Department News
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.
IN MEMORIAM: T.W. FRASER RUSSELL
T.W. Fraser Russell, a long-time member of the University of Delaware faculty, also served in a number of administrative posts during his UD career.
ACCELERATING TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION
Celebrating the FastPass awards are (from left) Charlie Riordan, UD vice president for research, scholarship and innovation; Matt Hudson, assistant professor of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology; Elvis Ebikade, graduate student; Eric Gottlieb, postdoctoral researcher; UD President Dennis Assanis; Robert O’Dea, graduate student; Thomas H. Epps, III, Thomas and Kipp Gutshall Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; and Bill Provine, president and CEO of Delaware Innovation Space.
SHARING THE POWER OF STEM
A group of local girls visited the University of Delaware’s Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus on Nov. 11, 2019 to learn about opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).