Department News
Catalysis Research
Department of Energy renews Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium grant 1:01 p.m., Feb. 1, 2012--The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the University of Delaware $1.3 million for continued catalysis research using facilities at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)....
Remembering Allan Colburn
Chemical engineering alum shares fond memories of pioneer 3:45 p.m., Dec. 21, 2011--When Milton Harper was a chemical engineering graduate student at the University of Delaware in the 1940s, he was one of only about a half dozen students in the program—all males. The...
Colloidal assembly
UD chemical engineer guest authors PNAS commentary on directing colloidal assembly 11:10 a.m., Dec. 21, 2011--The University of Delaware's Eric M. Furst authored a commentary in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) advance online edition Dec. 19....
In search of new biofuels
8:36 a.m., Nov. 8, 2011--Biofuels are fuels made from renewable resources, such as agricultural and forest products and byproducts. Unlike their non-renewable fossil fuel counterparts, such as oil, their increased usage has the potential to reduce pollution and U.S....
AIChE honors
10:22 a.m., Nov. 2, 2011--Carissa Young, a post-doctoral student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, was honored for her work in cellular engineering at the 2011 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual meeting in...
Fueling a sustainable future
8:42 a.m., Oct. 25, 2011--Transportation at the University of Delaware became more environmentally friendly recently, when the campus bus fleet began using biodiesel produced by undergraduate engineering students to, in part, fuel its travel. The project is a...
Nov. 2: Wilfred Chen inaugural lecture
1:48 p.m., Oct. 20, 2011--Wilfred Chen, who has been named the University of Delaware’s Gore Professor of Chemical Engineering, will deliver his inaugural lecture at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 2, in 140 Smith Hall. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP by calling...
Oct. 26: Michael Klein inaugural lecture
Michael T. Klein, who has been named the University of Delaware’s Dan Rich Chair of Energy and professor of chemical engineering, will deliver his inaugural lecture at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 26, in 140 Smith Hall. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP by calling...
UD alumnus, Rakesh Agrawal, among nation’s top scientists and innovators
University of Delaware alumnus Rakesh Agrawal, a member of the chemical engineering faculty at Purdue University, is among five individuals named by President Barack Obama as recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Administered for the White...