Editing Drexel University (section)

====College of Engineering====
{{main|Drexel University College of Engineering}}
[[File:Bossone Research Enterprese Center - Drexel University - IMG 7528.JPG|thumb|Edmund D. Bossone Research Center, located on the [[Avenue of Technology (Philadelphia)|Avenue of Technology]] on [[Market Street (Philadelphia)|Market Street]]]]
Drexel's [[Drexel University College of Engineering|College of Engineering]] is one of its oldest and largest academic colleges and served as the original focus of the career-oriented school upon its founding in 1891. The College of Engineering is home to several notable alumni, including two astronauts; financier [[Bennett S. LeBow]], for whom the university's College of Business is named; and [[Paul Baran]], inventor of the packet-switched network. Today, Drexel University's College of Engineering, which is home to 19 percent of the undergraduate student body,<ref>{{cite web|title = Drexel University {{!}} Best College {{!}} US News|url = http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/drexel-university-3256|website = colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com|access-date = February 18, 2016|archive-date = July 20, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720110257/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/drexel-university-3256|url-status = dead}}</ref> is known for creating the world's first engineering degree in [[Appropriate Technology|appropriate technology]].<ref>{{cite web| date = June 1, 2007| url =http://www.drexel.edu/catalog/ug/coe/appropriate-index.htm| title = Appropriate Technology| publisher= Drexel University Catalog| access-date =September 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123154051/http://www.drexel.edu/catalog/ug/coe/appropriate-index.htm |archive-date=January 23, 2009}}</ref> The college is also one of only 17 U.S. universities to offer a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering, and only one of five private institutions to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.univsource.com/architectural.htm |title=Architectural Engineering Schools/Programs in the United States of America |publisher=Univsource.com |access-date=December 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drexel.edu/academics/coe/cae/ugarch.asp |title=Drexel University College of Engineering: Architectural Engineering |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217231017/http://drexel.edu/academics/coe/cae/ugarch.asp |archive-date=February 17, 2009  }}</ref>

=====Drexel Engineering Curriculum (tDEC)=====
The engineering curriculum used by the school was originally called E4 (Enhanced Educational Experience for Engineers) which was established in 1986<ref name="tdec">{{Cite news|date=February 10, 2006|title=CoE plans to revamp entire engineering curriculum |url=http://media.www.thetriangle.org/media/storage/paper689/news/2006/02/10/News/Coe-Plans.To.Revamp.Entire.Engineering.Curriculum-1608638-page2.shtml |first=Daniel |last=Silva |publisher=The Triangle |access-date=December 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209032607/http://media.www.thetriangle.org/media/storage/paper689/news/2006/02/10/News/Coe-Plans.To.Revamp.Entire.Engineering.Curriculum-1608638-page2.shtml |archive-date=December 9, 2010}}</ref> and funded in part by the Engineering Directorate of the [[National Science Foundation]].<ref name="tdec2">{{Cite journal |last=Warnock |first=Scott |author2=Andrew J. McCann |title=Structured, Online Evaluations and the First-Year Design Process |journal=Learning Technology |volume=6 |issue=4 |publisher=IEEE Computer Society |date=October 2004 |url=http://lttf.ieee.org/learn_tech/issues/october2004/index.html |access-date=December 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711052015/http://lttf.ieee.org/learn_tech/issues/october2004/index.html |archive-date=July 11, 2007 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

In 1988, the program evolved into tDEC (the Drexel Engineering Curriculum)<ref name="tdec2" /> which is composed of two full years of rigorous core engineering courses which encompass the freshman and sophomore years of the engineering student. The College of Engineering hasn't used the tDEC curriculum since approximately 2005.