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Parallel programming

Parallel programming

UD professor edits textbook on high-performance computing methods From your smartphone to your laptop, today’s tech devices glean their computing power from multi-core processors. Supercomputers contain thousands of cores, and within three to four years a computer...

New Partners in Research

New Partners in Research

UD signs collaborative pact with U.S. Dept. of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory When national laboratories, with their expansive facilities and amazing capacity, join forces with research universities and their innovative scientists and students, powerful things...

Building the Future With Biopharmaceuticals

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...

Modeling New Materials

Modeling New Materials

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...

Virtual Reality on Ice

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...

Safer, Tougher Spacesuits

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...

Railway Safety Meets Big Data

Railway Safety Meets Big Data

UD professor writes book on big data for railway engineers After two trains derailed at New York’s Penn Station this year, Amtrak blamed track defects. As of May 31, there have been 662 train accidents this year, and track defects account for nearly 29 percent of...

Robot Rehab

Robot Rehab

Biomed engineering professor receives American Heart Association grant to study robot-aided stroke rehabilitation About every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. Many stroke survivors have lingering brain damage that makes motor tasks, such as...

A Culture of Innovation

A Culture of Innovation

The iPhone’s touch technology was born in a UD lab. What will our engineers come up with next? Many people are buzzing about the Sept. 12 Apple announcement about the newest iPhone, the 10th anniversary edition of the device that changed the world. But did you know...

Putting Smart Weapons to the Test

Putting Smart Weapons to the Test

UD-licensed technology addresses Air Force need In the old days, a slingshot, BB gun, rifle or cannon was only as smart as the marksman taking aim. Now, many weapons are guided to their targets with the precision of infrared sensors and lasers. The technology...

Making Better Material for Fuel Cells

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...

Engineering’s Zhang Wins NSF Grant

Engineering’s Zhang Wins NSF Grant

UD computer and information scientist will study secure mobile cloud sensing From San Francisco to Philadelphia, America’s metropolises are slowly becoming “smart cities.” In smart cities, infrastructure is equipped with sensors that gather data on things like noise,...