Drexel University

Drexel is a world-class comprehensive research institution committed to use-inspired research with real-world applications, and the University’s research activities result in more than $110 million in annual expenditures for sponsored projects.

Research at Drexel is driven by faculty from all disciplines. Medical and health sciences research complements traditional strengths in engineering, biotechnology, basic science, information science, and business, alongside innovative scholarship in media arts and design, the social sciences, education, and law. The Office of Research at Drexel University is committed to facilitating these research efforts.

Clear examples of the University’s interdisciplinary approach to research can be seen in efforts to meet emerging national imperatives to upgrade the transportation infrastructure, move alternative energy sources into the mainstream, and invent the means to improve medical care while reducing its costs. The University has also established major research initiatives in engineering cities, plasma medicine and biology, and neuroengineering.

The College of Information Science at Drexel provides access to a variety of specialized facilities, including a large server IBM e1350 Linux Cluster dedicated to research use. It contains: an IBM eServer Cluster 42U Enterprise Rack; 15 IBM x335 servers (computing nodes) containing: Dual 2.8Ghz Intel Xeon Processors, 1.5GB PC2100 ECC DDR SDRAM 100Mhz Bus, 512KB L2 Cache, 40GB Fixed IDE; an IBM x345 server; an IBM DS400 SAN Storage Subsystem; and 14 300GB 10000rpm Ultra320 SCSI Hot Swap drivers = approximately 3 TB on 2 RAID-5 Volumes.