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.
Novel Sensors Could Enable Smarter Textiles
Delaware engineers are using flexible carbon nanotube composite coatings to create next-generation smart textiles with the ability to measure a wide range of pressures.
Mechanical engineers share composites expertise
The University of Delaware’s Tsu-Wei Chou and Suresh Advani gave talks at the 18th European Conference on Composite Materials.
Driving High-Speed Innovation
Blue Hen Racing team heads to DC festival with UD-built Formula car. The students designed the car by applying what they have learned in their engineering studies, working in groups focused on aerodynamics, chassis, suspension, ergonomics, and drivetrain.
Jack Gillespie honored by Society of Plastics Engineers
The director of UD’s world-renowned Center for Composite Materials has been named a Fellow of SPE. Since 1984, just 334 of the society’s 22,500-plus members have achieved Fellow status.
Feb 20: Graduate Engineering Career Panel
STEM panel will spark conversations about how to create inclusive work environments that support underrepresented groups in those fields.
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...
Safer, Tougher Spacesuits
NASA supports UD technology that protects spacesuits from punctures, projectiles Astronauts are a smart, courageous and resilient lot, no doubt about that. But when they go out for a walk in space - in environments none of us could survive on our own - they need a lot...
Tsu-Wei Chou Takes Center Stage
At international conference, the UD mechanical engineering professor gave key lecture In the field of composite materials, Tsu-Wei Chou is an icon. Chou, the Pierre S. du Pont Chair of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, gave a plenary lecture in...
Researchers Attend NATAS Conference at UD
Thermal analysis conference includes honor for late UD professor Researchers from 10 different countries gathered at the University of Delaware Aug. 7-11 for the 2017 44th annual North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS) conference. NATAS promotes the science...