Department News
MASTERING MOLECULE MECHANICS
UD researchers shed light on formulation, manufacturing challenges in diabetes, obesity medications
New Insights Into Microbial Evolution
UD engineers uncover new mechanism for gene transfer with implications for fields ranging from ecology to biotechnology and medicine
High-throughput innovation
Researchers in the lab of April Kloxin are using an advanced ‘bioprinter’ to help them study and test new therapeutics
SMALL WONDERS, BIG POTENTIAL
In life, some of nature’s most fearsome creatures and most helpful friends are with us all the time. They are everywhere around us, and even inside of us, happily living their microbial dreams.
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE RISES IN RESEARCH RANKINGS
In the latest Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey released by the National Science Foundation, UD ranks 47th out of 626 academic institutions across the United States when comparing non-medical school R&D expenditures.
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS IN THE MAKING
The Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) has selected its 10th class of DENIN Environmental Fellows. These highly competitive and prestigious fellowships offer financial support and professional development opportunities to doctoral students at the University of Delaware whose environmentally relevant research interests demonstrate a clear link to societal need and benefit.
Reflecting on an Engineering Career
Eric Furst will deliver an inaugural lecture on Dec. 6
RESEARCH HEAVY HITTERS
Highly Cited Researchers have an outsize impact on the world’s scientific community, demonstrating exceptional influence in their fields through the journal articles they publish. The University of Delaware has four of these research heavy-hitters for 2023, outpacing 71% of the institutions represented globally.
Improving materials design
Fundamental model can help researchers understand how things work
In Memoriam: George M. Whitmyre, Jr.
UD chemical engineering lab manager and music enthusiast will be remembered for his kindness, patience and ability to connect with others
INNOVATION IN ACTION
STAR Campus shines during Association of University Research Park members’ visit
PATHWAYS TO THE WORLD
The University of Delaware community welcomed U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Sept. 26 at Trabant University Center for a lively and engaging discussion with UD Biden Institute Chair Valerie Biden Owens. This special event, hosted by the Biden Institute in partnership with UD’s Center for Global Programs and Services (CGPS), proved a full circle moment, taking place nearly an entire century after then-UD President Walter Hullihen and then-U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover held initial meetings for what would become the nation’s first study abroad program in 1923.