Department News
Chemical Engineering Honors
Papoutsakis receives Murphree Award from American Chemical Society Eleftherios (Terry) Papoutsakis, Unidel Eugene du Pont Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, has won the E.V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering...
Supporting Research Partnerships
6 new projects funded through Delaware Bioscience CAT program The Delaware Bioscience Center for Advanced Technology (Bioscience CAT) has awarded a new group of grants. The Bioscience CAT grants synergize efforts between the academic and industrial bioscience research...
Polymer ‘Pens’
Epps, DuPont receive NSF funding to develop new approach to manufacture nanostructured arrays Miniaturization of electronic devices has been ongoing since well before the first room-sized computer was built more than half a century ago. A hand-held smart phone now...
Exemplary Achievements
Students honored for dissertations, prof for exceptional mentoring As the University of Delaware recognized more than 160 students who completed their doctoral studies at the Doctoral Hooding Convocation held May 27 on The Green, top prizes went to six students and...
‘Distinguished Achievements’
UD alumnus Arup Chakraborty elected to National Academy of Sciences Arup Chakraborty, who earned his doctoral degree in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware in 1988, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his...
Peace Corps Plans
Graduation and Peace Corps on horizon for two UD seniors Two University of Delaware students, John McCarron and Bridgette Spritz, have been selected as Peace Corps volunteers. Ghana and Rwanda will become home to McCarron and Spritz shortly after this weekend’s...
Chronic Wounds
NIH grant supports research to engineer new biomaterials Chronic wounds cause nearly 80,000 lower leg amputations annually in the U.S. alone and are associated with an increased likelihood of death. While the body generally repairs acute wounds in a predictable series...
UDefend
Seniors challenged to develop vaccine and diagnostic test for Zika virus Zika virus was first discovered in 1947, but for more than six decades it was regarded as more of a nuisance than a public health emergency — the illness is usually mild, with symptoms lasting a...
National Lab Day Panels
National experts discuss energy, grid modernization, security Experts from across the United States gathered at the University of Delaware on Friday, May 13, to participate in National Lab Day. The event included a series of panel discussions related to the overall...
Engineering honor
Antony Beris named a fellow of Society of Rheology 11:14 a.m., May 5, 2016--Antony Beris, the Arthur B. Metzner Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been elected a fellow of the Society of Rheology. Fellowship status recognizes a...
Outstanding seniors
Graduating seniors Jaeger, Galarraga recognized with UDAA's Warner, Taylor awards 9:29 a.m., May 4, 2016--Emalea Pusey Warner and Alexander J. Taylor Sr. set the bar high for those who would follow in their footsteps by exemplifying what it truly means to be a Blue...
Chemical engineering honors
Doctoral candidate's work focuses on polymers for self-healing applications 8:49 a.m., April 27, 2016--Melissa Gordon, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, has won an Excellence in Graduate...