UD Hosts Cybersecurity camp
At state of Delaware summer program, students learned how to outwit hackers When Jose Monsalve was 10, he used to tinker with his family’s computer — much to his mother’s dismay. In late July, Monsalve, who is now a UD graduate student in electrical and computer...
Engineering for Ability
At UD summer camps, kids use engineering to help others Wielding power drills, pipe cleaners and rulers, a group of aspiring engineers re-wires the engines of toy cars. They swap the foot pedals for push buttons, pad rough edges with foam and deck out the vehicles...
UD Teams Get Millions in NSF Funding
K. Eric Wommack’s group gets $6 million to study viruses The University of Delaware’s K. Eric Wommack, deputy dean in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, will lead a research team from four universities that has received a $6 million grant to probe how...
Impact Recognized
UD professor’s paper wins award for decade-long impact on software engineering and computer security Computer technology has evolved rapidly since 2007 — the year Apple introduced the iPhone. But software engineers are always building on the wisdom of the past, and a...
Engineering on a Blue Streak
UD researchers pioneer greener way to create interwoven polymers with blue light A pair of engineers at the University of Delaware has developed a process to form interwoven polymer networks more easily, quickly and sustainably than traditional methods allow. Their...
New Engineering Major
Undergraduate program in construction engineering and management to launch in fall 2017 The University of Delaware Faculty Senate has approved the establishment of an undergraduate major in construction engineering and management beginning in the fall 2017 semester....
Engineering Entrepreneurship
College of Engineering launches second year of summer program to support entrepreneurial mindset In collaboration with the Horn Program in Entrepreneurship, the University of Delaware College of Engineering (CoE) is running a program called CoE Fellows in parallel...
Milestone Anniversary
Chemical engineering’s Stan Sandler reaches 50-year mark as UD faculty member Stan Sandler usually takes the steps to get to his second-floor office in the University of Delaware’s Colburn Lab. But today he’s taking the elevator because he’s hauling two black bags...
Inferring Interactions
Nature paper highlights how random variations and reprogramming lead to cancer drug resistance Biological materials, structures and processes may appear random, but they actually have underlying patterns that can be elucidated with the use of high-performance...
A Foothold for Young Faculty
Internet pioneer makes $2.2 million gift to the University of Delaware Always looking for the most interesting thing to do. That’s how David Farber describes the motivation behind his accomplishments, from pioneering telecommunications research and serving as chief...
Elucidating Lung Development
Gleghorn awarded NIH funding to identify molecular mechanisms underlying lung development and congenital diaphragmatic hernia The University of Delaware’s Jason Gleghorn has received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate pressure...
Drone Competition
Event promotes student collaboration in programming quadcopters Drones are seeing increased use in a broad array of applications, including data collection, surveying, mapping, security, aerial photography and videography, and search and rescue. This “exploding...