Celebrating Women Engineers

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The University of Delaware is committed to the success of women in engineering. Here are just a few of the women who set the course for the engineers of today and tomorrow.

Kiick and Price labs awarded R01 from the National Institutes of Health

Thanks to a five-year, $3 million research grant, a team of UD engineers will develop approaches to improve delivery of therapeutics to treat post-traumatic osteoarthritis.

Orthopedics in action

UD Engineering’s Jenni Buckley develops orthopedics curriculum for high school students.

Advancing electronics

UD Engineering’s Yuping Zeng is conducting fundamental research on a new type of transistor.

Insights for future innovations

In the lab of UD’s Arthi Jayaraman, researchers are developing new computational tools to enable faster innovations in materials science and engineering.

Advancing photonics

National Science Foundation Engines Development grant will fund planning for a multi-state initiative to advance research in lasers, fiber optics and other light-based innovations.

Pulmonary engineering

UD Engineering’s Catherine Fromen received an NSF CAREER award to study 3D-printed lattices for testing inhaled medicines.

Committed to advancing women’s equality on campus

Heather Walling Doty receives Torch Award from UD Women’s Caucus

Building change

UD alumna and construction engineer Emily Christopher discusses her path, her industry

Researching Heavy Metals

UD alumna studies contaminated sites vulnerable to sea level rise.

From UD to NASA

Alumna and aerospace engineer Erin Rezich shares her journey.

Bioelectronic Innovations, Empowered by Chemistry

UD Professor Laure Kayser received an NSF CAREER award to further her group’s materials science research

Improving Algorithms, Fostering Community

With innovative research and inclusivity, Prof. Hui Fang exemplifies UD’s collaboration culture.

Optical Innovations

UD Engineering’s Tingyi Gu, fellow researchers are creating state-of-the-art computing devices.

UD’s LaShanda Korley Appointed U.S. Science Envoy

Esteemed engineer to travel the world to advance science and technology cooperation with U.S.

Harnessing the Power of the World’s Fastest Computer

UD Prof. Sunita Chandrasekaran, students play key roles in exascale computing.

Unfolding the Universe

UD grad Elaine Stewart savors first images from James Webb Space Telescope.

Nanoscale Advances

UD’s Priyanka Ketkar lands National Institute of Standards and Technology postdoc position for polymer research.

Millicent Sullivan named Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Chair

Millicent Sullivan, the Alvin B. & Julie O. Stiles Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, has been named chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware as of July 1, 2022.

Scholarship Success

Computer science student first from UD to win Adobe Women in Technology Scholarship.

Bioinspired Innovations

UD’s LaShanda Korley among six elected as 2022 American Chemical Society PMSE Fellows.

Honor for Higginson

American Society of Mechanical Engineers names UD’s Jill Higginson 2022 Fellow.

Four Engineering Professors Honored

Professors Chen, Day, Pochan and Wang recognized for excellence in medical and biological engineering.

Engineering the Future of Manufacturing

COE’s Marianthi Ierapetritou leads $3 million National Science Foundation effort.

How I Teach — Engineering

Prof. Haritha Malladi says a willingness to learn ‘is the only mindset you need.’

Gazing at Galaxies

UD engineering grad Elaine Stewart helped prepare the James Webb Space Telescope.

Ag-inspired Engineering

The same techniques used to understand how bridges withstand loads can be applied to corn, allowing researchers to better understand what characteristics help a plant stay standing while others get knocked over by wind.