual engineering mini-camp for high school seniors hosted by the School of Engineering

Top 3 with Marcia O'Connor

Episode 16: Lou Rodriguez

Louis Rodriguez Jr., a civil engineering graduate, Board of Trustee member, and founder and CEO of Rodriguez Consulting LLC, is a guest on this podcast discussing his background, career and his path to entrepreneurship. 

Academic Minute

Understanding the Future of Automated Self-Driving

This week is Widener Week on Academic Minute, Insider Higher Ed's daily podcast that features experts from top colleges and universities from across the country. Ali Hamza, assistant professor of engineering, outlines the technological capabilities that are making automated self-driving a reality.

NPE

Pa.'s charter school law is overdue for updating

Charles Nippert, associate professor emeritus of chemical engineering, writes in this guest column that the Pennsylvania needs to revise its law governing charters and cyber charters.