UD a Partner in Regional Innovation Hub

UD a Partner in Regional Innovation Hub

Collaboration to accelerate tech, broaden diversity in entrepreneurship The University of Delaware is a partner in a new regional innovation network, established with a $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), to accelerate the transformation of...
Material Impact

Material Impact

Kun Fu recognized with multiple awards from composites, materials societies Kelvin (Kun) Fu, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Delaware, is on a winning streak. Fu has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and those work have...
CRACKING THE CODE

CRACKING THE CODE

UD researchers explore methods to turn biomass into sunscreens, shoe soles and more Lignin is a major waste product of the pulp and paper industry that can be converted into chemical building blocks to create other materials. It comes from trees, grasses and other...
Advancing Fuel Cell Research

Advancing Fuel Cell Research

UD startup W7energy awarded $3.4M in Department of Energy funding W7energy, a startup company with roots at the University of Delaware, just got a proverbial shot in its research arm. The company was recently awarded $3.4 million in new funding from the U.S....
From Inspiration to Innovation

From Inspiration to Innovation

University recognizes UD inventors The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines an inventor as “one who creates or introduces something new.” Thomas Edison is one. So is Emily Day. Edison created the incandescent light bulb and the typewriter, among dozens of other things....
Leading the Way in Biopharmaceuticals

Leading the Way in Biopharmaceuticals

Thought leaders explore emerging area of biotherapeutics The tremendous potential of the emerging class of medicines known as biotherapeutics — medicines produced from living cells — is exciting new terrain for researchers, industry and health care professionals....