Lighter, Stronger Materials

Lighter, Stronger Materials

UD’s Kun Fu discovers new way to make 3D carbon components Kun (Kelvin) Fu, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Delaware, has used a 3D printer to make pure carbon nanotube (CNT) architectures. Fu is believed to be the first person to...
Celebrating 50 Years

Celebrating 50 Years

Tsu-Wei Chou is among the longest-serving professors in the College of Engineering Many of today’s technological marvels — from aircraft to automobiles to wind turbine blades — are made of strong, lightweight composite materials, or composites. In the field of...
Alumni spotlight: Amod Ogale

Alumni spotlight: Amod Ogale

His scholarship in composites engineering started here at UD Amod Ogale is a foremost scholar in carbon fiber processing and composites. He studies the microstructure of carbon fibers—lightweight, reinforcing materials that hold tremendous potential for applications...
Using Sensors to Spot Infrastructure Damage

Using Sensors to Spot Infrastructure Damage

UD team aims to commercialize structural health monitoring systems An entrepreneurial team based at the University of Delaware is working to commercialize a system that could make infrastructure such as bridges and pipelines safer. The team, called Smartenius,...
Novel Sensors Could Enable Smarter Textiles

Novel Sensors Could Enable Smarter Textiles

UD engineers use carbon nanotube composite coatings A team of engineers at the University of Delaware is developing next-generation smart textiles by creating flexible carbon nanotube composite coatings on a wide range of fibers, including cotton, nylon and wool....
Mechanical engineers share composites expertise

Mechanical engineers share composites expertise

Two mechanical engineering professors from the University of Delaware had starring roles at the 18th European Conference on Composite Materials, which was held in June in Athens, Greece. UD’s Tsu-Wei Chou, Unidel Pierre S. du Pont Chair of Mechanical Engineering, gave...