UD Hosts Civil Engineering Student Conference
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Student Conference was held at the University of Delaware on April 7-8. Approximately 250 students from 11 universities attended the conference, which included technical papers and presentations and friendly engineering competitions.
Antoniewicz Inducted Into AIMBE College of Fellows
Antoniewicz was selected for “pioneering contributions in advancing stable-isotope tracing and quantitative metabolic flux analysis approaches in biomedical and biological engineering,” according to a press release announcing the award. He is one of 156 new Fellows inducted in 2018.
UD Biomedical Engineer Lands NSF CAREER Award
John Slater will develop a tissue-engineered model of ischemic microstroke—small, temporary blockages in brain blood flow that affect an estimated 50,000 Americans per year.
Making Powerful Batteries Safer, More Efficient
Mechanical engineering professor Bingqing Wei leads team to curb formation of harmful dendrites in lithium metal batteries.
Driving High-Speed Innovation
Blue Hen Racing team heads to DC festival with UD-built Formula car. The students designed the car by applying what they have learned in their engineering studies, working in groups focused on aerodynamics, chassis, suspension, ergonomics, and drivetrain.
UD Announces New Data Science Institute and Founding Director
The University of Delaware is establishing a new institute to accelerate research in data science, and bioinformatics pioneer Cathy Wu will serve as the founding director.
Intersecting Paths, Unprecedented Journeys
As a research facility at one of America’s top hospitals buzzes with activity, two men chat in a narrow, unassuming office. One is jaunty, with a smile as his default facial expression and a melodic lilt to his voice. The other is more reserved and speaks with a...
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.
A prominent pair in polymers
John Rabolt and D. Bruce Chase have received the 2018 Award for Cooperative Research in Polymer Science and Engineering from the American Chemical Society Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering.
April 4: Making sense of data on networks
Antonio Ortega, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern California, will lecture on graph signal processing at the University of Delaware’s Mitchell Hall Auditorium on April 4 at 3:30 p.m.
Starnes Walker stepping down as director of Cybersecurity Initiative
The founding director of UD’s Cybersecurity Initiative will step down from his post in September. He then will transition to a new role as chair of the UDCSI advisory council.