by Mary Walsh | Jun 17, 2015 | Biomedical, Biomolecular, Bioprocessing, Catalysis/Reactions, Collolds/Particles/Interfaces, Energy/Sustainability, Environment, Materials, Polymers/Composites, Process Control/System Analysis, Thermodynamics, Transport Separations
UD College of Engineering embraces national Maker Movement 11:16 a.m., June 17, 2015–Creative people across the globe are using off-the-shelf products and materials to design and build novel devices ranging from robots that carry out simple household chores to...
by Mary Walsh | May 18, 2015 | Catalysis/Reactions, Energy/Sustainability, Environment, Materials
UD Energy Institute event addresses clean energy challenge 10:53 a.m., May 18, 2015–Termites strike terror into the hearts of homeowners, but they could provide a nonpolluting way to convert coal to methane if microbes from their gut can be sent below ground as...
by Mary Walsh | Apr 28, 2015 | Biomedical, Biomolecular, Bioprocessing, Catalysis/Reactions, Collolds/Particles/Interfaces, Energy/Sustainability, Environment, Materials, Polymers/Composites, Process Control/System Analysis, Thermodynamics, Transport Separations
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...
by Mary Walsh | Apr 2, 2015 | Catalysis/Reactions, Energy/Sustainability, Environment, Materials, Polymers/Composites, Thermodynamics
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...
by Mary Walsh | Mar 16, 2015 | Catalysis/Reactions, Energy/Sustainability, Environment, Materials
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...
by Mary Walsh | Jan 28, 2015 | Collolds/Particles/Interfaces, Energy/Sustainability, Environment
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,...