Tackling Plastic Waste

Tackling Plastic Waste

Engineering microbes to break down non-recyclable plastics Each year, more than 380 million tons of plastics are produced globally. Less than 10% of these plastics are reused or recycled, leading to significant accumulation and waste, not to mention the obvious...
Preparing for a Changing Climate

Preparing for a Changing Climate

UD civil engineers lead research to examine models for coastal readiness at U.S. military bases University of Delaware civil engineers are leading a multi-institutional effort to identify the best models to calculate flood risk at coastal military installations where...
Robot-Assisted Therapeutic Engineering

Robot-Assisted Therapeutic Engineering

UD engineers are studying how robotic devices can guide personalized rehabilitation strategies for stroke patients Every year in the United States, nearly 800,000 people have a stroke, and stroke survivors often experience reduced mobility and increased risk of...
Leveraging Biology to Power Engineering Impact

Leveraging Biology to Power Engineering Impact

UD hosts Engineering Research Visioning Alliance event to help identify priorities at the intersection of biology and engineering From advances in genome editing with CRISPR to new robotic designs that take inspiration from the animal kingdom, innovations at the...
Optical Innovations

Optical Innovations

UD Engineering’s Tingyi Gu, fellow researchers are creating state-of-the-art computing devices On the third floor of the University of Delaware’s Du Pont Hall, electrical engineers analyze delicate, centimeter-sized computer chips on a large optical table surrounded...
Computational Foundations

Computational Foundations

UD Engineering’s Guangmo (Amo) Tong receives NSF CAREER award for computer science research From self-driving cars to facial recognition software, technologies powered by artificial intelligence rely on powerful algorithms that can make sense of complex, real-world...