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UD Alumnus Earns Rare Trio of Accolades

UD Alumnus Earns Rare Trio of Accolades

Arup K. Chakraborty is now a member of all three National Academies: Science, Engineering, and Medicine There are only 21 people in America who have been elected to the National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of...

Four Decades of Fellowship

Four Decades of Fellowship

Engineering’s Laird Fellows recently celebrated their 40th anniversary Hiking. Dancing. Traveling. UD engineers do more than research. For 40 years, graduate students in engineering have had access to a special fellowship that helps one recipient per year pursue an...

Nov. 15: The rise of 3D printing

Nov. 15: The rise of 3D printing

Expert, UD alumnus to speak on campus about the changes in the field If you’ve only seen 3D printing on TV, you might think it’s just for making action figures or forks. In reality, it’s serious business. “Everybody knows about 3D printing because of the maker...

A Culture of Innovation

A Culture of Innovation

The iPhone’s touch technology was born in a UD lab. What will our engineers come up with next? Many people are buzzing about the Sept. 12 Apple announcement about the newest iPhone, the 10th anniversary edition of the device that changed the world. But did you know...

Sean Wang, Entrepreneur in Residence

Sean Wang, Entrepreneur in Residence

UD grad and founder of multiple firms to provide education in entrepreneurship and resources for startups When Sean Wang came to the United States in 1985, currency exchange restrictions in China limited him to exchange a maximum of $50 U.S. from Chinese Yuan. After...

Engineering Entrepreneurship

Engineering Entrepreneurship

College of Engineering launches second year of summer program to support entrepreneurial mindset In collaboration with the Horn Program in Entrepreneurship, the University of Delaware College of Engineering (CoE) is running a program called CoE Fellows in parallel...

A Foothold for Young Faculty

A Foothold for Young Faculty

Internet pioneer makes $2.2 million gift to the University of Delaware Always looking for the most interesting thing to do. That’s how David Farber describes the motivation behind his accomplishments, from pioneering telecommunications research and serving as chief...

Support, Sacrifice, Self

Support, Sacrifice, Self

Kara Odom Walker inspires UD engineering students As an undergraduate chemical engineering major at the University of Delaware in the 1990s, Kara Odom took classes from Prof. Babatunde Ogunnaike, and she participated in the RISE Program, which was directed by Michael...

iSuite

iSuite

New facility fosters innovation, collaboration in electrical and computer engineering A ransomware attack launched in Europe on Friday, May 12, infected as many as a quarter million computers in more than 150 countries, underscoring the growing need for cybersecurity...

Reborn From Rubble

Reborn From Rubble

UD alumni give back in the effort to rebuild Nepal after quake Seventy thousand bricks, a training center, primary school, two greenhouses, and a mostly-built women’s microfinance cooperative, community center and orphanage are the product of just 24 months...

Chemical Engineering Awards

Three chemical engineering students and one alumnus won awards from the Delaware Valley Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Three chemical engineering students and one alumnus recently won awards from the Delaware Valley Section of the American...

From Steam Engines to Cybersecurity

From Steam Engines to Cybersecurity

Departments of mechanical and electrical & computer engineering celebrate 125-year anniversaries The year is 1891, and America is marching resolutely along the path laid by the Industrial Revolution. In a small wood-framed building in a quiet corner of a growing...