Celebrating Women Engineers

The University of Delaware is committed to the success of women in engineering. In honor of Women’s History Month, here are just a few of the women who set the course for the engineers of today and tomorrow.

Pulmonary engineering

Pulmonary engineering

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

Many engineers dream of working for NASA someday, and chemical engineer Elaine Stewart didn’t wait for graduation to start that mission.
From UD to NASA

From UD to NASA

Alumna and aerospace engineer Erin Rezich shares her journey.

Optical Innovations

Optical Innovations

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

Nanoscale Advances

Nanoscale Advances

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

Scholarship Success

Scholarship Success

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

Honor for Higginson

Honor for Higginson

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

Gazing at Galaxies

Gazing at Galaxies

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

Ag-inspired Engineering

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.

Light Speed Advances

Light Speed Advances

UD Prof. Tingyi Gu’s engineering specialty earns DARPA Young Faculty Award.

Leadership and Impact

Leadership and Impact

Alumnus, department chair Kristi Kiick reflects on how engineering leaders help others.

Face Mask Fit Matters

Face Mask Fit Matters

Fit is important, but an imperfect mask is still better than none, UD researchers find.

Engineering Leader

Engineering Leader

Ten years ago, award-winning mentor Dawn Elliott founded UD’s biomedical engineering department.