Srikanth Pilla Named Director of Center for Composite Materials

Srikanth Pilla Named Director of Center for Composite Materials

Srikanth Pilla, one of the world’s leading experts in advanced lightweighting and sustainable composites, has joined the University of Delaware as the Director of the Center for Composite Materials (CCM) as of August 1, 2023. Pilla comes to UD from Clemson University,...
Students Earn SAMPE Honors

Students Earn SAMPE Honors

Several students from UD’s Center for Composite Materials were recognized with awards at the Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) conference, which took place in Seattle, Washington, from April 17–20, 2023. Graduate student Tania Lavaggi...
The TuFF Age

The TuFF Age

UD researchers tackle new task in making complex material more viable for building aircraft TuFF — Tailored Universal Feedstock for Forming — is a strong, highly aligned, short-fiber composite material that can be made from many fiber and resin combinations. Created...
Urban Air Mobility

Urban Air Mobility

UD’s Center for Composite Materials hosts NASA University Leadership Initiative The University of Delaware’s Center for Composite Materials (CCM) hosted the Second Annual Review of the NASA University Leadership Initiative Composite Manufacturing Technologies...
A Composite Legacy

A Composite Legacy

Mechanical engineering’s longest-serving faculty member receives ASME’s highest honor There’s a lot of research that can be done in half a century, and the University of Delaware’s Tsu-Wei Chou has wasted no time doing just that. During his 53-year career, which makes...