Nov 14, 2019
Building a stronger world with composite materials Many people spend years or even decades searching for their calling, but Colleen Murray was only 12 years old when she discovered her passion for materials engineering. She was fascinated by the surprisingly strong...
Nov 5, 2019
Professor honored for 50 years of service to the University of Delaware When Tsu-Wei Chou, the longest-serving professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was asked how he wanted to celebrate his 50th anniversary at the University of Delaware, he requested...
Sep 4, 2019
Students from the Aberdeen Proving Ground Joint Science and Technology Institute make robots in UD labs Participants in the 2019 Joint Science and Technology Institute (JSTI), a two-week residential program that exposes high school students to scientific research,...
Jul 30, 2019
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...
Jun 3, 2019
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...
Dec 21, 2018
At UD, materials science and engineering has a storied past and bright future The Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Delaware celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018 by announcing a keystone of its future: a new undergraduate major in...
