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UD student named 2018 Cross Scholar

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

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

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.

The Evolution of E. Coli

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

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.

In Memoriam: George E. Collins

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

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

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.

Five decades of computer science

Five decades of computer science

Emeritus professor Sandra Carberry reflected on successes, challenges in a lecture for the University of Delaware Association of Retired Faculty’s My Intellectual Journey Series.

Theory and practice converge at “Smart Cities” symposium

Theory and practice converge at “Smart Cities” symposium

Two-day gathering looks at issues of justice, sustainability in urban development Phil Barnes looked around the Trabant Center Theater during a break and saw exactly what he hoped to see at the University of Delaware's two-day Smart Cities and Sustainable Energy...