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The following is information on graduate study in environmental science
and engineering at Drexel University.  For information, write to the
address at the end of the post, or send an E-mail note to
[e-mail], preferably including a postal address and an E-mail
response address.

Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy Degrees in Environmental
Science and Environmental Engineering

Overview
This document is a general description of the graduate programs offered
by the Drexel University Environmental Studies Institute (ESI).  It is
intended act as an introduction to these programs for prospective
applicants students of the Graduate Programs in Environmental Engineering
and in Environmental Science.

Programs In the Environmental Studies Institute
The M.S. degree may be completed on either a full time or a part time
basis.  Full time students can complete the M.S. program in 5 - 6
quarters (15 - 18 months).   Part time students require 3 - 5 years,
depending upon the number of courses taken per term.  The thesis for the
M.S.degree is optional; 45 credits are required for completion of the
M.S. with thesis or 48 credits for the completion of the M.S. without
thesis.

M.S. in Environmental Engineering
Programs are available with specializations in Air Pollution, Hazardous
and Solid Waste, Water Resources, and Water and Wastewater Treatment.
Entry into these M.S.E.E. programs requires an undergraduate engineering
degree from an ABET approved institution.  If the student does not have
an ABET accredited undergraduate degree in engineering, he/she may take
additional courses to develop the functional equivalent of such a degree.
 The courses which must be taken (with the equivalent Drexel course
number) are Computer Programming, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra,
Engineering Mechanics, Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Solids, Fluid
Mechanics, and Thermodynamics, Engineering Economics, and Electrical
Circuits or Electronics.  For specific areas of concentration additional
undergraduate preparation in the following courses may be desireable:
Engineering Geology, Geotechnical Engineering, Hydrology, and Transport
Phenomena.

M.S. in Environmental Science
Programs are available with specializations in Air Pollution,
Environmental Assessment, Environmental Biotechnology, Environmental
Chemistry, Industrial Hygiene, Hazardous and Solid Waste, Water
Resources, and Water and Wastewater Treatment.

Ph.D.
A Ph.D. can be pursued in the fields of : Air Pollution, Environmental
Assessment, Environmental Biotechnology, Environmental Chemistry,
Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Microbiology, Hazardous and Solid
Waste, Water Resources, and Water and Wastewater Treatment.  Achievement
of the Ph.D. centers around the completion of a major research project
and publication of the results of this research.  There is a University
90 credit requirement for the Ph.D. degree.  When a post-M.S. student is
admitted, the University accepts 45 credits from the M.S. degree towards
the Ph.D. requirement.  The precise balance of coursework and research
credits will be determined by the student
committee.  In addition to accruing 90 credits, the Ph.D. student must
assemble (with their research advisor) a thesis advisory committee (or
different committees for each of the different examinations), pass a
qualifying examination, pass a candidacy examination, and defend their
dissertation.  The University has a one-year residency requirement.


Admissions
While Drexel University does not provide a formal program of admissions
counseling for graduate study prospective applicants, the Graduate
Admissions Office will answer all questions about the mechanics of the
admissions process.  Answers to more specific questions about the
graduate Environmental Engineering or Environmental Science programs
should be addressed to the ESI Director, Associate Director or individual
ESI members.

Admissions Requirements
Admission applications are accepted for enrollment at the start of any of
Drexel's four terms (these begin in September [fall quarter], January
[winter quarter], March [spring quarter], and June [summer quarter].
Transcripts and letters of recommendation are required.  Persons
interested in applying for assistantships must submit their applications
by the preceding February 1, for the following fall term.  More
information regarding application procedures and deadlines is available
from the Office of Graduate Admissions.

The minimum requirements for admission to the M.S. programs are an
undergraduate degree in either engineering or science with a grade point
average (GPA) of 3.0 (A = 4 scale).  Admission to the doctoral program is
based on a minimum grade point average of 3.5 in graduate courses.
Prerequisites for admission are: (1) at least a year of calculus, (2) at
least a year of chemistry, (3) a course in physics, and (4) a course in
environmental engineering or environmental science (or equivalent), (5)
computer literacy.  (Courses taken at Drexel University to remedy
undergraduate deficiencies do not count toward the graduate degree.)  For
students entering with undergraduate degrees from outside the United
States, a current TOEFL score of at least 550 is required.  Because space
in the program is limited, applicants who meet these minimum
qualifications are not guaranteed admission into the program.

Students with a GPA between 2.75 and 3.0 may be considered for admission
on a provisional basis upon presentation of additional evidence of
capability (i.e., strong letters of recommendation, high score on the
Graduate Record Examination [GRE], professional work experience and
accomplishments.  Provisional students who maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0
after passing ESI
acceptance into the program.  The GRE is not required but it may be used
as additional supporting evidence as stated above.

Applicants may be admitted to Drexel, but not to the Graduate Program in
Environmental Engineering and Science, as non-matriculated students for
the purpose of taking a limited number of courses (four or less).
Admission as a non-matriculating student is not advised as a method of
avoiding the normal ESI admissions review, for there is no guarantee of
regular admissions upon completion of these courses.  If courses taken as
a non-matriculating student may not be accepted for credit towards the
degree if they are not germane to the student
area choice.

An area of specialization within ESI (see below for a list of these
areas) should be indicated on the application form.  This information is
used for the assignment of a supervising advisor within ESI.

When successful applicants are notified of acceptance by the Drexel
University Graduate Admissions Office, the student will advised to
contact the institute graduate advisor, who is generally the ESI
Associate Director.  The Associate Director will then suggest the names
of ESI faculty with expertise in the student
act as a supervising advisor.  It is the student
contact this faculty member.  The supervising advisor will aid the
student in selection of appropriate courses for completion of their
degree program.  If the student is working on an M.S. with Thesis or
Ph.D., the research supervisor will act as the supervising advisor.

Cost of Study (1992-93)
Tuition for both the master's and Ph.D. programs is $422 per credit hour
for the 1992 93 academic year.  There is also a student activity fee of
$91 per term for full-time students and $49 per term for part-time
students.  Ph.D. candidates are charged the same rate for credit hours
taken in course work, research or thesis preparation.

Financial Aid
Financial aid in the form of assistantships is available to promising
students. Assistantships are generally not awarded to students during
their first year without prior U.S. degrees, nor to part time graduate
students.  Two types of assistantships exist: Teaching Assistantships
(TA) and Research Assistantships (RA).  ESI administers TA
support of graduate students aiding a faculty member to teach a course;
RA
therefore, are administered by individual faculty for use in aiding their
research efforts.  Information on general need-based loan programs can be
secured from the Financial Aid Office.

Living Costs
For a full calendar year, excluding tuition, living expenses for a
graduate student at Drexel is estimated at approximately $12,000
(1992-93).  The university does not provide on-campus housing for
graduate students but information on off-campus housing is available from
the Residential Living Office.

Course Requirements for the M.S. Degree
The course requirements for the M.S. degree consist of two sets of
courses.  The first are three required core courses which form the basis
for further specialization within the Institute.  These are as follows:

ENVR 501 - Environmental Chemistry
ENVR 506 - Biostatistics
ENVR 511 - Evolutionary Ecology (for Industrial Hygiene students only,
substitute ENVR 521 - Environmental Health)

The second set of courses are those required for each of the areas of
specialization.  These, along with the core courses, define 30-39 credits
of the program of study.  Deviations from these requirements are rarely
approved; however with the concurrence of the student
Director or Associate Director of ESI, deviations may be permitted.

Thesis/Non-thesis Options
An ESI student may exercise either a thesis or non-thesis option.
Students who receive finanacial support must elect the thesis option,
unless approval is granted by their advisor or the ESI Director.  The
overall distinction between the degrees is as follows:

Students who elect to do research and produce a thesis (for 6-9 credits)
will, with the concurrence of their research supervisor, select up to 9
additional credits (depending upon program option) of elective courses
with the advise of their research advisor for a total requirement of 45
credits.

Students who elect a non-thesis option must select additional course work
beyond the core and required courses, for a total of 48 credits.  Of
these electives, at least 9 credits must form a coherent sequence in a
minor, preferably in a department other than ESI. For example, Civil
Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Bioscience and Biotechnology, and
Chemistry would be acceptable.  The specific elective sequences must be
agreed to by the student

Ph.D. Degree
The Ph.D. degree requires a total of 90 credits beyond the baccaulaureate
degree.  In most cases the Ph.D. is preceeded by the achievement of an
M.S. degree (with thesis) and the credits earned with this degree may
apply towards the 90 credit total.  A major component of the Ph.D. degree
program is a research project developed in conjuntion with a faculty
member of ESI.  Other requirements, such as required examinations, are
detailed in other University and ESI documents.  Admission to Drexel
University as a post-M.S. student does not guarantee acceptance into a
research project with an ESI faculty member.

Areas of Specialization
A student must complete the courses in one of the following specialized
areas unless a special program has been approved and is on file with the
Associate Director of ESI.  Special programs require approval of a
faculty Supervising Advisor and the ESI Associate Director.  The written
rationale for the special program, with reasons for any substitutions for
the required courses within an Area of Specialization, must be submitted
by the student and Supervising Advisor before the Plan of Study will be
approved by the Associate Director.  The faculty which act as Supervising
Advisors for each area are indicated in parentheses.  These faculty
should be contacted in order to develop and submit a Plan of Study for
approval.

Air Pollution (Friend, Cernansky, Grossmann, Kreitzberg)
ENVR 541    Air Pollution Meteorology
ENVR 605    Atmospheric Chemistry
ENVR 608    Fate of Pollutants in the Air and Water Environment
ENVR 641    Community Air Pollution I
ENVR 642    Design of Air and Gas Cleaning Equipment and Systems
ENVR 741    Toxic and Hazardous Air Pollutants
ENVR 742    Small Particle Technology

Environmental Assessment (Friend, Kilham, Spotila)
    ENVR 516    Sanitary Microbiology
    ENVR 541    Air Pollution Meteorology
    ENVR 608    Fate of Pollutants in the Air and Water Environment
    ENVR 611    Aquatic Ecology
    ENVR 616    Environmental Microbiology
    ENVR 711    Aquatic Toxicology
    ENVR 726    Environmental Assessment
    ENVR 727    Risk Assessment

Environmental Biotechnology (Gealt)
    BIO 500    Biochemistry I
    BIO 501    Biochemistry I Laboratory
    BIO 530    Techniques in Microbial Genetics
    BIO 610    Biochemistry II
    ENVR 516    Sanitary Microbiology
    ENVR 608    Fate of Pollutants in the Air and Water Environment
    ENVR 616    Environmental Microbiology
    ENVR 726    Environmental Assessment
    ENVR 865    Bioremediation

Environmental Chemistry (Friend, Gurol, Haas)
    ENVR 601    Advanced Environmental Chemistry
    ENVR 602    Water Quality Control Laboratory
    ENVR 605    Atmospheric Chemistry
    ENVR 608    Fate of Pollutants in the Air and Water Environment
    ENVR 611    Aquatic Ecology
    ENVR 660    Chemical Kinetics, Mass Transfer and Reactor Design in
Environmental Engineering
    ENVR 661    Unit Operations
    ENVR 702    Advanced Environmental Instrumentation

Industrial Hygiene (Levin, Grossmann, Tulp)
    ENVR 522    Environmental Health Law
    ENVR 531    Industrial Hygiene I
    ENVR 532    Industrial Hygiene II
    ENVR 535    Industrial Safety
    ENVR 621    Epidemiology
    ENVR 636    Toxicology and Human Physiology
    ENVR 727    Risk Assessment
    ENVR 736    Toxicology

Hazardous and Solid Wastes (Pipes, Gurol, Haas)
    ENVR 603    Hazardous Waste Analysis Laboratory
    ENVR 608    Fate of Pollutants in the Air and Water Environment
    ENVR 636    Toxicology and Human Physiology
    ENVR 661    Unit Operations
    ENVR 727    Risk Assessment
    ENVR 741    Toxic and Hazardous Air Pollutants
    ENVR 865    Biological Hazardous Waste Treatment
    ENVR 865    Hazardous Waste and Groundwater Treatment
    ENVR 865    Leachate and Landfill Design

Water Resources (Baehr, Welty)
    CIVE 561    Introduction to Hydrology
    CIVE 760    Water Resources Planning and Devleopment I
    CIVE 761    Water Resources Planning and Development II
    EGEOL 701    Hydrology
    EGEOL 750    Hydrology
    ENVR 751    Stream Analysis and Pollution Control

Water and Wastewater Treatment (Haas, Pipes, Gurol, Gealt)
    ENVR 516    Sanitary Microbiology
    ENVR 602    Water Quality Control Laboratory
    ENVR 608    Fate of Pollutants in the Air and Water Environment
    ENVR 611    Aquatic Ecology
    ENVR 660    Chemical Kinetics, Mass Transfer and Reactor Design in
Environmental Engineering
    ENVR 661    Unit Operations
    ENVR 662    Unit Operations
    ENVR 711    Aquatic Toxicology
    ENVR 751    Stream Analysis and Pollution Control


Courses Offered by ESI (ENVR Prefix):

501  Chemistry of the Environment   (3 crs.)  Prequisite: Undergraduate
chemistry , and 1 year of calculus; or equivalent or approval by
Instructor
506  Biostatistics  (3 crs.)
511  Evolutionary Ecology  (3 crs.)
516  Sanitary Microbiology  (3 crs.)
521  Environmental Health  (3 crs.)
522  Environmental Law  (3 crs.)
529  Environmental Noise  (3 crs.)
531  Industrial Hygiene I  (3 crs.)
532  Industrial Hygiene II  (3 crs.)
533  Industrial Hygiene Laboratory  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 502
534  Industrial Ventilation  (3 crs.)
535  Industrial Safety  (3 crs.)
541  Air Pollution Meteorology  (3 crs.)
546  Solid Wastes Systems  (3 crs.)
551  Radiological Health  (3 crs.)
552  Radiobiology  (3 crs.)
556  Management of Hazardous Wastes Sites  (3 crs.)
601  Advanced Environmental Chemistry  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR  501 or
approval by Instructor
602  Water Quality Control Laboratory  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 501
603  Hazardous Waste Analysis Laboratory  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 501
605  Atmospheric Chemistry  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 501
607  Environmental Systems Analysis  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 506
608  Fate of Pollutants in Air and Water  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 501
or equivalent
611  Aquatic Ecology  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 501 and 511
616  Environmental Microbiology  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 516 or
approval by Instructor
621  Epidemiology  (3 crs.)  Prequisites:ENVR 501, 506, and 516 or
equivalents
636  Toxicology and Human Physiology  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 501
641  Community Air Pollution  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 501
642  Design of Air and Gas Cleaning Equipment and Systems  (3 crs.)
Prequisite: ENVR 501
646  Advanced Solid Wastes Systems  (3 crs.)  Prequisites: ENVR 501, 516,
and 546
656  On-Site Hazardous Wastes Remediation  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 501
657  Incineration: Design and Applications  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 501
660  Chemical Kinetics, Mass Transfer and Reactor Design in Envir.
Engineering  (3 crs.),Prequisites: ENVR 501
661  Envir. Engineering Unit Operations: Chemical and Physical  (3 crs.)
Prequisite: ENVR 660
662  Environmental Engineering Unit Operations: Biological  (3 crs.)
Prequisites: ENVR 516 and 660
702  Advanced Environmental Instrumentation  (3 crs.)  Prequisites: ENVR
602 or 603
711  Aquatic Toxicology  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 611
726  Environmental Assessment  (3 crs.)  Prequisites: ENVR 506
727  Risk Assessment  (3 crs.)  Prequisites: ENVR 501, 506, and 608
736  Toxicology  (3 crs.)  Prequisites: ENVR 501 and 636
741  Toxic and Hazardous Air Pollutants  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 641
742  Small Particle Technology  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR 501
751  Stream Analysis and Pollution Control  (3 crs.)  Prequisites: ENVR
501 and 611, or approval by Instructor
756  Leachate Protection and Landfill Design  (3 crs.)  Prequisite: ENVR
565
757  Bioremediation  (3 crs.)  Prequisites: ENVR 516 and 616
761  Environmental Engineering Unit Operations Laboratory  (3 crs.)
Prequisites: ENVR 661 and 662
766  Wastes Water Treatment Plant Design  (3 crs.)  Prequisites: ENVR 661
and 662
797  Research Project (not leading to Thesis or Dissertation)
865  Special Topics  (Var. Crs.)
898  M.S. Thesis [ Maximum of 6-9 Credits]
998  Ph.D. Thesis  (Var. Crs.)

Speciality Courses and Electives Offered by Allied Department

BIO 555 Physiology of Growth and Development
BIO 665 Microbial Ecology
BSTAT 622 Statistical Decision Theory I
BSTAT 626 Statistical Sampling
BSTAT 636 Experimental Design
CHEM 551 Radiochemistry
CIVE 662 Hydrodynamics I
CIVE 663 Hydrodynamics II
CIVE 664 Open Channel Hydraulics
CIVE 760 Water Resources Planning and Development I
CIVE 761 Water Resources Planning and Development II
CIVE 790 Special Topics
    Groundwater Flow Modeling
    Groundwater Pollution Transport Modeling
    Dynamics and Fluids inPorous Media
    Stochasic Subsurface Hydrology
    Numerical Methods in Tranport Modeling I, II, and III
ECON 616 Public Finance and Cost-Benefit Analysis
EGEOL 561 Introduction to Hydrology
EGEOL 630 Engineering Geology
EGEOL 660 Hydrology
EGEOL 701 Hydrology
FIN 628 Capital Budgeting
OPR 620 Operations Research I
OPR 622 Operations Research II
OPR 624 Advanced mathematical Programming
OPR 626 System Simulation
PHYS 541 Atmospheric Physics I
PHYS 544 Large-Scale Atmospheric Dynamics
PHYS 547 Small-Scale Atmospheric Dynamics

Faculty

Name    Office    Department    Research Interest
Cernansky, Nicholas P.
Interim Director; Hess Chair Professor of Combustion (Ph.D., Univ.
California, Berkeley)    Abbotts 301
Main 151-B    Mechanical Engineering    Combustion processes and air pollution

Doheny, Edward L.
Director, Engineering Geology Program and Professor of Civil Engineering
(Ph.D. Indiana Univ.)    Main 270-A    Civil Engineering    Engineering geology

Friend, James P.
Robert S. Hanson Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry (Ph.D., Columbia
Univ.)    Stratton 410
    Chemistry    Atmospheric chemistry
Gealt, Michael A.
Associate Director, Professor of Bioscience and Biotechnology (Ph.D.,
Rutgers Univ.)    Stratton 218
Abbotts 310    Bioscience and Biotechnology    Microbial Ecology; Biodegradation

Grossmann, Elihu D.
Professor of Chemical Engineering (Ph.D. Univ. Pennsylvania)    CAT 480
Chemical Engineering    Industrial safety

Gurol, Mirat D.
Professor of Chemical Engineering (Ph.D., Univ. North Carolina, Chapel
Hill)    Abbotts 306    Chemical Engineering    Hazardous waste, water and
wastewater treatment; Chemical oxidation

Haas, Charles N.
L.D. Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering (Ph.D., Univ. of
Illinois, Urbana/Champaign)    Abbotts 312    Civil Engineering    Water,
wastewater and hazardous waste treatment; Disinfection; Risk assessment;
Statistics

Hamel, Bernard B.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D., Princeton)    CAT 27A    Mechanical
Engineering    Solid waste management

Handel, A. Philip
Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Food Science (Ph.D., Univ. of
Massachusetts)    Nesbitt 605    Nutrition and Food Science    Food science,
especially lipid chemistry.  Food composition and functionality.
Evaluation and analysis of frying fats and fried foods

Kay, Jack G.
Professor of Chemistry (Ph.D., Univ. of Kansas)    Disque 416A    Chemistry
Chemical effects of nuclear transformation; radon and radon daughters in
the atmosphere

Kilham, Susan
Associate Professor of Bioscience and Biotechnology (Ph.D., Duke Univ.)
Stratton 235    Bioscience and Biotechnology    Algal ecology; Limnology

Koerner, Robert M.
Bowman Professor of Civil Engineering (Ph.D., Duke Univ.)    Geosynthetic
Textile Institute    Civil Engineering    Geotextiles; Landfill liner
characteristics

Kreitzberg, Carl
Professor of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences (Ph.D., Univ. Washington)
Disque 909    Physics and Atmospheric Science
    Air pollution meterology; Atmospheric sciences

Laessig, Robert E.
Associate Dean and Professor of Business and Administration (Ph.D.,
Cornell Univ.)    Matheson 106        Cost benefit analysis; Mathematical
statistics

Levin, Lester
Director, Industrail Hygiene and Environmental Health Program, Professor
of Industrial Hygiene (M.S., Harvard Univ.)    CAT 485
    Chemical Engineering    Industrial hygiene, Occupational health

Meyer, Steve
Lecturer and Assistant Department Head, Chemical Engineering
(M.S. Clemson Univ.)    CAT 3xx    Chemical Engineering    Simulation and process
modeling

Martin, Joseph P.
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering (Ph.D., Colorado State Univ.)
    Main 270H    Civil Engineering    Geotechnical aspects of environmental
engineering; Hazardous waste solidification; Land disposal of wastes

Miller, David L.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D., Louisiana State
Univ.)    Main 170E    Mechanical Engineering    Combustion and incineration

Pipes, Wesley O.
Professor of Civil Engineering (Ph.D., Northwestern Univ.)    Abbotts 302
Civil Engineering    Biological treatment processes; Environmental
microbiology

Sagik, Bernard P.
Obold Professor of Biological Sciences (Ph.D., Univ. Illinois,
Urbana/Champaign)    Stratton 227    Bioscience and Biotechnology
    Environmental virology

Spotila, James R.
L. D. Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Science (Ph.D., Univ. Dayton)
    Stratton 238    Bioscience and Biotechnology
    Thermal ecology; Applied and physiological ecology

Tulp, Orien L.
Professor of Nutrition and Food Science (Ph.D., Univ. of Vermont)    Nesbitt
606    Nutrition and Food Science
    Toxicology; Nutrition

Weggel, Richard
Professor (Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign    Main 270N    Civil
Engineering
    Ocean and coastal engineering;.Surface water hydrology

Welty, Claire
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering (Ph.D., Massachusetts Inst.
Technology)    Abbotts 304    Civil Engineering
    Groundwater hydrology and contaminant transport and control; Water
resources; Systems analysis


Part Time and Adjunct Faculty
Arthur Baehr, Assistant Research Professor, Civil Engineering (Ph.D.
University of Delaware), Groundwater hydrology, unsaturated zone transport

Kevin Bryson, Adjunct Associate Professor (J.D. Suffolk University),
Environmental Law
Isabel Mandelbaum, Adjunct Professor (Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania),
Toxicology

RESEARCH FACILITIES
The Environmental Studies Institute maintains its own research
facilities, including over 22,000 square feet of laboratory space.  Among
the equipment available for student use are two atomic absorption
spectrophotometers with graphite furnace and autosampler; a UV-visible
spectrophotometer; an ion analyzer with autoburette and automatic
titrator; gas chromatographs; liquid chromatographs with UV,
fluorescence, and radiolable detectors; a liquid-scintillation counter; a
total organic carbon analyzer with sludge/sediment sampler; high-speed
centrifuges; an ion chromatograph; ozone generators; and a UV
photochemical reactor. Additional research facilities are available in
the Departments of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Chemistry, Physics &
Atmospheric Sciences, Civil & Architectural Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering, and the Geotextiles Research Institute.




FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
    Associate Director
    Environmental Studies Institute
    Drexel University
    32nd & Chestnut Streets
    Philadelphia, PA 19104