In Memoriam: Bobby F. Caviness
Influential computer science chair and professor who taught at UD for nearly a quarter-century, died Jan. 11, 2018, at the age of 77.
Engineering’s Dan Weile Named IEEE Fellow
No more than one-tenth of one percent of the total voting membership of IEEE earns Fellow status in any one year. Weile was selected for his contributions to computational electromagnetics.
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.
Student invention a success on Kickstarter
Only 36 percent of Kickstarter projects are successful. Adam Stager passed his funding goal of $5,000 in just 48 hours, and he still has nearly two weeks to go.
Students of innovation
This boat part was just one of 40 projects UD student groups presented at the Senior Engineering Design Celebration on Dec. 13 in Clayton Hall.
UD Engineering’s Best of 2017
The University of Delaware’s College of Engineering celebrated plenty of good news in 2017. Here are our top 10 developments of the year.
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.
Engineering’s Prather Named NAI Fellow
Dennis Prather has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The electrical engineer holds more than 60 patents and invention disclosures.
Computer scientist wins NSF grant
Michela Taufer leads team advancing data analytics for molecular dynamics.
In Memoriam: George E. Collins
George E. Collins, a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Delaware from 1985-86 and 1995-2002, died Nov. 21, 2017. He was 89.
Malikopoulos elected ASME Fellow
Andreas Malikopoulos, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Fewer than 3 percent of society members earn this status.
Keeping cancer cells dormant
The Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition awarded a research travel grant to Shantanu Pradhan, a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Delaware Department of Biomedical Engineering.