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...
by Mary Walsh | Oct 12, 2018 | Biomedical, Biomolecular, Energy/Sustainability, Environment
UD Engineering professor recognized for work in protein engineering, synthetic biology Two shelves in Wilfred Chen’s office are lined with “Star Wars” movie memorabilia. Not long ago, the protein engineering research that takes place in his laboratory could have been...
