Department News
UD rises in engineering rankings
U.S. News and World Report ranks UD at #38 nationally, chemical engineering at #7
FUTURE LEADERS AND INNOVATORS
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awards graduate research fellowships each spring to promising undergraduate and graduate students around the country who are expected to become knowledge experts in their field. These individuals are anticipated to help advance the nation’s technological infrastructure, national security and economic well-being through their research, teaching and innovations in science and engineering.
Prof. Kunjapur wins 2024 BioInnovation Institute & Science Prize for Innovation
Aditya Kunjapur, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has won the 2024 BioInnovation Institute & Science Prize for Innovation.
The Future of Clean Hydrogen
UD and Chemours host National Academy of Engineering Regional Meeting, with presentations focused on using hydrogen for clean, efficient fuel cells.
FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE
University of Delaware leaders, Delaware’s Congressional delegation and members of the life sciences industry gathered Monday, April 22, to mark the next chapter in the development of the Securing American Biomanufacturing Research and Education (SABRE) Center.
Bio-inspired innovations
April Kloxin has been inducted to the 2024 College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Srikanth Pilla named SPE Fellow
Srikanth Pilla, engineering professor and director of the Center for Composite Materials, has been named a 2024 Fellow of the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE).
MASTERING MOLECULE MECHANICS
UD researchers shed light on formulation, manufacturing challenges in diabetes, obesity medications
New Insights Into Microbial Evolution
UD engineers uncover new mechanism for gene transfer with implications for fields ranging from ecology to biotechnology and medicine
High-throughput innovation
Researchers in the lab of April Kloxin are using an advanced ‘bioprinter’ to help them study and test new therapeutics
SMALL WONDERS, BIG POTENTIAL
In life, some of nature’s most fearsome creatures and most helpful friends are with us all the time. They are everywhere around us, and even inside of us, happily living their microbial dreams.
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE RISES IN RESEARCH RANKINGS
In the latest Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey released by the National Science Foundation, UD ranks 47th out of 626 academic institutions across the United States when comparing non-medical school R&D expenditures.