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Camden, NJ – Last Thursday, Congressman Rob Andrews celebrated the opening of the new A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Camden. The new center brings 25 permanent professorial and technical jobs to Camden as well as 50 undergraduate and graduate Drexel students. Rep. Andrews helped secure more than $5 million in state and federal funds for the Plasma Institute.
\”Attracting top talent to Camden is vital to stimulating the local economy,\” said Rep. Andrews. \”Having leading physicists and researchers in the area will be a boon to small businesses and hiring.\”
The new labs are larger and better equipped to support the research and training efforts of Drexel students, faculty, and research staff. This institute will apply breakthroughs in high energy physics to three main research areas: energy, medicine, and the environment. In energy,