Department News
Engineering role models
Haines fund continues to support women in engineering 11:10 a.m., April 28, 2015--When Richard Haines graduated from the University of Delaware in 1957 with a degree in chemical engineering, the number of women graduates in engineering could literally be counted on...
Biotech understanding
Gov. Markell announces Delaware BioGENEius Challenge winners 8:57 a.m., April 17, 2015--Gov. Jack Markell joined Kelvin Lee, director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI), to recognize the finalists, an honorable mention awardee and three winners of the...
Research grants
Three UDRF Strategic Initiative grants support health-related research 2:11 p.m., April 7, 2015--Three early-career researchers have won Strategic Initiative Grants from the University of Delaware Research Foundation, supporting their work on longstanding problems in...
Small changes, big effects
Delaware Biotechnology Institute stimulates science interest in Sussex County 4:41 p.m., April 2, 2015--The Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI), in partnership with the Sussex County Science Fair Committee, hosted a Family Science Night on Monday, March 30, at...
Better battery membranes
UD researchers develop safer electrolytes and use novel technique to assess them 11:54 a.m., April 2, 2015--Most of us have seen dramatic photographs of laptops and even cars that have burst into flames due to failures in lithium-ion batteries. On a much larger scale,...
Ebola diagnostics
Company co-founded by UD alumnus gets FDA authorization for rapid Ebola testing 10:39 a.m., March 27, 2015--Cepheid, a leading molecular diagnostics company, announced earlier this week it has received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug...
Self-assembled materials, InSPACE
UD's Eric Furst, colleagues imagine the next generation of smart materials 11:35 a.m., March 24, 2015--The great thing about science, says University of Delaware engineer Eric Furst, is that “every question you ask, you start to answer, and end up with 10 more...
Hydrogen fuel
Inexpensive, efficient bi-metallic electrocatalysts may open floodgates for hydrogen fuel 12:49 p.m., March 16, 2015--University of Delaware researchers have discovered a cheap and efficient catalyst for converting water to hydrogen fuel (known as hydrogen evolution),...
Norman Wagner: Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Read the article here: https://www.nae.edu/Projects/MediaRoom/20095/130169/130172.aspx
Leader in Green Chemistry
University's Richard Wool elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry 8:08 a.m., Jan. 27, 2015--Richard Wool, professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been named a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the United...
Tracking cell function
Antoniewicz receives journal's prestigious Daniel I.C. Wang Award 11:40 a.m., Jan. 15, 2015--By giving fellow scientists a window into the inner workings of the cell, Maciek R. Antoniewicz, DuPont Young Professor in the University of Delaware Department of Chemical...
Emissions-free cars
Paper characterizes essential reaction for renewable energy fuel cells 10:48 a.m., Jan. 8, 2015--A University of Delaware research team is considering the important question of what it will take to create an affordable emissions-free car. The question, an issue of...