Department News
Milestone Anniversary
Chemical engineering’s Stan Sandler reaches 50-year mark as UD faculty member Stan Sandler usually takes the steps to get to his second-floor office in the University of Delaware’s Colburn Lab. But today he’s taking the elevator because he’s hauling two black bags...
Faculty Senate
May meeting features faculty honors, presentations by provost and by outgoing Senate president The Faculty Senate held its last meeting of the spring semester on Monday, May 1, immediately after the General Faculty Meeting with UD President Dennis Assanis....
Dual Doctoral Program
Agreement promotes collaboration with National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan On April 25, Fuh-Sheng Shieu, president of the National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan, visited the University of Delaware to sign an agreement for a cooperative program that encompasses...
Discovery Could Transform Industries
Researchers invent process to make sustainable rubber, plastics Synthetic rubber and plastics – used for manufacturing tires, toys and myriad other products – are produced from butadiene, a molecule traditionally made from petroleum or natural gas. But those manmade...
How Math Could Make Bones Stronger
Models help UD researchers calculate best dosage for osteoporosis treatment They may seem rigid and set in their ways, but your bones are actually under constant construction and deconstruction. They give up their nutrient treasures (calcium) to the body and then...
Talent Article
Epps team highlights work on tuning block polymers for nanostructured systems High-performance materials are enabling major advances in a wide range of applications from energy generation and digital information storage to disease screening and medical devices. Block...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Twelve UD students, alumni win prestigious research support A dozen University of Delaware students (undergraduate and graduate) and alumni have won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships as the prestigious competition marks its 65th year. Fourteen...
April 14: Learn about Niimbl Rapid
Presentation set on NIIMBL and Rapid USA Manufacturing Institutes A public presentation on NIIMBL and RAPID, two USA Manufacturing Institutes in which the University of Delaware is playing key roles, will be held at 4 p.m., Friday, April 14, in the Trabant University...
Graduate Rankings
UD graduate programs make gains in new US News rankings Editor’s note: This article was updated March 16, 2017. The earlier version was based on pre-release data, and this includes the full update on the 2018 rankings. Several University of Delaware graduate programs...
SXSW Research Video
UD professor featured in American Chemical Society video at SXSW The hipsters, thought leaders and innovators attending the South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, Texas, this week are being introduced to some University of Delaware innovation that’s designed to...
From Carbon Dioxide to Fuel
UD’s Feng Jiao wins DOE funding to produce alcohols from CO2 flue gas Modern society’s extensive use of fossil fuels has led to unprecedented atmospheric carbon dioxide levels with widespread climate impacts. Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration is one of the...
Go Away Greenhouse Gas
NSF Career Award to focus on electrochemical reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide The University of Delaware’s Bingjun Xu has received a National Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Award to address electrochemical reduction of the greenhouse gas...