Category: News and Updates

I’m excited to announce that our CIRCLE lab at Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering at Drexel University was just awarded an ASEE grant to infuse sustainability in engineering education! The grant is based on the Engineering for One Planet framework (see figure below), and it will help us lead an initiative to create a sustainability…

First time advising Senior Design, and I couldn’t be prouder! My students delivered sharp, visually compelling presentations backed by thoughtful design decisions. Congratulations to all CAEE seniors at Drexel—and a special shoutout to my teams and co-advisors Matthew Reichenbach and L. James Lo!

Congratulations to Cagla Keles, PhD candidate at our CIRCLE lab at Drexel University College of Engineering on our most recent publication on Digital Technologies and Circular Economy for the built environment! Thanks Simi Hoque, Ph.D., P.E., LEED A.P. for all the support. Happy to be a part of this effort and proud of Cagla for…

I had the honor of participating in the 2025 BIPoC-STEM Student Summit organized by the Louis Stoked Alliance for Minority Participation under the FANTASTIC leadership of Marisol Rodriguez-Mergenthal! I represented the department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering at Drexel University and the Latinx community together with Amanda Carneiro Marques, Ph.D. Together with colleagues from…

I had the chance to represent Drexel University College of Engineering at the REMADE Institute conference in Washington DC. It was amazing to learn more about the innovations in materials, systems, and processes to enable a circular economy in the United States. The conference brought together industry, academia, and government to discuss the state of…