Department News
Five Win Support from UD Research Foundation
Awards provide traction for promising research Five University of Delaware professors have won support for promising early-phase research projects in widely diverse areas. The new awards from the University of Delaware Research Foundation - give researchers traction...
Breaking the Rules of Brain Cancer
UD's Dhurjati, Galileo develop accurate model of how aggressive cancer cells move and spread A brief chat at a Faculty Senate meeting put two University of Delaware researchers onto an idea that could be of great value to cancer researchers. The collaboration of...
Papoutsakis Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Chemical engineer joins top engineering ranks Eleftherios (Terry) Papoutsakis, Unidel Eugene du Pont Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He was selected “for...
Starving Liver Cancer
Researchers discover two-step process to thwart cancer cells Scientists at the University of Delaware and the University of Illinois at Chicago have found a new way to kill liver cancer cells and inhibit tumor growth. First, they silence a key cellular enzyme, and...
Delaware Bioscience Cat Grants
12 collaborative grants funded in 2017 The Delaware Bioscience Center for Advanced Technology (Bioscience CAT) awarded twelve Applied Research Collaborations or Entrepreneurial Proof of Concept grants in 2017 Bioscience CAT is funded by the state of Delaware and is...
Niimbl Project Funding Available
National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals makes first full project call The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL), the Manufacturing USA institute headquartered at UD, is pleased to announce it has...
The Evolution of E.Coli
UD chemical engineers discover how some bacteria resist threats Bacteria are stealthy organisms. They can multiply in minutes and evolve to survive what we throw at them—including antibiotics. The World Health Organization calls antibiotic resistance “one of the...
Focusing Energy Research
UD scientists develop new theory to help improve catalysis research A new theory by researchers at the University of Delaware-led Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI) will help bring greater accuracy and focus to molecular science research, with the potential...
The Fuel Cell Authority
UD’s Yushan Yan recognized for advances in energy technology Yushan Yan has received the Electrochemical Society (ECS) Energy Technology Division Research Awardfor 2018. Yan is a Distinguished Engineering Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Entrepreneurship...
Building the Future with Biopharmaceuticals
Groundbreaking shows strength of UD commitment to NIIMBL partnership, research It seemed like a pipe dream to Kelvin Lee, Gore Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - this idea that the University of Delaware might find room for a place where innovation...
UD’S Epps Named American Physical Society Fellow
Chemical engineering and materials science professor joins the top 0.5 percent of society members Thomas H. Epps, III, the Thomas & Kipp Gutshall Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a Professor in the Department of Materials...
A Note of Thanks
Students gather to write thank you notes to University donors Each year, thousands of University of Delaware donors give money for scholarships, awards, programs, facilities and countless other areas that help Blue Hens advance their educations. For these students,...