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.
Focusing on Musculoskeletal Research
UD wins NIH grant for new center with female professors leading the way.
Graduate Student Spotlight: Cindy Farino Reyes
Biomedical engineer studies the behavior of breast cancer cells.
Leadership and Impact
Alumnus, department chair Kristi Kiick reflects on how engineering leaders help others.
Face Mask Fit Matters
Fit is important, but an imperfect mask is still better than none, UD researchers find.
Programming the Soon-To-Be World’s Fastest Supercomputer
UD’s Chandrasekaran leads team on the exascale frontier.
Petrochemical Replacements
UD student Alice Amitrano researches plant-powered replacements for plastics.
Engineering Leader
Ten years ago, award-winning mentor Dawn Elliott founded UD’s biomedical engineering department.
Student Success Story: Alexis Withers
Civil engineering student leader shares her path to graduation.
The Singing Engineer
UD senior Sydney Cargill melds her two passions: science and song
BLOOD STEM CELL RESEARCH
UD’s Emily Day among researchers funded through Science Center program
KRISTI KIICK HONORED FOR INVENTIONS
UD alumnus and Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering named to the National Academy of Inventors
Compute At The Speed Of Light
UD research team develops new way to make integrated photonics.
International Scholarship in Materials
Kristi Kiick receives Leverhulme Visiting Professorship, Fulbright Award to study in the UK.
Teaming up to Fight a Deadly Disease
Unlike most doctoral students, University of Delaware student Rachel Lieser has not one, but two faculty advisors.
In Her Nature
Grad student Patricia Hurley recognized for supporting first-generation college students, environmental causes.
Nature Meets Science in Museum Exhibit
Content developed by UD professor displayed at Delaware Museum of Natural History.
Advancing Women in the Professoriate
ADVANCE Institute offers grants to empower female faculty.
Student Spotlight: Olivia Powell
This fourth-year mechanical engineering student excels in research and service.
Light Wakes Up Freshwater Bacteria
Some of the bacteria that live in ponds, lakes and other freshwater environments grow faster during the day, even though they don’t take in sunlight as an energy source, according to research from UD.
Leadership in Biomedical Engineering
Dawn Elliott is the inaugural recipient of the Orthopaedic Research Society’s Adele L. Boskey, PhD Award.
An Emerging Leader in Orthopedics
Megan Killian received the Early Career Award from the Journal of Orthopaedic Research.
Student Spotlight: Elaine Stewart
Many engineers dream of working for NASA someday, and chemical engineer Elaine Stewart didn’t wait for graduation to start that mission.
Highly Cited Researchers
Three faculty members in the College of Engineering were named to the Clarivate Analytics list of Highly Cited Researchers for 2018.
Engineering Discovery Day
High school girls learned about engineering opportunities from undergraduate students and faculty.
Young Investigator, Scholar Awards for Emily Day
Biomedical engineer recognized by Biomedical Engineering Society and University of Delaware.
Student spotlight: Gowri Sriramagiri
Electrical engineering doctoral student Gowri Sriramagiri is a rising star in the field of solar energy.
Reusable Software for High Performance Computing
Sunita Chandrasekaran, an assistant professor of computer and information sciences at the University of Delaware, is designing frameworks to adapt code to increasingly powerful systems.
Skills, support, success
Alumna and Google employee Priscilla Moraes will speak on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. in Mitchell Hall, as part of the 55th Anniversary Celebration of the Department of Computer and Information Sciences.
Quantum Momentum
UD received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help develop the quantum electronics of the future.
Grad Student Picked for International Forum
Moumita Bhattacharya, a doctoral student in computer science at UD, is one of just 200 top promising young computer scientists worldwide to be selected to participate in the sixth Heidelberg Laureate Forum.
High-Level Researcher on Teaching Introductory Classes
UD engineering associate professor Arthi Jayaraman explains her approach.
Developing Diverse Leaders
At the 2018 Future Faculty Workshop, held at UD from July 18 to 20, faculty members from 17 universities mentored senior graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from across the country who plan to pursue careers as independent academic researchers in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, and polymer science with a focus on soft materials and biomaterials.
Helping Pea Patch Island Stand Up to Waves
This senior Civil Engineering major hopes her work will lead to the implementation of more natural methods to protect its shores, including planting marsh grass.
Student Research Spotlight: Vehicle to Grid Technology
Undergraduate electrical engineering students Samuel Matylewicz and Jenny Defriece are working on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, a pioneering transportation technology developed at UD.