Department News
INFLUENTIAL RESEARCHER, PASSIONATE MENTOR
UD chemical and biomolecular engineer Thomas H. Epps, III is the recipient of the 2020 Percy L. Julian Distinguished Lecture and Award, given by the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers.
TWO UD ENGINEERS MAKE “35 UNDER 35” LIST
Cathy Fromen (left) and Aditya Kunjapur are assistant professors in UD’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
WHEN TWO BACTERIA BECOME ONE
Researchers uncover how microbial cells from two different species combine to form hybrid cells
UD’S HIGHEST FACULTY HONOR GOES TO NORM WAGNER
Engineer, inventor, mentor named 2020 Francis Alison winner
PETROCHEMICAL REPLACEMENTS
UD student Alice Amitrano researches plant-powered replacements for plastics.
TAKING AIM AT PLASTIC WASTE
The Center for Plastics Innovation (CPI), led by Professors LaShanda Korley and Thomas H. Epps, III, will focus on chemically transforming plastic waste into fuels, lubricants and other valuable products in an energy-efficient manner. It is one of six new Energy Frontier Research Centers established across the U.S. and the second to be directed by the University of Delaware.
$18 MILLION FOR UD
A new center at the University of Delaware will advance research to transform the way materials are made. The UD Center for Hybrid, Active, and Responsive Materials (UD CHARM) will drive fundamental materials science research with the potential to enable critical innovations in biomedicine, security, sensing and more.
A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF PROTEIN MOVEMENT
A team of engineers has shown that surface diffusion in protein transport into ion-exchange beads depends on adsorption affinity — a measure of attraction between the two materials.
FACULTY PROMOTIONS ANNOUNCED
The University of Delaware Board of Trustees approved the promotions of 72 faculty members
7 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT JUNETEENTH
Holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the United States