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Celebrating Women Engineers

Throughout history, engineers have been at the forefront of innovation, solving complex challenges and propelling society forward. At UD’s College of Engineering, we cultivate a community where all can thrive and advance these contributions to society. Join us in celebrating recent awards and contributions of the women who are leading the way for the engineers of today and tomorrow.

Pamela Norris, Dean of the College of Engineering, in the recently renovated Spencer Lab design and manufacturing spaces.

Pamela Norris named dean of College of Engineering

Recent News

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2024 Stories

UD leads frontier research on plastics problem

Center for Plastics Innovation receives $14.5 million renewal

Revolutionizing prosthetics

UD research aims to improve the lives of those with limb loss

Renaissance woman

Lauren Mottel, a first-year biomedical engineering doctoral student and UD engineering alumna, is the recipient of the 2024 Laird Fellowship

Sustainable concrete

UD engineers create sidewalk pavers using non-recyclable plastics, reducing natural resource usage while keeping plastic waste out of landfills

Optical memory of crystals

UD’s Tingyi Gu receives NSF CAREER award to study materials that can create more reliable, less energy-intensive forms of computer memory

Bio-inspired innovations

April Kloxin has been inducted to the 2024 College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

2023 Stories

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.

2022 Stories

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.

Honors and Awards

Alexandra Bayles

2024 NSF CAREER Award

Tingyi Gu

2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Monique Head

2024 Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising, UD College of Engineering

Marianthi Ierapetritou

2024 Faculty Award for Excellence in Service and Community Engagement, UD College of Engineering

Laure Kayser

2024 PMSE Early Investigator, American Chemical Society

Haritha Malladi

2024 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, UD College of Engineering

Lauren Mottel

2024 Laird Fellowship, UD College of Engineering

Explore more achievements by visiting the Honors & Awards page where you’ll find a full list of recognitions celebrating the outstanding contributions of our faculty, students and staff.