Department News
EXPANDING HORIZONS FOR SHEAR-THICKENING FLUID
Reebok, the athletic apparel company, has expanded its PureMove line of clothing, which incorporates University of Delaware-invented Shear Thickening Fluid technology invented by UD Professor Norm Wagner and alumnus Eric Wetzel.
SUMMER RESEARCH REVIEW: 2nd Year Talks
Annual Summer Research Review – virtual review to begin June 2 through June 4.
ENGINEERING HONOR FOR LASHANDA KORLEY
LaShanda Korley, Distinguished Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been named to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering...
New NSF Graduate Research Fellows
Six students in the University of Delaware College of Engineering and three UD engineering alumni have been named 2020 recipients of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP). Four UD engineering students and two alumni received honorable mentions.
GOING SMALL YIELDS BIG RESULTS
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from University of Delaware and Brookhaven National Laboratory report new advances in converting biomass to potential biofuels. Pictured left to right are: Top row: Jiayi Fu, Jonathan Lym Middle row: Weiqing Zheng, Konstantinos Alexopoulos, Alexander V. Mironenko Bottom row: Dionisios G. Vlachos, J. Anibal Boscoboinik.
CRACKING THE CODE
With a $3.69 million grant from the National Science Foundation, University of Delaware researchers are working to unlock new routes to sustainably develop materials from lignin.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING INAUGURAL LECTURE: Marianthi Ierapetritou
Marianthi Ierapetritou inaugural lecture, Wednesday, February 26, 2020 @ 4 PM in 116 Gore Hall.
REMEMBERING T.W. FRASER RUSSELL
Dr. T.W. Fraser Russell, a longtime member of the University of Delaware faculty and administration, died on Nov. 29, 2019, at the age of 85.
WINTER RESEARCH REVIEW: 4th Year Talks
Annual Winter Research Review scheduled for Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at the Clayton Hall Conference Center.
INNOVATION IN MOTION
Reebok’s PureMove Bra features proprietary Motion Sense Technology fabric able to respond to movement where and when wearers need it, thanks to UD’s shear thickening fluid (STF).
A KEY TECHNOLOGY FOR CARBON UTILIZATION
University of Delaware Professor Feng Jiao, left, graduate student Matthew Jouny, right, and postdoctoral fellow Gregory S. Hutchings (not pictured) are pushing the field of carbon monoxide electroreduction technology forward.
GREENHOUSE GAS FOR GOOD
UD Prof. Bingjun Xu (right) and doctoral student Casper Brady are researching ways to capture carbon dioxide directly from the air as part of process that could be used to synthesize valuable chemicals and fuels.