The new awards give researchers traction in the early stages of projects that support strategic initiatives and allow them to develop ideas and build a stronger foundation for future studies.
Breaking the Rules of Brain Cancer
The collaboration of a chemical engineer and a neurobiologist has produced a new and freely available computer program that predicts cancer cell motion and spread with high accuracy.
Papoutsakis Elected to National Academy of Engineering
The chemical engineer was selected “for contributions to metabolic engineering, especially the industrial biotechnology of Clostridia, and to biomanufacturing of therapeutic proteins.”
Starving Liver Cancer
Scientists have found a new way to kill liver cancer cells and inhibit tumor growth. This research could accelerate the development of new treatments for liver cancer, which is currently difficult to cure.
Blue Hen Bragging Rights
Look around the world, and you will see UD’s story told in the lives we collectively lead. Listen to the echoes of history, and you will hear of all that our scholars and students have accomplished. Pay attention to the voices of the people who seek progress and...
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...
Neutron Day and $8.7 Million for UD
Scientists discuss promise of new agreement between UD and NIST The day began with coffee, bagels, and some hearty discussions about experimental data. The University of Delaware’s fifth Neutron Day was held Wednesday, Nov. 8 in Perkins Hall and the Patrick Harker...
Winners at AIChE Annual Meeting
Students Victoria Muir, Trent Simonetti and Rob Cipolla earned awards at the 2017 AIChE annual meeting University of Delaware students, faculty and alumni won awards at the 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual meeting, which ran from Oct. 29 to...
The Fuel Cell Authority
UD’s Yushan Yan recognized for advances in energy technology Yushan Yan has received the Electrochemical Society (ECS) Energy Technology Division Research Award for 2018. Yan is a Distinguished Engineering Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Entrepreneurship...
Research aims to help renewable jet fuel take flight
UD energy team develops processes to ramp up bio-based aviation fuel Airplanes zoom overhead, wispy-white contrails streaming behind them. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) handled 43,684 flights, on average, every day last year, and U.S. military and...
UD’s Epps Named American Physical Society Fellow
Chemical engineering and materials science professor joins the top 0.5 percent of society members Thomas H. Epps, III, the Thomas & Kipp Gutshall Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a Professor in the Department of Materials...
Building the Future With Biopharmaceuticals
Groundbreaking shows strength of UD commitment to NIIMBL partnership, research It seemed like a pipe dream to Kelvin Lee, Gore Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - this idea that the University of Delaware might find room for a place where innovation...