Celebrating Women's History Month | UD College of Engineering

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.

From Music to Mechanics

Jayla Jones proves that science and art don’t have to be separate worlds, but can instead play in perfect unison.

Shining a light on a technology-powered world

Undergraduate student research focuses on light-powered photonic devices, illuminating the lifelong benefits of collaboration and teamwork.

Advancing lung research

3D-printed lung model helps researchers study aerosol deposition in the lungs.

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

Two UD researchers receive presidential career awards

Gu, Solomon awarded U.S. government’s highest honor for scientists, engineers

New leadership for UD College of Engineering

Pamela Norris named dean of College of Engineering.

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.

Celebrating Two Decades of Sisterhood

The University of Delaware Nu Chapter of Alpha Omega Epsilon, a professional and social sorority for students in the engineering and technical science fields, celebrated its 20th Anniversary this semester.

A new molecular understanding of protein phase separation

UD researcher Kristi Kiick is part of a new study that provides insights into how disordered proteins form membrane-free liquid droplets, with implications for cell biology research, developing new disease treatments, and designing novel biomaterials.

May is National Inventors Month

Meet Sambeeta Das, a member of UD’s growing innovation ecosystem

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.

High-throughput innovation

Researchers in the lab of April Kloxin are using an advanced ‘bioprinter’ to help them study and test new therapeutics.

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.