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 7, 2015 | Biomedical, Biomolecular, Materials, Polymers/Composites
Three UDRF Strategic Initiative grants support health-related research 2:11 p.m., April 7, 2015–Three early-career researchers have won Strategic Initiative Grants from the University of Delaware Research Foundation, supporting their work on longstanding...
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 24, 2015 | Collolds/Particles/Interfaces, Materials, Polymers/Composites, Thermodynamics, Transport Separations
UD’s Eric Furst, colleagues imagine the next generation of smart materials 11:35 a.m., March 24, 2015–The great thing about science, says University of Delaware engineer Eric Furst, is that “every question you ask, you start to answer, and end up with 10...
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...