Department News
STEM at UD
Engineering majors organize competition to pique interest in STEM careers 1:37 p.m., May 22, 2014--High school students from seven Delaware high schools converged on campus earlier this month for the University of Delaware’s inaugural STEM at UD competition. The event...
Francis Alison Award
Lenhoff selected for University's highest faculty honor 11:52 a.m., May 13, 2014--Abraham Lenhoff, Allan P. Colburn Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, has received the 2014 Francis Alison Faculty Award. The award, the...
Puncture-resistant gloves
UD spin-off company is working to develop puncture-resistant surgical gloves 8:29 a.m., May 13, 2014--Health care workers in the United States suffer an estimated 385,000 needlestick injuries per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Up to 90 percent of...
Engineering bone repair
Researchers seek to develop non-viral carrier for gene therapy use in bone repair 9:46 a.m., May 13, 2014--A team of researchers from the University of Delaware and Thomas Jefferson University has been awarded a $1.4-million grant from the National Institutes of...
Unanimous vote
Faculty Senate gives thumbs down to proposed TDC facility 9:52 a.m., May 7, 2014--The University of Delaware Faculty Senate unanimously approved a resolution recommending that the University not proceed with the construction of The Data Centers project with a...
Papoutsakis honored
Delaware Bio holds 2014 annual awards gala celebration 1:22 p.m., April 28, 2014--Terry Papoutsakis, Eugene du Pont Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, only needed to scan the room at Delaware Bio’s 2014 annual awards gala to...
Nano shake-up
UD researchers demonstrate that processing can affect size of nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery 8:30 a.m., April 14, 2014--Significant advances have been made in chemotherapy over the past decade, but targeting drugs to cancer cells while avoiding healthy...
CCEI research
Center announces renewable chemicals research with ExxonMobil 12:58 p.m., April 1, 2014--The Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI), a U.S. Department of Energy-Energy Frontier Research Center led by the University of Delaware, has announced a two-year program...
Neutron Day
UD hosts one-day symposium with National Center for Neutron Research 2:43 p.m., March 25, 2014--The University of Delaware’s first “Neutron Day” symposium in 2012 drew about 30 participants. This year, the event attracted more than 100 attendees, reflecting the...
Neutron scattering experts
NSSA elects UD professors Glyde, Wagner to fellowship program 10:32 a.m., March 6, 2014--University of Delaware professors Henry Glyde and Norman Wagner have been selected as fellows of the Neutron Scattering Society of America(NSSA). Founded in 1992, the NSSA has...
Projects, partners
Spring semester lunchtime speaker series being held in ISE Lab 9:17 a.m., Feb. 6, 2014--The University of Delaware’s Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory will hold a free lunchtime speaker series during spring semester featuring a variety of community...
Renewable energy resources
UD researchers report on new catalyst to convert greenhouse gases into chemicals 3:33 p.m., Jan. 30, 2014--A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has developed a highly selective catalyst capable of electrochemically converting carbon dioxide — a...