UD engineer Arthi Jayaraman uncovers molecular mysteries When scientists develop brand new materials, they must precisely determine the ingredients, quantities, and processing methods to use. It’s kind of like creating a recipe. Before spending time and money to test...
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...
Engineering Dean Named to Chemical Heritage Board
Ogunnaike brings academic and industry experience to the Chemical Heritage Foundation board of directors Babatunde Ogunnaike, William L. Friend Chair and dean of the University of Delaware College of Engineering, has been named to the board of directors of the...
Making Better Material for Fuel Cells
UD researchers make material to make fuel cells more durable, less expensive Take a ride on the University of Delaware’s Fuel Cell bus, and you see that fuel cells can power vehicles in an eco-friendly way. In just the last two years, Toyota, Hyundai and Honda have...
Three New Engineering Chairs
CBE, CEE and ME departments have new leadership The University of Delaware’s College of Engineering is pleased to announce the appointment of three new department chairs. “These faculty members are already trailblazers in their fields, and I anticipate that they will...
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...
UD Teams Get Millions in NSF Funding
K. Eric Wommack’s group gets $6 million to study viruses The University of Delaware’s K. Eric Wommack, deputy dean in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, will lead a research team from four universities that has received a $6 million grant to probe how...
Engineering on a Blue Streak
UD researchers pioneer greener way to create interwoven polymers with blue light A pair of engineers at the University of Delaware has developed a process to form interwoven polymer networks more easily, quickly and sustainably than traditional methods allow. Their...
Milestone Anniversary
Chemical engineering’s Stan Sandler reaches 50-year mark as UD faculty member Stan Sandler usually takes the steps to get to his second-floor office in the University of Delaware’s Colburn Lab. But today he’s taking the elevator because he’s hauling two black bags...
Support, Sacrifice, Self
Kara Odom Walker inspires UD engineering students As an undergraduate chemical engineering major at the University of Delaware in the 1990s, Kara Odom took classes from Prof. Babatunde Ogunnaike, and she participated in the RISE Program, which was directed by Michael...
Laird Fellow
Biomedical engineering doctoral student wins prestigious award The photo diary that Charlotte Chaze submitted with her application for the University of Delaware’s Laird Fellowship depicts her hiking in the Adirondacks, kayaking on Lake Louise, motorbiking through...
Wartime Adventures Live Again
For 73 years, the wartime memories of Jack Harrison, EG49, were his alone. He always held them in his mind, treasuring their still-crisp presence, but not yet seeing how he could share them with the world. And at the back of his closet in the dark quiet of long-closed...














