Department News
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS IN THE MAKING
The Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) has selected its 10th class of DENIN Environmental Fellows. These highly competitive and prestigious fellowships offer financial support and professional development opportunities to doctoral students at the University of Delaware whose environmentally relevant research interests demonstrate a clear link to societal need and benefit.
Reflecting on an Engineering Career
Eric Furst will deliver an inaugural lecture on Dec. 6
RESEARCH HEAVY HITTERS
Highly Cited Researchers have an outsize impact on the world’s scientific community, demonstrating exceptional influence in their fields through the journal articles they publish. The University of Delaware has four of these research heavy-hitters for 2023, outpacing 71% of the institutions represented globally.
Improving materials design
Fundamental model can help researchers understand how things work
In Memoriam: George M. Whitmyre, Jr.
UD chemical engineering lab manager and music enthusiast will be remembered for his kindness, patience and ability to connect with others
INNOVATION IN ACTION
STAR Campus shines during Association of University Research Park members’ visit
PATHWAYS TO THE WORLD
The University of Delaware community welcomed U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Sept. 26 at Trabant University Center for a lively and engaging discussion with UD Biden Institute Chair Valerie Biden Owens. This special event, hosted by the Biden Institute in partnership with UD’s Center for Global Programs and Services (CGPS), proved a full circle moment, taking place nearly an entire century after then-UD President Walter Hullihen and then-U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover held initial meetings for what would become the nation’s first study abroad program in 1923.
PREPARING THE CLEAN ENERGY WORKFORCE
The University of Delaware will play a leading role in workforce development efforts associated with the Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub (MACH2), which has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive up to $750 million in funding through the historic Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program.
Three Blue Hens honored for green efforts
UD Office of Sustainability recognizes student, staff and faculty member
Outstanding Achievements
Wilfred Chen, LaShanda Korley and Mary Watson were named as 2023 Fellows of the American Chemical Society
Srikanth Pilla named new CCM director
Leading expert in advanced lightweighting and sustainable composites joined UD on August 1
FOSTERING INQUIRY AND INNOVATION
An impressive 15 University of Delaware undergraduate and graduate students and alumni were selected for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program’s 2023 Class of Fellows. Four additional UD students and two alumni earned honorable mentions.