In the News

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2015 GREATER PHILADELPHIA SEAPERCH CHALLENGE ON LOCAL NEWS

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The 2015 Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge was featured on several local news stations. Follow the links below to see the videos and read the stories!
6 ABC - SeaPerch
CBS Philly - SeaPerch Area Schoolkids Compete in Underwater Robotics Challenge
Fox 29 - SeaPerch Science Week Kicks Off in Philadelphia
NAVY SEAPERCH COMPETITION SPREADS STEM AWARENESS

Drexel Professor Awarded ONR Grant to Study Ocean Dynamics using Teams of Robots

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The Office of Naval Research awarded M. Ani Hsieh, professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel University, and her team from the Scalable Autonomous Systems Laboratory a $510,000 grant to develop  new ways to coordinate teams of robots to track and map ocean dynamics.


Link to Story

Drexel Engineers Build Trifecta of Robots to Navigate Underwater, Ground and Aerial

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Four undergraduate Drexel students spent the summer months building underwater, ground and aerial robots under the guidance of two graduate students and assistant teaching professor Dr. Pramod Abichandani




Link To Story (Drexel College of Engineering)

2012 Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge Media Coverage

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On March 24, Joanne Ferroni, Director of University and Community Partnerships at Drexel University and a fellow planning committee member of the Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge was quoted on KYW-TV (CBS -3), WPSG-TV (CW Philly-57) and KYW Newsradio (1060-AM) in a story on the College of Engineering’s seventh annual Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge. 

Link to story (KYW Newsradio) 
Link to clip (CW Philly-57)

Technically Philly

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The Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge was recently mentioned in a Technically Philly post titled "STEM graduation rates show uphill battle with math and science in School District."

Check out the post here. Go STEM!