by Mary Walsh | Apr 8, 2019 | Energy/Sustainability
UD researchers provide new method to boost clean energy research Electrochemical energy systems — processes by which electrical energy is converted to chemical energy — are at the heart of establishing more efficient generation and storage of intermittent energy from...
by Mary Walsh | Mar 13, 2019 | Catalysis/Reactions, Energy/Sustainability
UD researchers synthesize renewable oils for use in lubricants Engine gears, plane thrusters, refrigerator compressors, wind turbines — the list of important industrial machinery, agricultural equipment, transportation vessels, and home applications that depend on...
by Mary Walsh | Jan 7, 2019 | Energy/Sustainability
Termite-gut microbes extract clean energy from coal Termites generally don’t elicit a whole lot of love. But surprisingly, this wood-eating insect may hold the key to transforming coal — a big polluting chunk of the global energy supply — into cleaner energy for the...
by Mary Walsh | Dec 10, 2018 | Energy/Sustainability, Process Control/System Analysis
UD to help boost energy efficiency and modular manufacturing with RAPID grants The University of Delaware will continue to help drive a national push to double U.S. energy productivity by the year 2030 through research on four new projects funded by the Rapid...
by Mary Walsh | Nov 21, 2018 | Energy/Sustainability, Materials, Polymers/Composites, Thermodynamics
UD invention aims to improve battery performance Imagine a world where cell phones and laptops can be charged in a matter of minutes instead of hours, rolled up and stored in your pocket, or dropped without sustaining any damage. It is possible, according to...
by Mary Walsh | Nov 5, 2018 | Catalysis/Reactions, Collolds/Particles/Interfaces, Energy/Sustainability, Environment, Materials
Bingjun Xu recognized as an influential researcher The University of Delaware’s Bingjun Xu has been named to the 2018 Class of Influential Researchers by the journal Industrial & Engineering Chemical Research. He is one of 29 scientists and engineers from eight...