Department News
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...
Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow
Ogunnaike to visit University of Lagos in 2017 to strengthen chemical engineering program Babatunde Ogunnaike, dean of the University of Delaware College of Engineering, has been awarded a fellowship from the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program. The...
‘Perfect’ Soap Molecule
Discovery could have major impact on multibillion-dollar cleaning products industry A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, has invented a new soap molecule made from renewable sources that could dramatically reduce the number of chemicals in...
Biofuel Breakthrough
PNAS paper reports new approach to methanol utilization Bio-fuels and bio-based chemicals have gained tremendous traction over the past decade as a means to produce alternatives to fossil fuels and to replace bulk chemical production methods that rely on...
Droning On
UD’s Bingjun Xu awarded AFOSR Young Investigator grant The University of Delaware’s Bingjun Xu is one of 58 scientists and engineers across the U.S. to receive a three-year research grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator...