In laboratories across the University of Delaware, scholars are uncovering new insights about the human body: how a compound in red wine might protect joint cartilage from damage, how bad posture wears down the discs in your back, how your knee heals after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear, and more.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Honors
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) recognized outstanding students and alumni at ECE Research Day on May 2, 2018.
Engineers Receive UD Dissertation Prizes
Axel Moore and Christopher Long received prizes at the University of Delaware’s doctoral hooding ceremony, held Friday, May 25, for their dissertations.
Adapting apps for high-powered computing
A modern-day version of the 20th-century space race, companies and governments worldwide are scurrying to build an what’s called an exascale computer, which could do a billion billion calculations per second. UD computer scientists team with Oak Ridge National Lab to program apps for next-generation supercomputer.
Searching for the Big Picture
Essential information about medical discoveries is often buried inside the graphs, charts, photographs, and other images that illustrate research journals. Large-scale analysis of images along with the text could soon be possible, thanks to a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Programming DNA to deliver cancer drugs
DNA has an important job—it tells your cells which proteins to make. Now, a research team at UD has developed technology to program strands of DNA into switches that turn proteins on and off.
Smart glass
Someday we won’t need curtains or blinds on our windows, and we will be able to block out light-or let it in-with just the press of a button. At least that’s what these two UD engineers hope.
Detecting Hidden Threats
UD professor and post-doctoral fellow are developing technology to detect explosive devices from a distance, thanks to a five-year, $1M grant from the U.S. Army Research Office.
Matchmaking for Cancer Care
A team of computer scientists has developed a new system to rapidly determine which cancer drugs are likely to work best given a patient’s genetic markers. It is the first publicly available system of its kind.
UD student named 2018 Cross Scholar
Anahid Ebrahimi is one of seven graduate students nationwide, and the only engineering student, to be named a Cross Scholar this year. The award recognizes future leaders of higher education.
The Evolution of E. Coli
The World Health Organization calls antibiotic resistance “one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today.” Researchers at UD have uncovered new insights about how some bacteria resist threats.
Virtual Reality on Ice
Computer scientists bring polar region to life using virtual reality Scott Sorensen’s experiences as a computer science student at the University of Delaware were hardly typical. While he spent his share of time in windowless rooms staring at computer screens, he also...