Department News
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...
April 17: Named Professor Lecture
UD’s Dion Vlachos will address global energy, water, food needs The University of Delaware’s Dion Vlachos, who has been named the Allan and Myra Ferguson Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, will deliver his inaugural lecture at 4 p.m., Monday, April...
Old Enzyme, New Role
Nature Communications paper reports new role for enzyme involved in bacterial metabolism A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has discovered a new function for an enzyme that has long been known to have a central role in bacterial metabolism. Maciek...
Gilman Awardees Take Flight
Students receive prestigious awards to study abroad in Panama, Singapore University of Delaware undergraduates Julian Jackson and Richard Egan have begun their first global experiences thanks to the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. The Gilman...
Supporting Economic Development
Delaware Bioscience CAT program fosters local collaborations, start-ups The Delaware Bioscience Center for Advanced Technology (Bioscience CAT) has awarded six new Applied Research Collaborations (ARC) or Entrepreneurial Proof of Concept (EPoC) grants. The Bioscience...
Manufacturing USA Headquarters
Secretary of Commerce visits UD to announce new institute Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker visited the University of Delaware today, where she announced a new institute to advance U.S. leadership in pharmaceutical manufacturing. The Newark-based National Institute...
Rapid Breakthroughs
UD to lead major node of new national chemical manufacturing institute The University of Delaware has been tapped to lead a major node in the new Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Manufacturing Institute led by the American Institute of...
Master Class in UD Research
Five show powerful global impact of faculty and student work After a morning of regalia and pomp, as is traditional for a presidential inauguration – with special guests, family flown in from far-flung places, dignitaries from Delaware, the White House and especially...
Chemical Engineering Honors
Yan wins AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Award Yushan Yan, Distinguished Engineering Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the 2016 Nanoscale Science and...