by Mary Walsh | Oct 19, 2020 | Catalysis/Reactions, Energy/Sustainability
Prof. Dion Vlachos (left), director of UD’s Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, and Joshua Lansford, a doctoral student in UD’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, are co-authors on the paper recently published in the journal Science Advances....
by Mary Walsh | Sep 25, 2020 | Catalysis/Reactions, Chemical, Energy/Sustainability, Environment
Feng Jiao is the Robert Grasselli Development Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. Engineering professor receives major Department of Energy grants Climate-conscious consumers often take steps to curb their emissions of...
by Mary Walsh | Sep 1, 2020 | Biomedical, Biomolecular, Bioprocessing, Energy/Sustainability
The left side of this image depicts cell fusion between Clostridium ljungdahlii and C. acetobutylicum bacteria as seen through fluorescence microscopy. The right side depicts the formation of hybrid bacterial cells. Researchers uncover how microbial cells from two...
by Mary Walsh | May 18, 2020 | Catalysis/Reactions, Energy/Sustainability
New characterization techniques developed at the Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation may help improve electrochemical storage technologies, such as fuels cells used in UD’s hydrogen fuel cell buses. UD researchers report new method for characterizing materials that...
by Mary Walsh | Apr 6, 2020 | Catalysis/Reactions, Chemical, Energy/Sustainability
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from University of Delaware and Brookhaven National Laboratory report new advances in converting biomass to potential biofuels. Pictured left to right are: Top row: Jiayi Fu, Jonathan Lym Middle row: Weiqing Zheng, Konstantinos...
by Mary Walsh | Feb 23, 2020 | Energy/Sustainability, Environment
With a $3.69 million grant from the National Science Foundation, University of Delaware researchers are working to unlock new routes to sustainably develop materials from lignin. UD researchers explore methods to turn biomass into sunscreens, shoe soles and more...